Born on 9th August 2006, Pritha is nothing short of a brilliant table tennis player. Having started playing table tennis at a very young age, Pritha still continues to have an ascendancy over the sport. Her very new achievement is as recent as of December 2017. The championship organised by Goa Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa, witnessed exhilarating final matches where the Maharashtra teams achieved an unprecedented feat, all thanks to three players: Dev Shroff, Diya Chitale and Pritha Vartikar!

Pritha, who is being supported by Lakshya and sponsored by Dalmia Manav Seva Trust (Delhi), has time and again made us proud. She possess, what we may call, the true sportsman spirit. We very proudly present some of her achievements.

September 2016: Won at the Bombay YMCA Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament
June 2017: Runner Up Trophy at National Table Tennis Tournament Girls U-12
July 2017: Won Title in Cadet Girls in first Maharashtra state Ranking Tournament held at Nanded
October 2017: Became the first girl from the city to win a gold medal in Cadet Category by defeating Tamil Nadu’s Nehal Venkatasamy
November 2017:

Shubhankar Dey, born on 6th June 1993, is an astounding badminton player with a current ranking of 64 (as of 30/11/2017). Shubhankar who ran away from his home to purse Badminton as a career, has an unmatched love for the sport. His first International win was in the year 2013 at the age of 19.

Having lost his father a year earlier, Shubhankar was brought up by his mother and elder brother. Having already made up his mind to go after the sport, he left his hometown (Kolkata) to go to his sister’s place in Thane who actively supported him and started training. Since then his journey properly began. Soon he started playing with and against some of India’s top badminton players. His coach even said that Shubhankar has the potential to be Top 30 in the world.

Dey is currently playing for a Danish club in Copenhagen - a city that he has moved to.

Born in the year 2000 in Rishra, West Bengal, Ayushi Podder took up shooting as a sport at the age of 13 years (in 2014). With her goal already decided and with a clear vision in mind, she then started practicing regularly at the Bull’s Eye Shooting Academy for Air Rifle dedicating Mondays to Fridays to the sport. And if you’re wondering what constituted her Saturdays and Sundays and guessed that they were also occupied with the sport, then you guessed right. She trains at the North Calcutta Rifle Club on the two days.

Ayushi’s father, who is in services with Eastern Railways as Office Superintendent and a member of Indian Railways Shooting Team. Ayushi being a part of the National squad, trains under Junior National Coach Deepali Deshpande. She practices with her father's rifle.

Ayushi has had very successful games and still does. Following are some of her achievements of when she truly stole the limelight!
- July 6, 2015: won the team championship bagging 12 medals, including 4 gold at the West Bengal Open Air Weapon Shooting Championship
- May 1, 2016: won a Gold at the ISSF Junior World Cup with Gaayathri Nithyanadam and Sonika collectively shooting a total of 1846.6 score to emerge as winners
- Feb 16, 2017: Ayushi Podder with Mehuli and Shreya Banerjee teamed up to win 4 silver medals in youth, junior(National Championship), senior (civilian) and junior (civilian) category at Pune Air Rifle Shooting.
- August 3, 2017: won Bronze in junior 50m prone event
- September 11, 2017: 5 silvers in 50m. Prone Seniors & Juniors, 50m. 3. Position Senior, 10m. Air Rifle Junior & Youth event. And a Bronze in 10m. Air Rifle senior event
- December 15, 2017: won Bronze in 10m. Senior National Championship, 4 team Gold in Senior Civilians, Junior National Championship, Junior Civilians and Youth event

Ayushi is right now being supported by Lakshya and sponsored by Sony Pictures Network. We are expecting all the more from Ayushi next year and we are sure she won’t let us down as her achievements itself are a testament of that.

Pooja Rani is a pugilist who is reaching a new level of stardom through her constant victories on national and international levels. She was born on 17th Feb 1991 in Neemriwali, Haryana. She started preparing herself to enter the world of boxing at a very tender age. Through hard work and dedication, she started winning matches one after another and made a buzz in the society as a strong contender in boxing.

Simranjit Kaur is a native from Punjab and has created a buzz in Indian Boxing history. Normally boxers would start at a very young age but in Simran Kaur’s case, it was the opposite. Simran started boxing around 2010 for general fitness until she realized that she was in love with the sport and wanted to pursue it at a higher level. She started her initial training at Sher-E-Punjab Sports Academy in Chakar village. She cites her elder sister as an inspiration who has also won National Medals.

The world came to know of Mampi Das in September 2012, when she matched the world record score of 400/400 in women’s air rifle event during the National selections trial at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. It was only the third time that an Indian woman shooter had shot a perfect score. Suma Shiroor had performed the feat in 2004 at the Asian Shooting Championships in Kuala Lumpur to enter the record books. Driving the inspiration to reach this amazing feat from Shalini Chahar, a fellow shooter who shot 399 gave Mampi Das a platform of a friendly rivalry to bring out her best. Even though her amazing effort wasn't taken into consideration as a world record since the national and selection trials were not taken into account by the International Shooting Sports Federation, Lakshya was all out there for her, reaching out with a helping hand.

Lakshya, an organization which seeks out athletes who lack economical support and help them, provided Mampi Das with all the necessary equipment, health care, coaching and other basic necessities. Mampi Das after that never looked back and started making big strides in her game.

