Mission 2018

If that sounded to you like space mission, I wouldnt be surprised. In a notable venture, Apollo Tyres has launched Mission 2018 to encourage Tennis players across India. The idea is to have a Grand Slam Winner by then. Keeping that as the goal in mind Apollo Tyres has set aside 100 Crores over the next one year for this project.

Mahesh Bhupati’s Company Globosport will train the selected 15 and give them international exposure. It goes without saying that Apollo Tyres will use this as a way of promoting themselves. It already has raised hackles with the AITA, which has slammed Apollo Tyres for making tall claims. Whether the company is correct in making this tall claims or if AITA is wrong in making an issue of this, no one can be sure. All we know is 15 kids have been selected by Mission 2018. You can find the list of kids who have been selected here .

The batch of 2008 as they have been called are

Rohan Mehra, age 6 — the youngest child in the entire group. Resident of Delhi. Studies in Kindergarten, Delhi Public School, East of Kailash

Jennifer Luikham, age 8. Resident of Delhi. Studies in Class III, Heritage School

Nandini Das, age 8. Resident of Navi Mumbai. Studies in Class III, Father Agnel School

Romil Kamdar, age 9. Resident of Mumbai. Studies in Class IV, P G Garodia School

Sumit Nagal, age 10. Resident of Nangloi. Studies in Class VI, RKPV Paschim Vihar

Sneha Reddy, age 10. Resident of Mumbai. Studies in Class VI, Raj Hans Vidyalaya

Seulee Upadhayaya, age 11. Resident of Paradeep. Studies in Class VI, Bethany Convent School

Simran Kaur Sethi, age 11. Resident of Delhi. Studies in Class VI, DPS R K Puram

Rohan Bhatia, age 12. Resident of Nasik. Studies in Class VIII, Frabashi International School

Mohammad Azhar, age 12. Resident of Kolkata and selected from the Kolkata camp. Studies in Class V, Safee Hall School

Dhruti Venugopal, age 10. Resident of Mysore. Studies in Class VI, Ideal Java Rotary School.

Spoorti Shivalingiah, age 12. Resident of Bangalore. Studies in Class VII, Delhi Public School.

Sansita Nandakumar, age 12. Resident of Koentour. Studies in Class VII, Vidya Niketan School.

Sheikh Abdullah, age 12. Resident of Hyderabad

Saurabh Singh, age 14. Resident of Delhi. Studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya, R K Puram

However AITA has shot of a letter to Apollo about Mission 2018 claiming it to be hyping up the program. And Apollo has reponded back in full force . Here is what Hindustan Times had to say about the controversy.

Apollo has even released a PDF doc about the program as such. Here is where you can find it