Rahul Dravid: Difference between revisions

In 2014, Rahul Dravid joined the [[GoSports Foundation]] as a member of their board of advisors. In collaboration with GoSports Foundation, he is mentoring India's future Olympians and Paralympians as part of the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rahul-dravid-to-mentor-india-s-potential-olympians-1957754 |title=Rahul Dravid to mentor India's potential Olympians & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |date=27 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206134058/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rahul-dravid-to-mentor-india-s-potential-olympians-1957754 |archive-date=6 February 2014 }}</ref> [[India]]n [[badminton]]ist [[Prannoy Kumar]], para-swimmer [[Sharath Gayakwad]] and golfer S. Chikkarangappa were part of the initial group of athletes that were mentored by Rahul Dravid. In July 2018, Dravid became the fifth Indian cricketer to be inducted into the [[ICC Hall of Fame]].<ref name="ESPNcricinfo">{{cite news |date=2 July 2018 |title=Ponting, Dravid, Claire Taylor inducted into ICC Hall of Fame |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ricky-ponting-rahul-dravid-claire-taylor-inducted-into-icc-hall-of-fame-1150940}}</ref>

 

Dravid was born to a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-Speaking [[Brahmin]] family<ref name="Meet Rahul Sharad Dravid">{{cite news|title=Meet Rahul Sharad Dravid|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Meet-Rahul-Sharad-Dravid/articleshow/1675924.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=24 February 2007}}</ref> in [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Rahul Dravid |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-24/special-report/27880064_1_rahul-pushpa-dravid-roger-federer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-02-24/special-report/27880064_1_rahul-pushpa-dravid-roger-federer |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2012 |access-date=27 March 2007 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 February 2007}}</ref> His family later moved to [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], where he was raised.<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPNcricinfo – Players and Officials – Rahul Dravid |url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427172904/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28114.html |archive-date=27 April 2007 }}</ref> His mother tongue is [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/12/stories/2004091200550300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612114045/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/09/12/stories/2004091200550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-06-12 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Keeping the windows }}</ref> Dravid's father, Sharad Dravid, worked for a company that produces jams and preserves, giving rise to the later nickname ''Jammy''. His mother, Pushpa, was a professor of [[architecture]] at the [[University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering]] in Bangalore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.verveonline.com/29/people/rahul/full.shtml |title=People &#124; The Great Wall of India |publisher=Verveonline.com |access-date=20 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094607/http://www.verveonline.com/29/people/rahul/full.shtml |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> Dravid has a younger brother named Vijay.<ref name="dravidthewall1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dravidthewall.com/2008/01/his-personal-choices.html |publisher=Dravidthewall |access-date=22 October 2013 |title=Dravid's personal choices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055320/http://www.dravidthewall.com/2008/01/his-personal-choices.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref>