Samay Raina and ChessBase India Foundation raise Rs.3,70,131 for the blind youngsters of India!

by Sagar Shah - 16/06/2020

On 24th of May 2020 a very interesting stream was held on YouTube. It was hosted by the well-known stand up comedian of India and chess lover Samay Raina. India no.1 and 2 of blind chess Darpan Inani and Kishan Gangolli were pitted against Samay Raina, Biswa Kalyan Rath and Vaibhav Sethia. Not only did Darpan and Kishan win the game, they also managed to win the hearts of the viewers. Over 600 people contributed to raise Rs.3,70,131 (US $4860). All of this money has been donated towards the ChessBase India Foundation and will be used for the betterment of young blind chess players.

Chess and the visually impaired have a very close connection. Chess is the only sport where the blind players can compete on an equal footing as compared to the sighted. Pursuing chess and doing well in it is a big boost to the blind community. This is what makes chess so special. Indian chess is blessed with some of the best blind chess players in the world.

However, the youngsters do not get any real support. It is with an intention to help the future talents of blind chess that Samay Raina, a well-known stand-up comedian joined hands with ChessBase India and together raised funds for the young talents of blind chess. On 24th of May India no.1 and 2 of blind chess Darpan Inani and Kishan Gangolli teamed up to take on the comedians - Samay Raina, Biswa Kalyan Rath and Vaibhav Sethia. Darpan and Kishan played in the hand and brain format with both players alternating between being the brain and the hand every five moves! The comedians on the other hand consulted each other and made their moves. The result was a resounding win for the top blind players!

Check out this video which also features India no.2 Vidit Gujrathi who has always supported the blind chess players of the country.

Kishan and Darpan take on Samay, Biswa and Vaibhav

Although the game was fun and interesting - it was not the main aim of the stream. The main objective was to raise funds so that the young talents of blind chess could supported and the viewers contributed in huge measure! A total of 556 people contributed via Google Pay and a few others via Paypal and the total fund raised was Rs. 370,131.85. All of this money has been donated to the ChessBase India foundation which will use it to ensure that the talented visually impaired youngsters get all the technological and logistical support that they deserve.

On 16th of June we have two of the finest blind juniors of India Soundarya Pradhan and Aryan Joshi who will be LIVE at 7 p.m. IST

Details of all the donors:

