Vantika Agrawal

Vantika Agrawal (born September 2002) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master.

Vantika was honoured by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi for winning Double Gold in the 45th Chess Olympiad, Budapest in 2024.

The torch relay started from Agra, Kanpur then Lucknow followed by Prayagraj, Varanasi, then Gorakphur and finally ending in Ayodhya.

[5] Agrawal received National Child Award for exceptional achievement in Chess from Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2016.

For winning the gold medal at Asian School U-9 Championship in 2011, Vantika was felicitated by Shri Narendra Modi (the then Chief Minister of Gujarat).