New Delhi: Oil India Limited (OIL), India’s second largest national exploration and production company, felicitated Mouma Das, a renowned Table Tennis player and an officer of OIL, at its corporate Office in Noida for her outstanding achievements and on being conferred with Padma Shri award in recognition of her exceptional and distinguished service in the field of sports by President Ram Nath Kovind.

SC Mishra, CMD, OIL, felicitated Mouma Das in the presence of senior officials of OIL. Mishra congratulated Das for her achievements and also presented a cheque of Rs 6 lakh to her. Das has been working with OIL since 1999 and is currently serving OIL as Manager (OSD) at its Kolkata office. She is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award in 2013 for her outstanding performance in Table Tennis.

Mouma has represented India at various national and international games including Athens 2004 and Rio 2016 Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Championships, World Championships and many others. She has won 19 Commonwealth Medals including five in Commonwealth Games and 14 in Commonwealth Championship, most by any Indian women Table Tennis player. She has also participated in 17 World Championships since 1997, which is a record participation by any Indian player. /BI/