Dinesh Kamath's news item 'Subhash Shinde is more than just a policeman' that was published in Newsband

Subhash Shinde is more than just a policeman

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: Subhash Shinde (45) works for Navi Mumbai Police as a sub-inspector. The special feature about him is that he is more than just a police man. He is involved in many other activities and this makes him someone who is special.

Shinde is very happy with his police job. But in addition to that he is pursuing an MBA in human resources. He is doing this course just because he loves to study. He believes that there is no end to learning.

At one stage, when he was serving the Navi Mumbai police department, the then Navi Mumbai police commissioner Ahmed Javed had asked Shinde to form a cricket team. Shinde formed a team and in a matter of few months the team which he had built managed to win three titles. His team won the Thane Vaibhav tournament, Navi Mumbai Sports Association title and Times Shield ‘F’ Division crown. The team missed to win the fourth title and finished second in the Navi Mumbai Press Club T20 Tournament.

It was Iqbal Shaikh who inspired Shinde to achieve this feat. Officers like Ashok Dongre (joint commissioner), Shrikant Pathak (deputy commissioner) gave him all the backing he needed. Shinde selected the players from Panvel and Raigad. The people of these two places are known for their tremendous mental and physical stamina.

Shinde took special care to see that his players were mentally fit and not just physically active. He made them read books authored by sports psychologist BP Bam, a former inspector general of police.

In spite of having achieved such a major success, Shinde remains modest and down-to-earth. His knowledge of management has helped him tremendously to manage the cricket team. He was instrumental in forcing his bosses to sanction for the laying of pitches on the premises of the Navi Mumbai Police headquarters in Belapur.

Shinde is proud of his one find who is Ravi Jadhav. This cricketer scored 1,200 runs this season, hammered five centuries and as many fifties in Times Shield, two tons in Thane Vaibhav and two in Navi Mumbai Sports Association tourney.

Shinde has one ambition. He wants to see Navi Mumbai police team make it to ‘A’ division of Times Shield. He is confident of achieving this feat too one day in the future.