Meena Parande

Meena Parande was an Indian table tennis player. She was the 10th Indian woman to be crowned as a champion. During her career as a Table Tennis player from year 1948 to 1965, she was the National Champion four times. She represented India to England in 1954 and to Japan in 1956. On the International level, she toured Singapore, Bangkok, Vietnam, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. She received training from Mr. Chandorkar of Nagpur. After retiring from the Indian Railways team, she trained many players for Table Tennis from 1965 to 1985. The players trained by her, amongst others, include Dr. Charudatta Apte, Rajeev Bodas, Suhas Kulkarni, Ajeya Sidhaye, Neela Kulkarni, Nandini Kulkarni, and Sunanda Kane.