Professional / Amateur / Beginner

Turned Professional in the year 1989

Highest Sports Qualification

9 times World Champion

(Five Pro-Billiards, Three IBSF World Billiards & One IBSF World Snooker (Team))

First Amateur in world & only Indian to have 147 Maximum in Snooker

Highest Break

Billiards - 1276

Snooker - 147

Record

Billiards - Created a world record of 1276 points break in the 1992 World Professional Billiards Championship, and holded for 15 years i.e. upto 5th October 2007, when Peter Gilchrist of Singapore broke by making 1346. Geet also holds an unofficial break of 1617 in 70 minutes (while practicing).

Snooker - The First amateur in World & only Indian to have 147 maximum in Snooker Championship. He recorded this break on 21.02.1988

Interesting Fact - The only cueist in entire globe (either living or dead) who scored 1000+ in Billiards and 147 (the maximum) in Snooker.

These records are also entered in Guinness Book of World Records too.

Tournament Records

- 2011 Asian Billiards Championship, Kish Island (Iran) - Quarter Finalist

- 2011 CCI Invitational Snooker Tournament - Pre-Quarter Finalist

- 2010 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Semi Finalist

- 2010 77th Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 7

- 2010 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) - Bronze Medalist

- 2010 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) - Bronze Medalist

- 2010 Asian Billiards Championship, Indore - Quarter Finalist

- 2010 Alumni Club All India Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai - Pre-Quarter Finalist

- 2009 VIP MATRIX All India Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 IBSF World Snooker (Masters) Championship - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 3rd Indoor Asian Games English Billiards (Individual) - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 76th Indian National Snooker Championship - Rank 8

- 2009 76th Indian National Billiards Championship - Runner-Up

- 2009 EBOS Denis Wood Memorial Open Billiards Championship :: Birmingham - Semi Finalist

- 2009 EBOS European Open Billiards Championship :: Belgium - Semi Finalist

- 2009 G.Raman Nair Annual Billiards Championship 2009 - Winner

- 2009 Shyam Shroff Memorial - Khar Gymkhana Invitational Snooker Tournament - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 8th Asian Billiards Championship, Pune, India - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 English Open Billiards Series # 5 @ Prestatyn - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 CCI Platinum Jubilee Snooker Championship - Round 16

- 2008 5th PYC-ATC Snooker Challenge (Team Event) - Runner Up (Team: Strachan Champs)

- 2008 75th Indian National Snooker Championship - Top 16

- 2008 75th Indian National Billiards Championship - Runner-Up

- 2008 IBSF World Snooker (Masters) Championship :: Wels (Austria)  - Runner-up

- 2008 ASCA - All India Invitation Snooker Championship :: Chennai - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Semi Finalist

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Runner-Up

- 2008 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Runner-up

- 2008 English Billiards Open Series @ Prestatyn - Winner

- 2008 Fifth R.K. Gupta Memorial - Alexander Club (Meerut) Billiards Tournament - Semi Finalist

- 2008 Yasin Merchant Classic Doubles Snooker Tournament - Participated (Partner :: Aditya Mehta)

- 2007 74th Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 3

- 2007 74th Indian National Snooker Championship - Rank 8

- 2007 IBSF World Snooker (Master) Championship - Semi Finalist

- 2007 Indoor Asian Games English Billiards - Silver Medal

- 2007 IBSF World Billiards Championship (time format) - Rank 3

Cue in use

O'min Hunter - 2 piece

Club

Ellis Bridge Gymkhana - Ahmedabad

Other Activities

Founder of Olympic Gold Quest, a program of Foundation for Promotion of Sports and Games

Other Experiences

Author - Success Vs. Joy

Hobbies

Writing and reading