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Badminton · Odisha

Swetaparna Panda

Swetaparna Panda (born 29 June 2005) is an Indian badminton player. Hails from Odisha, she earlier trained at the Gopichand Badminton Academy at Hyderabad and currently trains with her sister and current doubles partner Rutaparna Panda at Cuttack.

Badminton · Gujarat

Syed Modi

Syed Modi (31 December 1962 – 28 July 1988), born as Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player and eight-time National Badminton champion (1980–1987). His most notable achievement at the international badminton circuit came in the form of men's singles title at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. He also won three other international titles, namely Austrian International (in 1983 & 1984) and USSR International (in 1985), both of which were European Badminton Circuit tournaments.

Arjuna Award
Badminton · Telangana

Syed Mohammed Arif

Syed Mohammed Arif (born 29 January 1944), popularly known as Arif Saahab, is an Indian badminton coach. He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award and Padma Shri Award by the Government of India.

Dronacharya Award
Badminton

Tanisha Crasto

Tanisha Crasto (born 5 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player who specialises in mixed doubles. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships in 2024 and the bronze medal at the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships. With her doubles partner Dhruv Kapila, she touched her highest world ranking of 16 in May 2025.

Competed at 2016 Bahrain International Challenge – women's doubles
Badminton · Goa

Tanvi Lad

Tanvi Lad (born 30 January 1993) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles.

Competed at 2011 Welsh International Badminton Championships – women's singles
Badminton · Punjab

Tanvi Sharma

Tanvi Sharma (born 22 December 2008) is an Indian badminton player. She is the first Indian to win more than one medal in an edition of the World Junior Championships, with a silver in the girls' singles and bronze in the mixed team event at the 2025 edition. She was a part of the team that won gold at the 2024 Asian Team Championships.

Badminton · Karnataka

Tanya Hemanth

Tanya Hemanth (born 19 September 2003) is an Indian badminton player.

Competed at 2019 Cyprus Junior International Badminton Championships – women's singles
Badminton · Maharashtra

Tara Deodhar

Tara Deodhar (born 1924, date of death unknown) was an Indian badminton and tennis player. She was the daughter of cricketer D. B. Deodhar.

national champion
Badminton · Telangana

Tarun Kona

Tarun Kona (born 17 November 1989) is an Indian badminton player. He entered the national team in 2006, and in 2011, he won the men's doubles title at the National Championships.

national champion
Badminton · Gujarat

Tasnim Mir

Tasnim Mir (born 13 May 2005) is an Indian badminton player. She is a former BWF World Junior Number 1.

Competed at 2019 India Junior Badminton Championships – women's singles
Badminton · Kerala

Treesa Jolly

Treesa Jolly (born 27 May 2003) is an Indian badminton player. With her doubles partner Gayatri Gopichand, she has won bronze medals at the 2026 World Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She was a member of the women's team that won the 2024 Asia Team Championships.

Competed at 2019 German Junior International Badminton Championships – women's doubles
Badminton · Maharashtra

Trupti Murgunde

Trupti Murgunde (born 3 June 1982) is an Indian Badminton player who plays singles & doubles. She is a Dhyan Chand Awardee. The shuttler, who was born in Pune, has won the 2009 National Championship for women after remaining runners up for 3 times.

Dhyan Chand Award
Badminton

Uday Pawar

Uday Pawar is a former badminton player. He was the national doubles champion four times. He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1982 Asian Games in the Men's team event and again won the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1986 Asian Games in the Men's team event.

national champion
Badminton · Haryana

Unnati Hooda

Unnati Hooda (born 20 September 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She was a member of the 2022 Uber Cup Indian team.

Badminton · Kerala

Valiyaveetil Diju

Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles.

Arjuna Award
Badminton

Vandana Chiplunkar

Vandana Chiplunkar is an Indian former badminton player. She was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1982 Asian Games in the Women's Team event.

Competed at badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – women's doubles
Badminton · Chhattisgarh

Venkat Gaurav Prasad

Venkat Gaurav Prasad (born 29 November 1985) is an Indian badminton player.

Badminton

Vighnesh Devlekar

Vighnesh Devlekar (born 17 September 1996) is an Indian badminton player.

Competed at 2016 Bahrain International Challenge – men's doubles
Badminton · West Bengal

Vijay A. Madgavkar

Vijay A. Madgavkar (July 8, 1914 – March 13, 2004) was an Indian badminton player. He was the first player to win men's singles in the first edition of Indian National Badminton Championships in 1934 at the Calcutta Nationals.

Competed at 1934/1935 Indian Badminton Championships – men's singles
Badminton · Kerala

Vimal Kumar

U. Vimal Kumar (born 19 November 1962) is an Indian former badminton player. He won the Indian National title consecutively for two years, 1988 and 1989. He also served as Chief National Coach of India.

Dronacharya Award
Badminton

Vincent Lobo

Vincent Lobo (born 16 August 1977) is a former Indian badminton player. He has won numerous local, state and national level titles. At the national level, he has won eight Indian badminton national championship titles over his career.

national champion
Badminton

Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala