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Gaurav Khanna
Shri Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1975) is an Indian para-badminton team's head coach. Khanna has been widely recognized as the man behind the rise of para-badminton in the country. Khanna encountered several trials and tribulations during his youth and early life, but his desire propelled him onward, and despite all obstacles, he emerged as a selfless individual driven to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
Gayatri Gopichand
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (born 4 March 2003) is an Indian badminton player. She is the daughter of former shuttlers P. V. V. Lakshmi and Pullela Gopichand. With her doubles partner Treesa Jolly, she has won bronze medals at the 2026 World Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
George Thomas
George Thomas (born 15 April 1966) is an Indian former badminton player from Kerala. He won the National Singles title in 1990 and the doubles title with Jaseel P. Ismail in 1992.
H. S. Prannoy
Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad.
Harika Veludurthi
Harika Veludurthi (born 11 September 1998) is an Indian badminton player.
Harsheel Dani
Harsheel Dani (born 12 August 1996) is an Indian badminton player. He represented India in the Asian and BWF World Junior Championships. He also became the U-19 singles champion in the junior nationals.
Hufrish Nariman
Hufrish Nariman is an Indian former badminton player. She is a coach in the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.
Ishaan Bhatnagar
Ishaan Bhatnagar (born 2 February 2002) is an Indian badminton player.
Isharani Baruah
Isharani Baruah (born 4 January 2004) is an Indian badminton player.
Jaseel P. Ismail
Jaseel P. Ismail (born 16 September 1972) is an Indian former badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala, who is known for his doubles performances.
Jerlin Anika
Jerlin Anika Jayaratchagan also simply known as either J. Jerlin Anika or Jerlin Anika (born 2004) is an Indian deaf badminton player.
Juhi Dewangan
Juhi Dewangan (born 25 May 1994) is an Indian badminton player.
Jwala Gutta
Jwala Gutta (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she represented India at international events in both mixed and women's doubles formats. She has a total of 316 match wins in both the disciplines—the most by any Indian—and peaked at no.
Jyotshna Polavarapu
Jyotshna Polavarapu (born 22 December 1988) is an Indian badminton player. She plays both doubles and mixed doubles. She partnered Pradnya Gadre earlier for women's doubles events.
K. Nandagopal
Nandagopal Kidambi (born 26 December 1991) is an Indian badminton player who competes in men's and mixed doubles.
K. Srikanth
Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. He represented India in men's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, finishing fifth after a quarterfinal run. 1 ranking since Prakash Padukone.
Kanwal Thakur Singh
Kanwal Thakar Singh (born Kanwal Thakar Kaur; born 2 November 1954) is a former Indian badminton player and an Arjuna Award recipient. She presently lives in the United States of America.
Kashmira Joglekar
Kashmira Ram Joglekar (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian badminton player from Pune. She is profoundly deaf.
Kiran George
Kiran George (born 11 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He has competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup and 2022 Asian Team Championships.
Krishna Prasad Garaga
Krishna Prasad Garaga (born 15 March 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He was the gold medalist at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's doubles and team events. He was part of the India team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.
Kuhoo Garg
Kuhoo Garg (born 22 September 1998) is an Indian badminton player. She has secured the All-India Rank (AIR) 178 in the UPSC Civil Services Exam-2023 result and has opted for IPS.
Leroy D’sa
Leroy Francis D'Sa (born 12 October 1953) is an Indian former badminton player. D'sa remains the only player from India ever to have managed to claim four Asian games medals. He initially learned the basics of the sport in Hyderabad where his father was posted in Reserve Bank of India.
Madhumita Bisht
Madhumita Bisht (born Madhumita Goswami on 5 October 1964 at Jalpaiguri) is an Indian former badminton player from West Bengal. She is an eight-time National singles champion, nine-time doubles winner and a twelve-time mixed doubles winner. She represented India in the 1992 Olympics in Women's singles discipline.
Malvika Bansod
Malvika Bansod (born 15 September 2001) is an Indian badminton player who plays for the national team.
Maneesha Kukkapalli
Kukkapalli Maneesha (born 29 April 1995) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays women's and mixed doubles. She partners Sanyogita Ghorpade for women's doubles events and previously partnered with J. Meghana, P. V. Sindhu. For mixed doubles events she partners with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, and previously, Manu Attri and K. Nandagopal.
