REC Limited, a Navratna CPSU under the Ministry of Power, hosted the 24th Inter-CPSU Badminton Tournament under the aegis of Power Sports Control Board (PSCB) in Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi from 14th – 18th December, 2019. The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Ajeet Agarwal, CMD, REC in presence of Mrs. Kalpana Kaul, ED, REC, Mr. P Baburaj, GM, REC and Mr. Ajay Mathur, GM, REC along with other members of PSCB on 14th December 2019. A total of 11 teams participated in the tournament with more than 150 players competing in different categories namely, Open Singles (Men), Open Singles (Women), Double (Men), Doubles (Women) and Team Event. The closing ceremony was held on 18th December 2019. Three-time gold winner Mr. Vijay Behra, Deputy Manager, REC added a fourth gold medal to his kitty by winning in the Badminton ‘Open Single (Men)’ category and Mr. Hari Kishor, PGCIL finished as runners-up in the same category.
The winners of the tournament are:
| Team Event | 1st – PGCIL |
| 2nd – BBMB | |
| 3rd – NHPC | |
| Mens Singles | 1st – Vijay Behra, REC |
| 2nd – Hari D Kishor, PGCIL | |
| 3rd – Rajesh Kumar, NHPC | |
| Women Singles | 1st – Bhawana Rawat, THDCIL |
| 2nd – Sasthi Karmakar, DVC | |
| 3rd – Suja, NHPC | |
| Men Doubles | 1st – Ashish Kumar and Pandu Gagral, NHPC |
| 2nd – Sanket Hatekar and Sushant Barik, PGCIL | |
| 3rd – Ravinder and Sanjeev Sharma, SJVN | |
| Women Doubles | 1st – Prantika Srivastava and Pronamee Borah, PGCIL |
| 2nd – Aditi and Pinki Roy, NHPC | |
| 3rd – Bhawana Rawat and Daisy Irani, THDCIL | |
About the Company:
REC Limited (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited) is a Navratna NBFC and Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC) focusing on Power Sector Financing and Development across India. It provides financial assistance to state electricity boards, state governments, central/state power utilities, independent power producers, rural electric cooperatives and private sector utilities. Its business activities involve financing projects in the complete power sector value chain; different type of projects includes Generation, Transmission, Distribution Projects and Renewable Energy projects.