1	SASWAT KUMAR PANDA	100
2	ROHAN BHATIA	3000
3	SASWAT KUMAR PANDA	150
4	HARMANDEEP SINGH	50
5	NANDINI DIXIT	500
6	NAVDEEP	100
7	SHRADHEY TRIPATHI	101
8	PERALA S V S S VISWA	1500
9	MEDURI V DURGA RAM K	500
10	SAMARTH V BHAT	2000
11	SUDARSHAN N KALSULKA	100
12	SAKSHI BHUTANI	1000
13	ABHINAV KUMAR	500
14	GOTETY SUDHEER BHARA	500
15	ABHISHEK RAKESH SING	50
16	RAKESH BHUNESHWAR SI	50
17	ANSHUMAN PANDA	100
18	MURALI PHANI KUMAR Y	201
19	SHAIK KHALANDAR SHAR	100
20	AKSHIT GOEL	1000
21	SIDDHANTH J RANA	100
22	ADITYA PRASHANT GORE	50
23	MR SHREYAS MUKUND PH	500
24	PRANSH KHUBCHANDANI	150
25	DEVESH YOGESH GUDWAY	100
26	YASH RAJENDRABHAI TH	100
27	VINAYAK KRISHNA SHET	1000
28	VEDANT SUNIL DESHPAN	1000
29	RAM PANDITRAO GADHA	100
30	ABHAY BHIVAJI KADAM	500
31	PAVNEET PENNY	50
32	VISHVENDRA SINGH RAT	200
33	NITISH KUMAR DAS	251
34	KSHITIJ MANOJ HANDE	200
35	APOORVA SHARMA	200
36	MANMAY KUMAR MOHANTY	150
37	TIRTHRAJ	11
38	SHUBHAM BENJWAL	100
39	BHUPATHIRAJU RAMAKRI	200
40	VINUT S NAGANATH	90
41	HARSH DEEPAK NISHAR	999
42	SARVESH KHANDELWAL	1000
43	NIKHIL GAUTAM	100
44	PRIYANKIT SINGH	500
45	POOJA G	249
46	JERRY JAMES	2000
47	NIKHIL MALAGI	500
48	SWAPNIL JHA	11
49	SAGNIK SARKAR	50
50	MOHIT RAJ	301.55
51	SUHAS S R	1000
52	NISHEETH MATHUR	1000
53	KETAN GOREJA	500
54	PRAVEEN KARRA	500
55	RAMANATHAN TN	300
56	VEDANG PIYUSH PANDYA	500
57	ARPIT SUDESH AGRAWAL	71
58	RAJ CHETANBHAI DESAI	500
59	AKSHAY SANJAY PATIL	500
60	YADYNESH NANDKUMAR D	500
61	SURBHIT AGGARWAL	500
62	DEEPAK NAIR	500
63	VAIBHAV DINKAR DESHM	50
64	KOLLI SESHU KUMAR	200
65	GURPREET SINGH PANNU	100
66	MANAS KUMAR BISWAS	200
67	MIHIR SHASHIKANT YEO	100
68	PARTH YADAV	100
69	PRIYANK GUPTA P	501
70	ADITYA RAMKRISHNA KA	1000
71	KRISHNAVENI SANJIVI	250
72	SEEMANT SHEKHAR	500
73	CLAYTON SOHAN PEREI	40
74	MILIND B PRABHU	50
75	BAMRAH SIMRANJEET SI	150
76	RITIK ANAND	251
77	JAISON SAJI CHACKO	100
78	MARSHALL N	100
79	RAHUL PRAJAPATI M	100
80	SHREEPAVAN J	150
81	SUSHOBHAN PATRA	200
82	PRANEYA NIMESH LAL	40
83	PRATEEK SINGH	51
84	MR LAEEQULLAH KHAN U	200
85	PARTH SHARMA	1000
86	ABHINAV SARMAH	100
87	SHIVANJALI SADANAND	250
88	ABEY JACOB	40
89	BIKRAM KESHAREE SAHO	101
90	JAYESH RAJESH GAIKEY	444
91	CHANDAN S M	86
92	SAHIL MANOJ HAWAL	200
93	PATEL NISHYANK AMRUT	100
94	RAHUL ARORA	200
95	SATHWIK MALLYA P	200
96	SANTHOSH SHIVANNA	200
97	ADITYA DILIP VERMA	3000
98	ARCHIT GUPTA	500
99	PRANSHU MAITHANI	1000
100	CHAITALI DEORAO RAMT	500
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102	MOHIT RAWAT	1500
103	EASHWAR SHRIRAMSRIR	200
104	DEVIREDDY NITHISH K	50
105	RAJAT MISHRA	50
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108	EBIN GEORGE	500
109	PRATEEK KHADSON	200
110	MADHAV BHATIA SO KAI	100
111	VEDANSH GURUNATHAN	200
112	SHRIKRISHNA MADHUKAR	100
