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Instructions · What links here · Manuja Veerappa (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 24 hours ago by Davidindia (talk: D · +) · Last edited 17 hours ago by Taabii

Manuja Veerappa is a sports journalist from Bengaluru.^[1] She works with the Times of India as Senior Assistant Editor (sports). She specialises in hockey. She received Karnataka government’s Media Academy award for 2024 which was presented in Bengaluru on 3 February 2025.^[2]

Early life and education

Veerappa is from Bengaluru, Karnataka. She did her schooling at Bishop Cotton Girls’ School and later went to Christ College, Bengaluru. She represented Karnataka as a hockey goalkeeper in the National Hockey Championship.^[3]

Career

In 2003, Veerappa joined Vijay Times as a sports reporter. The newspaper was later acquired by the Times of India group. In 2005, she joined Times of India sports department as a senior correspondent for her first stint for about three years. She then moved to Deccan Chronicle where she worked for seven years.^[4] In 2015, she came back to Times of India as an Assistant Editor (sports). In a career spanning over two decades, she covered World Cup hockey, World Cup cricket, World Billiards and Snooker Championships and various other Olympic sports.^[5]

She also served as the president of the Sports Writers Association of Bangalore.^[6]^[7] She also mentors journalism students.^[8]

Awards

Karnataka Media Academy Award 2024.^[2]

References

^ Menon, Suresh (24 March 2019). "It's been a long road for the women sportswriters". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Bengaluru Round-Up". The Hindu. 4 February 2025. pp. Sport P16.
^ "168. An Uplifting Mosaic (with Manuja Veerappa, Nandini Kumar and Sharda Ugra)". Bangalore International Centre. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ Chronicle, Deccan. "manuja veerappa, Deccan Chronicle". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "Manuja-Veerappa: Read Latest News from Manuja-Veerappa - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ "KL Rahul, Bengaluru FC bag top hounours at SWAB Awards". MyKhel. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ Anjanappa, Bharath (6 March 2023). "Kantara and KGF 2 win max at Critics' Awards". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
^ https://www.dsu.edu.in/images/Alumni/Newsletters/13122024.pdf

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[1] Menon, Suresh (24 March 2019). "It's been a long road for the women sportswriters". Sportstar. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[:0-2] "Bengaluru Round-Up". The Hindu. 4 February 2025. pp. Sport P16.

[3] "168. An Uplifting Mosaic (with Manuja Veerappa, Nandini Kumar and Sharda Ugra)". Bangalore International Centre. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[4] Chronicle, Deccan. "manuja veerappa, Deccan Chronicle". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[5] "Manuja-Veerappa: Read Latest News from Manuja-Veerappa - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[6] "KL Rahul, Bengaluru FC bag top hounours at SWAB Awards". MyKhel. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[7] Anjanappa, Bharath (6 March 2023). "Kantara and KGF 2 win max at Critics' Awards". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

[8] ttps://www.dsu.edu.in/images/Alumni/Newsletters/13122024.pdf

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