Hem Chandra, resident of Paniyali(Kathgharia), Haldwani in Nainital district, has won the prestigious title 'Mr Motivational Icon of India'. He participated in the 'Indian Icon 2018' which was held from December 25 to 30 2018 in Haryana and Delhi for six days, organised by Sea Lord Entertainment.
Hem Chandra who had gone through difficult time in his childhood studied B.sc and M.sc in Agriculture from G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar.
He is currently working in Uttarakhand government as assistant director, Sericulture, Udham Singh Nagar district.
Notably, he has achieved a lot of success in the field of sports as well in the past. In the field of bodybuilding, he has been crowned many awards such as Mr Uttarakhand, Mr Kumaon, Mr Nainital, Mr Haldwani and Mr Pantnagar.
Among those who congratulated him on winning the national level title were the director Social Welfare Vinod Goswami, chief development officer Uttarkashi Prashant Arya, director Sericulture Anand Yadav, deputy director Sericulture Arwind Laloriya and deputy director Sericulture Pradeep Kumar.