113	SUSHANT SALIL	1000
114	M G SURAJ	500
115	SANCHIT MITTAL	1000
116	VIVEK HEGDE	1000
117	SIDDHANTH NATARAJAN	500
118	KARAN JAIN	2000
119	SHARATH K R	1000
120	SUMIT DUA	2000
121	M K ABHILASH	400
122	MR NEELESH JENA	40
123	SUBODH PATIL	500
124	GADDE DIVYA	200
125	MR SAGAR CHAKRABORTY	100
126	SIDDHANT RATURI	1000
127	MANAN TANEJA	40
128	MR PRIYAM DIXIT	1519
129	AMAN CHAUDHARY	51
130	NILAY ALOKKUMAR BARV	500
131	MR POCHA VENKATA SAS	500
132	DHYEY HIREN PANDYA	250
133	PRANAV GOTHWAL	200
134	HARSH SUNIL JOSHI	100
135	SHUBHAM MEHTA	200
136	MANISH BARASKAR	500
137	MISHA GUPTA	250
138	SALUNKE SOHAM SAMPAT	100
139	PALKESH BHIDODIYA	50
140	DEV IYER	500
141	ANUNAD SINGH SO SHES	50
142	HARSHIT KUMAR	100
143	NIDHI SHARMA	100
144	PRATIK DATTATRAYA SH	100
145	SINGH R	500
146	PARTH SEHGAL	100
147	APURVA WADEKAR	1000
148	SHUBHAM JOSHI	2000
149	BHAVESH GINWAL	100
150	SUMANT MULKALWAR	20
151	ABHIJEET BANDU MORE	20
152	ARUNAVA BHATTACHARJ	10000
153	JOEL JOYSEN	211
154	SUPREETHA S	200
155	MR VISHAL SETIA	200
156	ABHISHEK ASHOK DESAI	500
157	NIYATI MANISH PANDYA	100
158	ASHISH MALIK	1000
159	SREE RAVITHEJA D	1000
160	AMIT SATENDRA KUMAR	200
161	SATPUTE SAKET RAVIND	2000
162	MR SHRINJOY GOUTAM R	1000
163	KRISHNA CHAITAN MAR	500
164	AVIRAL JUNEJA	500
165	PRANAV HEMANT KAJGAO	100
166	MR SHUBHAM MANOJ KAM	100
167	UDDHAV RAJ	1000
168	ADITI ANANT WASULE	1000
169	PURUSHARTH SONI	100
170	VIJAYKUMAR	100
171	NIKHAR SINGHAL	100
172	SISIR KUMAR RANA	1500
173	PRATIK DILIP RATHOD	100
174	MR KARTIKEYA MAHESH	50
175	NIKHIL GOYAL	500
176	ALEX VINCENT ELUVATH	500
177	POTHURI MAYUR	1000
178	SOUMIK CHATTERJEE	100
179	ANKUSH DHADWAL	100
180	PARAKH KUMAR CHAWDA	300
181	ANMOL VIJWANI	200
182	DAMINI GANESH CHAVAN	50
183	PUSH RAJ PRATAP SING	100
184	MR URVISH RAJESHKUMA	2
185	KAUSHAL KESHAV NARAY	1500
186	AVINASH BARIK	500
187	YAMINI ARORA	1000
188	MR PRATEEK BANGWAL	100
189	SACHIN THAKKAR	50
190	ASHWATH PRAV	200
191	SIDDHARTH GOPAL BHAL	100
192	YASH RAJESH SHAH	1000
193	ANEESH SHAILENDRA PO	100
194	PLABAN PARICHA	20
195	REVANT REDDY VENNA	500
196	KIRAN ANGINTHAYA	5000
197	RUPAK SAMADDER	2000
198	NAIR ANISHA SHRI NAR	100
199	BASANIO JAMES S O V	100
200	SIDDHANT	200
201	MANPREET VIDYAJITH K	100
202	SAAKAR BAIRAGI	1000
203	BHARATH KAUSHAL ALGU	500
204	Y ROHIT REDDY	200
205	ABHISHEK BHARDWAJ	100
206	SUPRIYA BHAGWAT DHAV	200
207	AVINASH KASHYAP	5000
208	MANAN MONGA	250
209	SHASHANK SHUKLA	1000
210	SHARAD RAINA	200
211	SAGAR NUWAL	100
212	SHREE SHYAM DIGNOSTI	100
213	JAIVARDHAN SINGH CHA	250
214	ANKIT GUPTA	1000
215	NAIR RADHIKA UNNIKRI	500
216	K BHARADWAJ	200
217	DHRUVA VITTAL	50
218	PRAJNANAND KAUP SHEN	500
219	PUVVADA ROHAN	200
220	SWAPNIL ASHOK DESHMU	151
221	MR SANDEEP VILAS CHA	200
222	DHEERAJ RAJENDRA BHU	40
223	RITIK TRIVEDI	51
224	JAY NILESH SHAH	30
