Smit Singh (born 18 January 1991) is an International Sportsperson,[1] State Public Policy Advisor,[2][3] Strategic Communications Expert[4] and was Indian National Congress’s MLA candidate for Punjab Vidhan Sabha General Elections 2022.
[9][10] He won India its first world-level medal in skeet shooting with a bronze trophy at International Junior Cup, Orimattila, Finland, July 2011.
[13][14][15][16] After taking a year long break to study at the University of Oxford,[17] in 2018 Smit returned to better his qualification score to 124 out of 125, becoming India Rank 1 again.
[18] He subsequently represented India at the Commonwealth Games 2018 held in Gold Coast, Australia and was the only Indian who qualified for the finals in Skeet Men's Event.
[25] Smit Singh started working with Civil Society in his high school years, volunteering with Education and Environment focused Non-Government Organisation, an Indian Express report states that Singh while representing India in sports, used to regularly intern with social movements during his time off from international sports, working with NGOs such as Aman Biradari, environmental awareness campaigns such as Swechha Delhi and working for justice through People's Movements such as Narmada Bachao Andolan for rehabilitation of people, negatively affected by the large scale dams built in the Narmada Valley.