( L-R) Suresh Sud (Managing Director, Swagelok) presenting the winners’ trophy and an Invitation to Windsor Castle to BK Nihal and Ashwin Sivaramakrishnan.
The 14th annual Duke of Edinburgh Cup in aid of Christel House Charity Golf Tournament hosted at Karnataka Golf Association (KGA), Bangalore last week ended with record funds collected to benefit Christel House India’s school for underprivileged children. Once again Bangalore’s corporate community led by Swagelok and Bio-Gen Extracts came together to support a great cause, collecting over Rs 68 lacs in donations.
The tournament saw 97 golfers tee off, with one of the Bio-Gen teams, BK Nihal and Ashwin Sivaramakrishnan claiming victory and earning the trip to Windsor Castle, England to represent India at the Duke of Edinburgh Cup World Final 2026.
Raju Shahani ( Director, Christel House India) addressing golfers during the prize presentation ceremony.
(L) Navin Bajaj receiving the closest to the pin award from (R) Parv Sud ( Director, Swagelok)
Among the prize sponsors were US Polo, JW Marriott Bangalore, Leela Bhartiya City, Bhartiya Tech Park and others.
The 2025 World Final is taking place Sep.29-Oct. 2 at Wentworth GC, Edinburgh Course, Royal Household GC, Windsor Castle and Windlesham GC.
Team India will be represented in this edition by Madhavrao Scindia Golf Tournament 2025 winners Fateh Singh and Devin Narang from New Delhi.
(L) Arpana Parasar (Chief People Officer, Tricon Infotech) presenting the Closest to pin award to Saif Mehkri ( L)
Recognised as one of the leading charity golf events in the world, the two winners from this event will once travel to play in the prestigious ‘ Duke of Edinburgh Cup’ Charity golf World Finals in London which includes a round of golf at the private golf course of the Royal Family at Windsor Castle followed by a black tie sit down champagne dinner with a member of the Royal Family in the state ballroom of Windsor Castle – a unique , once in a lifetime, money can’t buy experience.
The tournament was played in a two member team format with the 18 hole total stableford scores of both team members adding up for the team score.
Amit Khansaheb (L) and Suresh Sud (Managing Director, Swagelok) (R) with Rishi Narain ( Founder & MD , RN Sports Marketing) ( Centre)
TEAM WINNER / RUNNER UP
| CATEGORY | NAME | TEAM TOTAL POINTS |
| Winning TeamTrip to Windsor Castle | BK Nihal | 73 |
| Ashwin Sivaramakrishnan | ||
| Runner-Up Team Airline tickets from Indigo | Satish Kabra | 70 |
| Dhananjay Naidu |
BEST GROSS
| CATEGORY | NAME | Gross Points | Score |
| Best Gross
Indigo Airline tickets |
Rahul Ravi | 39 | -3 |
Indian Cricketer Karun Nair seen in action during the tournament.
ON COURSE CONTEST
| CATEGORY | NAME | MEASUREMENT |
| Tata Hitachi
Straightest Drive Hole # 2 |
Dilip Khemka | On the line |
| Swagelok
Closest To Pin Hole # 4 |
Naveen Bajaj | 4ft 11 Inch |
| Tricon Infotech
Closest To Pin Hole #8 |
Saif Mehkri | 1ft 8 Inch |
| Manjushree
Longest Drive Hole # 9 |
Karan Singhvi | 272 Yards |
| Indigo
Closest To Pin Hole # 13 |
Preetham BR | 3ft |
| Panthera Projects
Closest To Pin #15 |
Milesh Jamburao | 6ft 9 Inch |
| Tricon Infotech
Straightest Drive Hole # 17 |
Sanjay Goel | On the line |
| Bio- Gen
Longest Drive Hole # 18 |
NK Lenka | 272 Yards |