225	DHRUV DEEPAK MULYE	250
226	PREMA GADE	1000
227	JATINDEEP SINGH	1000
228	RISHIKESH GURUJALA	200
229	MR ANKIT KUMAR BHATT	100
230	VARDHAMAN KUMAGOUDA	500
231	AKSHAY S R	250
232	VARDHAMAN KUMAGOUDA	200
233	SOMBIR YADAV	40
234	AMAN RAJ SINGH	100
235	DEEPANSHU SINGHAL	100
236	MANAS CHANDOLA	500
237	MRS USHARANI PASUPUL	250
238	MR DIPLAV SINGH	200
239	MEHUL GUPTA	40
240	KUMAR N	250
241	SHIVAM SHARMA	200
242	ARJUN	500
243	GIRISH SHARMA	20
244	SACHIN V PRABHU	100
245	DESAI SOWMITRA SUNIL	500
246	AYUSH SUNIL ANTRE	250
247	JASMEET SINGH	709
248	MRS VARSHA VASANT GA	1000
249	SHREYAS G NAMBIAR	1000
250	OMKAR CHANDRAKANT KU	100
251	THAKUR RITURAJ SINGH	500
252	MR ARIJIT BASU	100
253	CHAHAT MALHOTRA	610.3
254	NEHUL GUPTA	1000
255	TEJAS PANDEY	501
256	SIDDHARTH GOEL	50
257	RAJAT KUMAR	200
258	NIHAL CHAUHAN	100
259	MASTER ASHWIN KEDARI	500
260	SHAIK ROUF	100
261	HARSHIL MITTAL	5000
262	MOHD SIRAJ	6000
263	SAGAR SINGH	500
264	ANKITA SINHA	500
265	GAURAV DILEEP SEVEKA	500
266	MR AAKASH RANJAN	30
267	SAKSHAM SHARMA	500
268	MR NEERAJ UTTURE	500
269	UTKARSH SHARMA	500
270	GAURAV RAJESH CHANDI	500
271	MAYANK MISHRA	100
272	NIMESH ANIL SHAH	500
273	SWAPNIL RAI	200
274	AKSHAY GANESH BHAT	100
275	VIDIT SANTOSH GUJARA	5000
276	YASHWANT SINGH	1001
277	INCHARA SREE BHAT	1000
278	ABHISHEK JOHN TOPPO	101
279	BHAVYA SAINI	2000
280	SHUBHAM SANJIV KUMTH	200
281	SHRUTI SINGH	500
282	SIMIT H SHAH	200
283	SOUMITRA MUKHERJEE	100
284	AVINASH SINGH	200
285	DILBAG SINGH	100
286	SOURABH SHRIGANESH D	100
287	VAIBHAV KUMAR JHA	151
288	KIRNESH NANDAN	500
289	DEEPAK OBEROI SO SUR	1000
290	DEBARTHA BANERJEE	5000
291	NANDITA HEMMADY	1000
292	NINAD TIWARI	100
293	SHRIKANT MADHAV DESH	100
294	ANKIT SHARMA	500
295	TEJAS RAJENDRA POPAT	100
296	MAYANK PANDEY	100
297	GURUPAD MAMADAPUR	200
298	ANJALI U PAI	200
299	ROSHAN PINTO	1000
300	SURAJ KUMAR MAJEE	500
301	GOPESWAR SAMAL	100
302	GAURAV RAIKWAR	300
303	HEMANSH ASHISH CHOLE	100
304	ADITYA WARRIER	500
305	SNEHAL PALAV	500
306	SANKET BOSE	150
307	VIJAY V MALLYA	500
308	VAIBHAV KUMAR SHARMA	500
309	ROHIT VERMA	200
310	ARPIT SAIGAL	1000
311	PURAV MANAN THAKORE	100
312	NAVENDRA RAJPUT SO N	101
313	PURAV MANAN THAKORE	25
314	UJJWAL KANDHARI	1000
315	D AKSHAY KUMAR	500
316	MAYANK SINGH NANDAL	500
317	VARUN JAIN	5000
318	NIRAJ SHUBHAM	200
319	PAVAN K BHAT	1000
320	RANA SANTIRANJAN SAR	5000
321	RAVI DINESH KALA	500
322	CHINMAY MAHESH RATKA	20
323	SHEBA JOY	500
324	ALIGAPALLY HARIPRIY	100
325	NIPEN DAS	100
326	SOUMYA BHAMBANI	300
327	JAY ANAND MALANI	301
328	ARCHANA SALKAR	100
329	KORAGANJI PREM KAMAL	200
330	SIDDHARTH MALHOTRA	50
331	FAIZ KIDWAI	1000
332	VIPUL KUMAR	100
333	GUTTIKONDA SRI SATYA	100
334	SWAPNIL ASHOKRAO ORK	1000
335	MANISH SANTOSH JAIN	200
336	SAURABH BABAN JADHAV	400
337	ABHRARAJ CHANDA	10
