NAGPUR, May 2
Sudhir Shrivastava, a veteran sports reporter and former president of Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN), passed away on Wednesday (May 2) due to cardiac arrest. He was 61. He is survived by wife, son and daughter.
The last rites were performed at Gangabai Ghat at 12 noon on Wednesday. A condolence meeting was held at the where President of Maharashtra State Volleyball Association Vijay Dangre, members of SJAN and sports lovers were present.
Shrivasatava worked with Hindi daily ‘Navbharat’ as a sports journalist for more than three decades and retired last year. He was the president SJAN from 1997 to 2005. Shrivastava was elected as the vice-president of Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) at Kolkata Convention in 2000 and was re-elected in 2003.
Shrivastava, who was fondly known as ‘Pappu Bhaiyya’ by journalists all over the country, was admitted to a local hospital a few days back. He breadth his last at 4.45 on Wednesday morning. A former volleyball player, Shrivastava was serving as the secretary of Nagpur District Volleyball Association and was also on the state volleyball body.