bangalore watching his wards scale daunting peaks along the way to boxing greatness g manoharan rarely lets slip a few words of selfpraise typical of his character the national youth coach prefers to undermine his own contribution telling himself that an achievement for india is far greater than anyones personal sacrifice however the 55yearold who has trained four of indias seven qualifiers for the london olympics in their formative years is human after allthe basics of boxing are all that i deal with manoharan 54 told toi from pune its almost an attempt to play down his immense contribution to boxing one that has seen the likes of l devendro singh 49kg shiva thapa 56kg sumit sangwan 81kg and vikas krishan 69kg develop from raw talents to olympic boxers in a matter of three years under his tutelagemy contribution has been all about movement footwork defence endurance technique and tactics i give these kids the platform to go and shine personally im thrilled if they reach great heights but a victory for india is all i dream of added manoharan who rose as a boxer at madras engineers group in bangaloreask him about the dronacharya award an accolade that has eluded him for the past four years the sports authority of india coach admits his desire to be recognized i have been the senior coach earlier i have so many of my wards achieve greatness i hope someday i have something to show for all my effort i dont see my family in bangalore for months on end just because my job lies in pune so it will be a nice to win if it doesnt happen i will still get rs 15000 a month from my job with sai said manoharan currently with the national youth camp at the army sports institute in puneunfortunately disappointment too is no stranger to manoharan nominated five times including this year by the indian boxing federation for the dronacharya award the champion trainer has been ignored so far let me put it simply this man deserves the award and has deserved it for three years said ibf secretary pk muralidharan raja there is no other accolade that can justify his achievements especially since he took over as junior coach in 2006 the four youngsters who have made the olympic mark are his trainees only as they have just graduated into the senior division i hope the panel that picks awardees this year recognizes this fact he saidmanoharan who made the quarterfinals of the moscow olympics in 1980 lauded the efforts of the four londonbound boxers these lads have shown a great amount of discipline and hard work he said