Here is a list of her achievements:
- She won a Gold medal for 10 meters air rifle team held at Junior Shooting Championship, Suhl in Germany.
- In September 2013, during national selections, she matched the world record score of 400/400 in Women’s Air Rifle Event held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune.
- At 2013 Asian Youth Games, held at FangShan Shooting Hall, China, she secured 6th position.

Born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal, she took up shooting at the mere age of 11. She was fortunate to have supportive parents even though they didn't have the means for a sport like shooting. Her father, Manik Das is a driver with the WBSRTC (West Bengal State Road Transport Corporation). She did her schooling at Christ Church Girls High School, Kolkata.

"She is, without doubt, an outstanding shooter. And Mampi balances her passion and studies with ease. She is someone who is immensely mature for her age and knows where to focus and where not to", noted Raninder Singh, president of NRAI (National Rifle Association of India).
Former shooter Jaspal Rana, who is the pistol coach of the junior Indian team, gave thumbs up for Mampi's work ethic.
"At such a young age, Mampi has a clear vision of what she wants. I don't think many are blessed with that. All that she needs now is a lot of support and the best of facilities to train. Once she receives that, you will see her performance go up even further", Jaspal said.

Since 2007, Mampi has been coached by P.T.Raghunath. Currently, she is being trained by the coach of senior Indian team - Stanislaus Lapidus. She is seen as a strong candidate in Shooting for the next Olympics.

Lakshya is proud of her and her achievements and hopes that she excels in every point she aims. Mampi is the bright new hope for Indian shooting.

Aditya Mittal, a student of Vibgyor High School, Malad is a chess whizz kid and an early bird who started playing at the age of 5 years. Aditya was inspired by his brother Vinayak Mittal to pursue chess. He showed a great potential in the game quickly, showing proficiency in advanced techniques, initially showing his talent and might. No surprise that he is keen on strategizing and planning ahead with a great hand eye coordination given that his next favorite thing is solving jigsaw puzzles. He managed to improve his skills over time without any help from any coach. He started conquering the scene swiftly with his outstanding talent, making his name in the sport and rising in ranks slowly.

Lakshya, an organization which helps talented and needy athletes all over the country, agnized the young latent talent. They approached Aditya Mittal and took him under their guidance and provided him with a high level of tutoring for chess. With his precise chess plays, his games seem simple, clean and clear at work and get complex as the game proceeds. After receiving training through Lakshya's help, he took off for a journey to achieve great lengths in the sport.

Achievements:

- He scalped an International Master in the second round and drew with a woman IM in the next, of the Mumbai Mayor's Chess tournament at the Mount Litera School, BKC.
- He defeated IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, even though he had an injury during that match.
- He won Abu Dhabi Masters; International Chess Tournament.
- He won the both World Youth Chess Championship & Asian Youth Chess Championship.
- He was honored by The President Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan with the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement.
-He won the Best Mumbai Player Award.
-He also has won over 100 medals including Gold, Silver, and Bronze through participating at various events.

Aditya Mittal holds the title of “Candidate Master”. He ranks 5th (Under-11) in World and 3rd (Under-11) in both Asia and India. The little champ recently made a world record by crossing the barrier of 2000 ELO points. He also has a high-quality score for every match, with a rating of 83.12. He also annotated the game between Aronian versus Rapport which was held a few months back. GM Pravin Thipsay says that he feels that Aditya Mittal will become a Grandmaster sooner than later.

Aditya Mittal is currently being sponsored by Lakshya and Sony. They provide him with coaching and travel facilities. He is very committed and practices for about 2-4 hours on weekdays and more on weekends which is the evidence of his determination. He is the most inborn and natural player one can encounter. Immensely patient, Aditya is, at the very least a reincarnation of some legendary chess player from the past. Aditya is someone whose present achievements prove that he has it in himself to take that extra mile and become a Grandmaster and a legend of our age.

Yash Aradhya is an Indian Kart Racing driver, born on August 17, 2002, in Banglore, Karnataka. He is a prodigy kart driver who undertook the sport as a career at a mere age of 6.

• In 2015, Salsa ranked 1st in Maharashtra State Level U17, capturing Gold medal at School Tennis Tournament, Aurangabad.
• She went on to win various national level tournaments. She also won the Fenesta Open in Delhi.
• She was the Singles winner at the Under 18 in February 2017 in Nanded.
• In March 2017, she got selected for the Indian Federation Cup Jr. team to play for the country for which she sacrificed her SSC boards exam.
• In May 2017, Salsa won Singles U-18 title against 2nd seed Ubrani Banerjee from West Bengal and also was the U-16 Runner Up at Pune Nationals.
• In the same month, she reached quarterfinals of Asian B1 grade ITF Junior. tournament where she earned 60 ITF Jr. points and her world Junior ranking jumped from 840 to 340.
• She then went on to win the runner up trophy at 11th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under-16.
• At ITF (International Tennis Federation) which was held in Thailand, she bagged the second place in Singles and qualified the pre-quarterfinals for Doubles.
• She currently ranks No.1 in Under-16 player  and No.3 in Under- 18 at State Level.