338	ATUL ASHOKRAO DAHALE	500
339	RUBEL CHOWDHURY	500
340	GANDHI ANUJ UMESH	2000
341	SUDHANSHU JOSHI	250
342	JAMES POTHEN CHERIAN	1000
343	PARAS MANISH PATEL	200
344	ROHIT KASHYAP B	500
345	CHAITALI SURESH TULA	151
346	A P S KOUSHIK	500
347	TOYESH SINGH	200
348	NIPEN DAS	100
349	PUGAL AMRUTH	50
350	BHARVI MITESH SHAH	250
351	SUNIL KRISHNAN	2000
352	ADITYA P BHOSALE	100
353	SAMATA P PRADHAN	1000
354	BANDARU SANDEEP	1000
355	AKSHATH A	101
356	M SABARISH NARAYANA	100
357	P T SAINATH	200
358	YOGESH MURTHY K	500
359	KSHITIJ BATHLA	1000
360	HARISH KUMAR KUTARE	100
361	POOJA BAGHEL DO AMBI	100
362	ABHISHEK JOHN TOPPO	51
363	MONIDEEP BANERJEE	1000
364	ANSUMAN SURYAPRAKASH	500
365	MR SUBODH CHAVAN	1000
366	SANDEEP MANDAL	500
367	SWIKRITI SARAN SING	200
368	APARNA AGARWAL	500
369	NAVAL MAHESH PATTAR	100
370	SRINIBAS MOHAPATRA	100
371	SAGAR M M	100
372	PARTEEK RAWAL	101
373	JAPMEET SINGH	20
374	PRAVEEN KUMAR	1000
375	RAHUL ASHARANA SABHA	100
376	UDIT TELANG	64
377	RITVIK GAUTAM BALVAL	500
378	SARTHAK RAJEEV GUPTA	50
379	AMAN ARVIND PARMAR	100
380	PAWAN S RAO	100
381	NIRAV J PAREKH	200
382	RAWAT A	100
383	KONDA ANUDEEP REDDY	200
384	ISHWINDER SINGH	50
385	ATHUL K	250
386	DEVANJOT SINGH SRA	500
387	RAJAT KUMAR	300
388	JAYAMALLIKARJUNA RAO	500
389	DEEPAK DEVENDRA PATE	501
390	ISHDEEP SINGH HORA	100
391	UTKARSH JAIN	1000
392	ABHISHEK BHARDWAJ	100
393	ASHISH KUMAR RAI	1000
394	MR SHREYAS MUKUND PH	500
395	SHRUTI JAYAL	1000
396	KARTIKEYA SHARMA	500
397	SHARDUL SILSWAL	100
398	SHAILJA	1000
399	ABHINAV AKASH	180
400	KALIDINDI VAMSI VARM	200
401	SNEHASHISH CHOUDHARY	11
402	KOLLA SAI KRISHNA	300
403	MRUNAL NARENDRA JOSH	100
404	SHUBHAM DILIP DESHMU	1000
405	SHARDUL BHARAT GHARA	3000
406	KALYANI ANIL INAMDAR	500
407	ABHIRAM VIVEK SHASTR	500
408	ROHAN MOHAN RAYARADD	5000
409	BAIBHAB DEBNATH	500
410	OITIHJYA SEN	500
411	AMIT SINDHWANI	500
412	SHEENAN TAUHEED	100
413	DARSH SATYENDRASINH	100
414	CHINMAYA BHARADWAJ A	200
415	JATANKUMAR CHETANKUM	151
416	BHARGAV DEVENDRABHAI	5000
417	AKSHAT SIDDHANT	500
418	RAHUL SANJAY KHOND	20
419	KULDEEP KUMAR PANT	501
420	KANISHK MAHESHWARI	101
421	ABHINAV NEGI	450
422	SHARMAD UPENDRA S BH	200
423	YUVRAJ SINGH	500
424	PUNEET BHATIA	2100
425	GIRISH SHARMA	10
426	RAMARAPU SAI SWAROOP	300
427	PRAVEEN KUMAR PRANA	500
428	BANDARU NAVEEN KUMAR	500
429	MAHENDRASINH A SOLAN	1000
430	HAMZA	500
431	RAKESH KUMAR	100
432	RITHWIK RAAJ ANAND	50
433	ALISTER ALLWYN CABRA	500
434	SARIPUTRA WAGHDHARE	500
435	K SMITHA KRISHNA	40
436	RAKSHIT LATISH SHETT	1000
437	KESKAR SAURABH RAJEN	1000
438	KARTIK BAJAJ	200
439	DEBASISH KUTRUKA	50
440	NISHIKANT GANESH SAD	200
441	NEHAM RAJIV GUPTA	1000
442	SUBHAM AGRAWAL	100
443	BHAVIK NITINBHAI PAN	200
444	MR AHMED HUSAIN ROPE	200
445	MR MAYANK SAHNI	100
446	MOUNIKA N V S D	1000
