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{{Infobox person
| name = Pawan Singh
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| nationality = {{IND}}
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| occupation = former Rifle shooter and shooting coach
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| organization = Gun For Glory academy
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| title = Joint Secretary-General of the [[National Rifle Association of India]]<br>Chairman of [[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]'s Result Timing Score (RTS) Jury<br>
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| awards = 2019 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar by the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]<ref name=d>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Kamesh |title=Both "an honour and a responsibility" |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/both-an-honour-and-a-responsibility/article29303302.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=August 31, 2019}}</ref>
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''' Pawan Singh''' is a former Indian rifle shooter and shooting coach of the [[Shooting sports in India|Indian shooting team]]. He is the first and only Indian shooting official to get elected as a member of the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]]'s (ISSF) Judges Committee in the General Assembly elections held in [[Germany]] in 2018.<ref name=A/> He holds the post of the Joint Secretary-General of the [[National Rifle Association of India]] (NRAI).<ref name=A/>

== Career ==
Singh started as a shooter in 1995 and won medals at state and national championships.<ref name=A/> He coached the Indian shooting team between the year 2007 and 2012.<ref name=c/> Currently, he is serving as the Joint Secretary-General of the [[National Rifle Association of India|NRAI]].<ref name=A/>

Pawan Singh was the Competitions Director in the [[2017 ISSF World Cup]] held in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former India Shooting coach Pawan Singh to conduct training to create future shooting judges |url=http://www.punekarnews.in/former-india-shooting-coach-pawan-singh-to-conduct-training-to-create-future-shooting-judges/ |publisher=Punekar News |date=March 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pawan Singh to train shooting judges in Beijing |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/shooting-pawan-singh-issf-world-cup-nrai/article26608225.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=March 22, 2019}}</ref> He also represented India at the World Conference organised by the ISSF in 2017.<ref name=B/>

He contested for the ISSF elections and became the first Indian to get elected as a member of the [[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]] Judged Committee. He was appointed as chairing of the Result Timing Score (RTS) Jury by the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]] for the [[2019 ISSF World Cup]] in [[Munich]] in May 2018.<ref name=B>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Tushar |title=Pawan Singh appointed as head of RTF Jury for ISSF World Cup in Munich |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/pawan-singh-appointed-as-head-of-rtf-jury-for-issf-world-cup-in-munich/articleshow/64268135.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>

In December 2018, he became the first Indian to be elected one of seven members of the Judges Committee of the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]] (ISSF).<ref name=A>{{cite news |title=Pawan Singh is first Indian to be elected in ISSF's judges committee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/pawan-singh-is-first-indian-to-be-elected-in-issfs-judges-committee/articleshow/66921388.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

In April 2019, Singh was appointed as an [[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]] Jury member to officiate at the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Games]], being first Indian Shooting Jury to be selected for [[Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Tushar |title=Pawan Singh becomes first Indian Shooting Jury to get selected for Olympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/pawan-singh-becomes-first-indian-shooting-jury-to-get-selected-for-olympics/articleshow/68860992.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=April 13, 2019}}</ref>

Singh has also worked as the Coordinator for the World Cup event which was held February 2017, Asian Olympic Qualifying Quota Competition and [[2015 Asian Airgun Championships|8th Asian Airgun Championship]]. He was also the part of 'Jury Equipment Control' for Commonwealth Games, [[World Military Games]] and [[Commonwealth Youth Games]].<ref name=c>{{cite news |title=Pawan Singh appointed 'Competitions Manager' |url=https://www.sakaltimes.com/sports/pawan-singh-appointed-%E2%80%98competitions-manager%E2%80%99-7852 |publisher=[[Sakal Times]] |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref>

In November 2017, he was also selected for the special instructors' workshop organised by the [[International Shooting Sport Federation]], which was held in [[Munich]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite news |title=NRAI official Singh selected for ISSF Munich workshop |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/sports/others/nrai-official-singh-selected-for-issf-munich-workshop/articleshow/61632088.cms |publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

Pawan Singh is also a co-founder of [[Pune]]-based Gun For Glory academy, which he started in 2011 with 2012 bronze medallist [[Gagan Narang]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar Singh |first1=Shivendra |title=Pune-based gurukul Gun for Glory determine to make shooting a recreational sport |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/west/pune-based-gurukul-gun-for-glory-determine-to-make-shooting-a-recreational-sport/articleshow/12704704.cms?from=mdr |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=April 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=B/>

== Awards ==
Pawan Singh along with [[Gagan Narang]] received the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar]] from [[Ram Nath Kovind]], the [[President of India]] at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] in August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=How Narang plans to produce Olympic medallists for India |url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/interview/how-narang-plans-to-produce-olympic-medallists/20190903.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=September 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Srinivasan |first1=Kamesh |title=National award a glorious validation for Gagan Narang's vision |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/gun-for-glory-validation-gagan-narang-pawan-singh-shooting-khel-protsahan-puraskan-national-award/article29301517.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=August 30, 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian sports coaches]]
[[Category:Indian male sport shooters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sport shooters from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:International Shooting Sport Federation]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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