Chess Star Vantika Agrawal Honored With Arjuna Award At Rashtrapati Bhavan

Vantika holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024.

Vantika Agrawal, an alumnus of Amity School Noida, received the prestigious Arjuna Award from President of India, Droupadi Murmu, in recognition of her remarkable achievements in chess. The award was presented during a ceremonial event at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday.

Vantika holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024 at Budapest. She won a silver medal with the Indian Team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Her accolades also include medals in Commonwealth, World Youth, Asian Youth and National Championships.

In 2016, Vantika Agrawal won bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship U14 girls age group. In 2020 she won FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020.

In 2021, Vantika won silver medal in Indian Junior Girls Online Chess Championship and won gold medal in Indian Junior Senior Women Chess Championship. In November 2021 in Riga, she ranked in 14th place in FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament. She received the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2021. 

Lauding this huge achievement of Vantika Agrawal, Dr. Amita Chauhan Chairperson Amity Group of Schools said, “It is a matter of immense pride and pleasure that our student Vantika Agrawal has achieved this prestigious award by the Hon’ble President Smt. Draupadi Murmu. Nothing gives us more happiness than to see our students making their parents and country proud.  Amity’s commitment to nurturing the talent of its students is evident in the success of our students in every field. Our heartiest congratulation to Vantika and her parents for this remarkable achievement and we wish her huge success in all her future endeavours.”  

Vantika Agrawal received immense praise from Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, during Chess Olympiad 2024 and also felicitated by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath.

Having embarked on her chess journey at the age of eight, Vantika owes her success to the school for being her constant source of inspiration. She aspires to become a Grandmaster and break into the world’s top ten rankings.