Prashanti Singh (Born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, India) is a star basketball player of Indian Women's Basketball Team. She is a shooting guard for the women's basketball team. She represented the team at 2006 Commonwealth Games. She has been honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in 2017. She has also been awarded with the prestigious Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award 2016-17 in the field of sports by Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Prashanti is part of Varanasi's "Basketball Family of India". Her sisters Divya Singh, Akanksha Singh and Pratima Singh, have also represented the Indian national women's basketball team. Another sister, Priyanka Singh, is a National Institute of Sports basketball coach. They are also known as "Singh Sisters".
Prashanti joined the Indian Women's Basketball Team in 2002 and became its captain. She played as captain in 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam on 30 October - 8 November 2009 won Silver medal and 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou China in November 2010.
Prashanti Singh won GOLD Medal in asian beach games at Sri Lanka in 2011. Prashanti Singh is one of the top four A grade player of India selected and sponsored by basketball federation of India & IMG-Reliance.
Prashanti has won 23 medals in the National Championships, National Games and Federation Cups in India. She holds the National record of having most medals in National Championships. She is first woman Basketball player in India to represent the National team in one 2006 Commonwealth Games & two Asian Games 2010, 2014 respectively.
Prashanti is also a member of the International Women's Film Forum of Asian Academy of Film & Television. Prashanti Singh is first and only Basketball Player in India who has a documentary film named B Cube (Boskey Basketball Banaras) on her own life which is selected in top xix films in the prestigious Satyajit Ray Film Festival.
