Mrs. Lakshmi Vaikunth
Excellence in Sports | Masters Hockey
Lakshmi Vaikunth, has been exhibiting her prowess in the hockey arena since the age of 12 . An inextinguishable passion for the national game of India combined with an inborn athletic finesse paved the way for a sports career spanning across more than three decades. Lakshmi started off playing at the school level and gradually pushed her way through to represent Tamil Nadu at the sub junior Junior , Senior and Women’s National followed . She was also part of the Madras University team at the All India Inter university meet for consecutive 3 years. Marriage followed by motherhood led to a hiatus as she took on full time employment in IT.
Backed by the strong support of her husband,Parents and Children, Lakshmi made a dramatic reentry as part of the Tamil Nadu 35 plus team. She went on to represent India at International Masters tournaments. The team won bronze at the 2nd European Masters and silver at the Australian Masters . Lakshmi has also been driving initiatives in soft skills and personality development for school children. Sky is the limit for this inspirational mother of two who is an epitome for the adage “do what you love and love what you do”.