Shubhankar Sharma

He played in the TAKE Solutions India Masters on the 2015 Asian Development Tour, losing in a playoff to S. Chikkarangappa.

[2] Sharma started 2017 finishing fourth in the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open and in the top-10 in the Maybank Championship, an event co-sanctioned with the European Tour.

[4] The final round was delayed by bad weather but Sharma finished with a 69 for a three-stroke win over Erik van Rooyen.

He also took an early lead in the European Tour's Race to Dubai, earning a place in the 2018 WGC-Mexico Championship in March.

[7] Sharma is a strict vegetarian for ethical and religious reasons, who has stated that he has never consumed meat in his life.

The President, Ram Nath Kovind , presenting the Arjuna Award to Sharma at the Rashtrapati Bhavan , on 25 September 2018.