Manjusha Kanwar
Manjusha Kanwar (née Pavangadkar, born 20 March 1971) is an Indian former badminton player. She was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Presently works as Deputy General Manager in Sports Department Indian Oil Corporation, New Delhi.
Manu Attri
Manu Attri (born 31 December 1992) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays men's and mixed doubles. He partners with Jishnu Sanyal for men's doubles events and previously partnered with B. Sumeeth Reddy.
Markose Bristow
Marcos Bristow (also spelled Markose, born 31 March 1970) is an Indian former badminton player. He was the silver medalist in the badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Men's Team event.
Meena Shah
Meena Shah (31 January 1937 – 10 March 2015) was an Indian badminton player. A national badminton champion, she won twelve National titles including seven consecutive women's singles from 1959 to 1965. She was a recipient of the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award.
Meghana Jakkampudi
Meghana Jakkampudi (born 28 December 1995) is an Indian badminton player. She was the gold medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games in the mixed doubles and team events, also won the bronze medal in the women's doubles.
Meiraba Luwang Maisnam
Meiraba Maisnam (born 30 December 2002) is an Indian badminton player. He currently trains at Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.
Mithun Manjunath
Mithun Manjunath (born 28 June 1998) is an Indian badminton player. He became the Indian National Badminton Champion in men's singles in 2023.
Nandu M. Natekar
Nandu M. Natekar (12 May 1933 – 28 July 2021) was an Indian badminton national champion.
Neelima Chowdary
K Neelima Chowdary (born 15 September 1977) is an Indian former badminton player.
Nikhil Kanetkar
Nikhil Kanetkar (born 13 May 1979) is an Indian former badminton player from Pune. Born in a Maharashtrian family, Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round. In the round of 16, Kanetkar was defeated by Peter Gade of Denmark.
P. C. Thulasi
Puthenpurayil Chandrika Thulasi (born 31 August 1991) is an Indian badminton player. She was part of the national team that won the gold medals in 2010 and 2016 South Asian Games, also the women's doubles silver in 2010. Thulasi was the women's singles national champion in 2016, and the gold medalist in 34th National Games.
P. V. V. Lakshmi
Pandimukkala Venkata Vara Lakshmi (born 8 November 1974), better known as P. V. V. Lakshmi, is an Indian former badminton player. She is an eight-time Indian national champion in badminton and represented India in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She is also the wife of Pullela Gopichand.
Partho Ganguli
Partho Ganguli also spelt Ganguly is an Indian former badminton player. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1982.
Parul Parmar
Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar (born 20 March 1973) is an Indian para-badminton player from Gujarat. She had been ranked world number one in para-badminton women's singles SL3.
Parupalli Kashyap
Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian former badminton player who has represented India at the Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and other major international tournaments. He is best known for reaching the quarterfinals at the 2012 London Olympics, becoming the first Indian male shuttler to achieve this feat. A former World No.
Pearl Goss
Pearl Goss was an Indian badminton player. She was the national women's singles badminton champion of India in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, and 1949. In 2011 she was given a lifetime achievement award by the organisation "Badminton 45" at an event celebrating the history of badminton in India.
Poorvisha Ram
Poorvisha S. Ram (born 24 January 1995) is an Indian badminton player who specializes in doubles and mixed doubles. As of February 2020, she is ranked 48 in doubles.
Pradeep Gandhe
Pradeep Gandhe is an Indian badminton player. He was the national doubles champion and bronze medalist in mixed doubles twice.
Pradnya Gadre
Pradnya Gadre (born 17 October 1990) is an Indian badminton player from Nashik, Maharashtra who currently plays doubles and mixed doubles. She partners Ashwini Ponnappa for women's doubles events. The other partners she earlier paired up for women's doubles are Jyotshna P, Prajakta Sawant, Nitya Sosale.
Prajakta Sawant
Prajakta Sawant (born 28 October 1992) is a badminton player from India. She was the national women's doubles champion in 2010 and 2011 and also won the mixed doubles title in 2010. In 2013, she won the Bangladesh International tournament partnered with Arathi Sara Sunil.
Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) is an Indian former badminton player. He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980 and the same year he became the first Indian to win the All England Open.
Pranav Chopra
Pranaav Jerry Chopra (born 6 September 1992) is an Indian badminton player. He joined the India national badminton team in 2007. In the year 2018, at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the gold medal in mixed team as being a member of the Indian mixed team.
Pratul Joshi
Pratul Joshi (born 27 November 1994) is an Indian male badminton player.