Technopark football tournament: H&R Block, UST win 7s and 5s titles

Trivandrum / October 15, 2026

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 15: H&R Block won the men's title and UST emerged champions in the women's category as the ninth season of the Raviz Priviliz Prathidhwani football tournaments for the IT employees of Technopark concluded on Wednesday.

The tournament was organised by Prathidhwani, the welfare and recreation forum of IT employees of Technopark, in association with Yoode.

While the men’s matches were held in 7-a-side format the matches for women were in 5-a-side format.

UST emerged runner-up in men’s category, and Prochant came third. In the women's five-a-side tournament, Tata Elxsi emerged runner-up, and Infosys came third.

Former Indian footballer Ebin Rose attended the grand finale as chief guest. The event brought together IT professionals from companies across Technopark, celebrating footballing talent, teamwork and sporting camaraderie.

In the men's category, Nevin of H&R Block was named Player of the Match in the final, while Ajesh of Prochant received the award for the third-place match. Samuel of Prochant won Best Goalkeeper, and Bevan of H&R Block was named Best Defender. Alan Alexandar of Prochant finished as the top scorer in Phase 1, while Nolan of UST was the leading scorer in the Champions Round and was also named Player of the Tournament.

In the women's category, Sai of UST was named Player of the Match in the final, while Merin of Infosys received the award for the third-place match. Meenakshi of Trenser won Best Goalkeeper, and Neetha of Tata Elxsi was named Best Defender. Amana of Tata Elxsi claimed the top scorer award and was also named Player of the Tournament.

Abhishek of UST received the Best Assist PlayMaker Award. IBS won the Fair Play Award in the men's tournament, while Trenser received the honour in the women's category.

The tournament was made exciting by 109 teams comprising more than 2,500 IT professionals from over 100 IT companies at Technopark participating in the 7-a-side football competition. The 5-a-side tournament featured more than 200 women from 16 IT companies.

Spanning two months and featuring more than 200 matches, the tournament is one of the largest football tournaments organised in the IT sector.

The concluding ceremony was presided over by Rajith V P, Sports Forum Convener of Prathidhwani, the welfare and recreation forum for IT employees at Technopark.  Sanoop Balakrishnan, Sports Forum Joint Convener, delivered the welcome address, while Advaith, Joint Convener of Prathidhwani7s, proposed the vote of thanks.

The event was attended by Smitha and Prem Kamal from Raviz; Kiran from Yoode; Sareesh M, Convener of Prathidhwani7s; Anchana, Convener of Prathidhwani5s; Vineeth Chandran, Secretary of Prathidhwani; Vishnu Rajendran, President of Prathidhwani; and Rajeev Krishnan, State Convener of Prathidhwani.

The ninth season continued Prathidhwani's efforts to promote sports, fitness and employee engagement among IT professionals, providing employees from participating companies with a platform to compete while strengthening connections across the Technopark community.

Prathidhwani congratulated the winning teams, runners-up, individual award winners and all the players, and thanked title sponsor Raviz Priviliz, associate sponsor Yoode, and the partners, volunteers and supporters who contributed to the tournament.

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