Rajeshwar Tiwari is an Indian bridge player and IT professional at HCL. He won a silver medal in the Asian Games 2022. He is a founding member of Team Formidable.
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Wiki/Biography
Rajeshwar Tiwari was born in 1963 (age 60 years; as of 2023) in Delhi, India. He completed his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Delhi. He completed his graduation in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi and post graduation in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from IIT Mumbai. He has been working as an IT professional for the last 34 years.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Weight (Approx): 65 kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
parents and siblings
His mother’s name is Kanta Paul Dhawan. There is not much information about his father and siblings.
Rajeshwar Tiwari’s parents
wife and children
Rajeshwar Tiwari is married to Bindu Tiwari. He has two daughters including Chitra Tiwari.
Rajeshwar Tiwari with his wife Bindu Tiwari and daughters.
livelihood
In 1986, Rajeshwar Tiwari joined TCS as a programmer analyst. In March 1988, he left the job and joined PP Systems Task Pvt. Ltd. as a director. He served as director for the next seven years. In April 1995, he joined NIIT as Principal and served there for about ten years before joining HCL Technologies. In November 2005, he joined HCL Tech Company as BU Head. In 2011, he was promoted as the Software Asset Management (SAM) function head of HCL Tech. While he was pursuing his Master’s from IIT Mumbai, he developed an interest in the game of bridge. Rajeshwar Tiwari’s interest in bridge games took him to the level where he represented India in several national and international bridge championships as a professional player.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
medal
silver
- On 6 October 2023, the Indian men’s bridge team comprising Rajeshwar Tiwari, Raju Tolani, Ajay Prabhakar Kahre and Sumit Mukherjee won the silver medal in bridge at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou.
Rajeshwar Tiwari (second from left) with other Indian men’s bridge team members
Brass
- On 29 October 2022, the Indian men’s bridge team of Rajeshwar Tiwari, Keizad Ankleshwaria, Sumit Mukherjee, D Majumdar, Jaggi Shivdasani and Sandeep Thakral won the bronze medal at the 4th Asia Cup Bridge Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Indian bridge team including Rajeshwar Tiwari (front row far right) won the bronze medal at the 4th Asia Cup Bridge Championships 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- He won a bronze medal at the 18th Asian Games in 2018.
Facts/General Knowledge
- The arrest of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan created a huge uproar in Pakistan. Despite this, all 32 members of India’s bridge team were safe in Lahore and were well treated at a five-star hotel called Pearl Continental Hotel. Rajeshwar Tiwari spoke to PTI before taking off from Amritsar airport and said,
The organizers ensured that they felt completely safe within the confines of the Pearl Continental Hotel. From the time we crossed the Wagah border to enter Pakistan, they made us feel special. The President of Pakistan Bridge Federation came to the border to welcome us. The competition was not of the highest standards, but in terms of hospitality, this was the best experience we have had out of all the foreign tournaments we have attended. We are also known for our hospitality in India, but when they come here, it will be difficult for us to compete with them.”
- India’s Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to congratulate the Indian men’s bridge team for securing a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Games. It was written in the tweet,
Men’s bridge maestros Jaggi Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Sandeep Thakral, Raju Tolani, Ajay Khare and Sumit Mukherjee celebrated their success with well-deserved silver medals. #Asian Games, Congratulations Champions!#Cheer4India#India will win pic.twitter.com/BLKfKt8GmV
– Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) 6 October 2023
- He achieved first rank in HCL International Bridge Championship 2005 with a score of 482.80 points.
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