447	VARUN VIKAS VAIDYA	300
448	GURPREET SINGH	51
449	ADITYA PRATAP SINGH	500
450	KARTHIKEYAN S	500
451	ABHINAV SONI	200
452	MANISH K H	151
453	VIVEK GARG SO ASHOK	200
454	KARTHIKEYAN S	379
455	HARISH D V	100
456	SHUBHAM SRIVASTAVA	500
457	GANDIGARI SHASHIDHAR	116
458	KARMANYA GAJANAN RAU	200
459	KETAN	500
460	MR NEERAJ SUYOG ATHA	200
461	ARJUN TANDALE	100
462	HARDIK KISHORBHAI SI	50
463	DIMPLE K H	500
464	GOPIKA MAHAPATRA	500
465	DEEPANSHU SONI	200
466	PULKIT GUPTA	1000
467	BHARGAV BIPIN CHANDR	1000
468	GANDHAR S THANEKAR	100
469	JAYESH CHOWHAN	200
470	AMAN KUMAR	200
471	RAJAT DHASMANA	200
472	SHUBHAM GARG	100
473	ARPIT JIGNESH DESAI	100
474	PRABHASH KAMAL PATEL	150
475	SINDHURA SHETTY	2000
476	PRASHANT SUHAS KAMAT	500
477	ABINASH AUROBINDO BE	200
478	SRIJAN GUPTA	500
479	MUKUND AGRAWAL	500
480	AYUSH SINGH	150
481	YASH MILIND BUDUKH	101
482	AJINKYA RAJESH GORAY	500
483	DEVARAJ M NAYAK	500
484	AD PRAKASH	51
485	ARYAN	50
486	PARITOSH UPRETI	100
487	MRITYUNJAY JALAN	500
488	DEVANG SANDEEP SAKRE	100
489	SNEHAL KIRAN GADE	250
490	HRISHABH RATHI	100
491	KAUSTHUBH HEGDE	200
492	MAHESH DEVRANI	200
493	NITHISH K GNANI	100
494	HARSHIT SAXENA	1000
495	AYUSH KHANDELWAL	100
496	ANJISHNU MAHANTA	500
497	NILESH RAMDAS JADHAV	100
498	MANMOHAN SINGH CHARA	3000
499	AYUSH MONA SHAH	100
500	LOUIS HANIEL PRABHAK	1000
501	SUHAAS PUTTA	50
502	VAIBHAV EKKA	20
503	MR JINO CHACKO	200
504	HIMANGSHU RANJAN BOR	2000
505	SHREESHA BHAT	100
506	RAHUL MOCHI	10000
507	XXXPGN KOTAK 811 WAL	50
508	SASANK	200
509	MR YASH CHOPRA	50
510	KAUSTUV MUKHERJI	200
511	UTKARSH AGRAWAL	1001
512	SHIWANGI RAI	150
513	ROHITH RAJESH	100
514	SHUBHAM AGARWAL	30
515	B S VISHAK NANDAN AA	500
516	MUKUL SINGH	100
517	KHUSHAL MANOJ ADLAKH	50
518	PATADE ABHAY DAULATR	500
519	RAHUL TAK	1000
520	PARAVASTHU ROHAN	200
521	DISHA TEWARI	100
522	KUMAR AVIRAL	100
523	BEENA	151
524	NIKETH VENKAT RAJA	200
525	R TEJAS NAIDU	100
526	ANKIT GOYAL	500
527	VISHVDEEP KHUSHOO	1000
528	ASHUTOSH PRAKASH	500
529	ARPIT SINGHAL	500
530	RISHAV AGARWAL	1000
531	MANOJ ARJUN NAWALE	500
532	SUBHAM KUMAR	100
533	PRABHAKER NIGAM	100
534	AMIT ANIL SOMAN	1000
535	PRANAB SAHA	100
536	CHIRAG DIGESH KHAKKH	200
537	SURYA NARAYANAN	100
538	DHANANJAY KAMBLE	500
539	VOLETY ANURAG	100
540	AJIT ANIL GOLE	100
541	HARISH S	2000
542	HARSHIV NISHITH THAK	150
543	ROHIT GARG	150
544	RAVIRAJ VIJAY KAMBLE	100
545	ABHISHEK KAUSHAL	1000
546	AMEYA DEEPAK KULKARN	40
547	AMEYA DEEPAK KULKARN	40
548	JANESH SHARMA	500
549	NIKHIL SAMAD	100
550	ASHISH MUNDAPPI	501
551	NAGARAJ POBBATHI NIR	500
552	KOSANAM SATISH KUMAR	150
553	MANISHA JAIN	2000
554	JAYARAM SUBRAMANIAN	500
555	BALAJI H	500
556	VASAVI NIRJAR	100.00

Total amount via Google Pay: Rs. 295131.85

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