OLYMPIANS

Directors of Instructions

  • Aparna Popat

    - Double Olympian
     - Sydney. 2000
     - Athens. 2004

    - Former 9 Time Consecutive National Champion
      - 1998 - 2006

    - Arjuna Awardee 2005

  • Anup Sridhar

    - Olympian, Beijing 2008

    -2 times National Champion

      – 2004 – 2005

    -Arjuna Awardee 2007

    - India’s Thomas Cup Captain

Mentors

  • Lakshmi Gopichand

    - Olympian, 1996, Atlanta.

    - Former 8 Time National Champion.

  • Valiyaveetil Diju

    - Arjuna Awardee, 2014

    - Olympian, London 2012

    - Former World Number 6 in Mixed Doubles

MENTORS & GURUS

MENTORS

  • JBS Vidyadhar

    - Former International Player

    - Former India No. 3 in Singles and Doubles Category

    - Represented Indian Team, 1997 - 2010

  • George Thomas

    - Former International Player

    - Arjuna Awardee

    - Former Men’s Singles National Champion-1990

    - Former Men’s Doubles National Champion 1992

  • Jaseel P Ismail

    - Former International Player

    - Former 5 Time’s Men’s Doubles National Champion-1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000

    - Former 2 times Mixed Doubles National Champion – 1999, 2002

  • Markose Bristow

    - Former International Player

    - Former 3 times Men’s Doubles National Champion – 1999, 2002, 2003

    - Former 2 times Mixed Doubles National Champion – 2001, 2004

    - Gold, SAF Games, 2004

  • Krishna Hazarika Rao

    - Former International Player

    - Represented India, 1991 – 1996

    - Represented India at Uber Cup, 1994

GURUS

  • Anil Pradhan

    - Former coach of Aparna Popat

    - Former National Men's Doubles Champion - 1972

  • Asawari parmar

    - Gold, World Railway Games, Denmark 1993

    - Gold, Team Championships, Senior Nationals, 1991 | 1992 | 1995

  • Nirmala Kotnis

    - 22 National Titles across singles and doubles categories

  • Mitesh Hajirnis

    - Represented India at the All England Badminton Championships, 2002

  • Nancy Tandon

    - Former International Player

    - Women’s Doubles National Champion – 1993 – 1994

    - Bronze Medalist, BWF World Senior Badminton Championship, 2017

  • Oli Deka

    - Former International Player

    - Gold, SAF Games, Sri Lanka 2006

  • D Guruprasad

    - Eklavya Award Winner

    - Represented India at All England Open Badminton Championships, 2015