Our Mentors

Late Mr. Bhishmaraj Bam was a former Director General of Police of Maharashtra State and a Sport Psychologist, Leading Motivator and Expert in Excellence, Stress Management and Personality Development.

He was a beloved mentor among many athletes, even some recognized athletes as Cricketers Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, Rifle Shooters Anjali Bhagwat and Suma Shirur, Track Athletes Kavita Raut and Monica Athare, Pistol Shooter Jaspal Rana, Badminton Player P. Gopichand and more. His guidance has helped them in improving their performance significantly.

In 1999, Bam sir Founded XL Target Shooters Association in Nashik to promote the sport of shooting among locals. Being a skilled shooter and wonderful mentor himself, he identified the young talent at the club. Under his guidance, the club has been proudly producing International level shooters as well as National Players and Medalists. He was keen on incorporating Yoga in athletes training and daily life. Bam sir was Founder and Chief Executive of Purushottam Academy, Nashik which primarily worked for promotion of Excellence in all fields and carrying on research in Indian Psychology i.e. the science of Yoga. He understood the power yoga holds and he was keen on helping athletes yield that power into their performance and journey towards success. He was a faculty for Yoga Gurukul run by Yog Vidya Dham, Nashik

Late Mr. Bismaraj Bam

Ms. Monali Gorhe was humble, kind and a truly warm person. She was an excellent coach, wonderful daughter and an amazing friend, just like anyone would wish for. She was a beloved coach among all the shooters. She was strict at times, very discipline oriented and yet a warm and loving coach. Monali ma’am cared about athletes as her own. She always tried to help athletes not only in the sport but in their personal life as well. She was a true embodiment of the word ‘Mentor’.

Ms. Monali was highly educated with Bachelors in English, Travel and tourism, Bachelors and Masters in Physical Education and Bachelor in Communication and Journalism. Her diverse education helped her understand athletes on a personal level and connect with them better.

Throughout her career, she has trained and helped many athletes, especially shooters in the direction of pursuing their dream. With her passion, hardwork and kind nature, she truly touched so many lives.

Late Ms. Monali Gorhe

Career

Starting her shooting journey in 1999 under the guidance of Mr. Bhishmaraj Bam at XL Target Shooters Association, Ms. Monali began professional coaching around 2006 as a coach at Fravashi International Academy. During her time there, she worked with Maharashtra Shooting Team as Chief Pistol Coach. Under her guidance and coaching, many Maharashtra Pistol Team shooters won medals and broke personal records as well.

As an ISSF B licenced coach, ISSB Judge (Pistol) and many recognised certifications such as ISSF C Coaches course,Asian Coaching Course, NIS coach (Pistol) and IOC/ISSF National Training System Development Diploma in Finland, she debuted as an international coach with National Shooting Federation Sri Lanka as Pistol coach of Sri lanka Shooting federation during 2015-16. Later, she was appointed as an accredited coach for the Indian Shooting Team in November 2016.

During her coaching journey, she had an opportunity to work with Ronak Pandit at Chiplun where they prepared many national shooters as well as Oly. Gagan Narang at Olympic Medalist’s academy Gun for Glory as an Assistant Coach to Anatoli (a Ukrainian Pistol Coach) with India’s Top Shooters. Along with coaching, she also worked as an ISSF Judge in the World Cup Shooting Competition 2019, New Delhi.

Shooing achievement

Shooing achievement under her guidance at a glance:

WORLD CUP DELHI (23rd Feb to 02nd march, 2017), india won

1 Individual gold

Jitu Rai (50m Free Pistol)

1 Individual Silver

Amanpreet Singh (50m Free Pistol)

1 Mixed team Gold

Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai (10m Air Pistol)

48th Grand Prix Liberation Shooting Competition at Plzen, Czech Republic (2nd may to 7th may, 2017) India won 6 team medals and 6 individual medals in pistol with the Indian team bringing back home a total of 12 medals.

World Cup at Munich, Germany( 17 th may to 24 th May 2017)

World Cup at Gabala, Azerbaijan (6 th June to 14 th June 2017). India won

World cup Final Delhi (23 rd Oct to 29 th October)

Mix team Gold

Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai (10m Air Pistol)

Mix Team 4th position

Deepak Kumar and Meghana sajjar (10m Air Rifle)

1 Mixed team Gold

Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai (10m Air Pistol)

Commonwealth Shooting Championship, Brisbane Australia (28 th Oct to 8 th Nov 2017)
6 Gold Medals 🥇,
7 Silver medals 🥈
and 7 Bronze Medals 🥉
with Total of 20 medals