Badminton

Doubles partner of Satwiksairaj; helped India win Thomas Cup 2022.

Men's singles shuttler; world championship bronze medallist in 2023.

Former world No. 1 and World Championship silver medallist.

Men's singles shuttler; All England finalist in 2022 and world championship bronze medallist in 2021.

Two-time Olympic medallist and former world champion.

First Indian woman to win an Olympic badminton medal; former world No. 1.

Half of India's first men's doubles pair to reach world No. 1.

Aakarshi Kashyap (born 24 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. She was selected to be part of the Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games. She was part of the national women's team that won the gold medal in 2019 South Asian Games.

Abhinav Manota (born 7 April 1992) is an Indian-born New Zealand badminton player. He won four Oceania Championships title, two in the men's singles, and two in the men's doubles.

Abhinn Shyam Gupta (born 22 October 1979 in Allahabad) is an Indian former badminton player. Presently he lives in City of Allahabad and is a former national champion in singles. Gupta played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Park Tae-sang of South Korea.

Aditi Mutatkar (born 6 October 1987) is an Indian badminton player from Pune, Maharashtra. She won the Silver Medal in Mixed team event in 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, 2010. She reached her highest rank of 27th in the world when she registered her career-best performance of reaching the finals of the Bitburger Open.

Aditya Joshi (born 7 August 1996) is an Indian badminton player. He is the first male Indian junior badminton player who ranked first place in the world junior rankings.

Aditya Prakash (born 7 September 1990) is an Indian badminton player who currently plays singles. He was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He competed at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, won the gold medal in the team event and the silver medal in the boys' singles.

Ajay Jayaram (born 28 September 1987) is an Indian retired badminton player from Chennai. He plays for the Mumbai Rockets in the Premier Badminton League. Jayaram is a champion of the Czech International and Dutch Open tournament.

Akhilesh Das Gupta (31 March 1961 – 12 April 2017) was an educationist, professor, and Indian politician. He was the son of Freedom Fighter Babu Banarasi Das, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was the president of Badminton Association of India, vice president of Badminton Asia Confederation, a member of the Executive Council of Badminton World Federation, and vice president of Indian Olympic Association.

Akshay Dewalkar (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian badminton player. He was the men's doubles National Champion together with Pranav Chopra in 2013 and 2015. Dewalkar was the men's team gold medalists at the 2006 and 2016 South Asian Games, also won a men's doubles silver in 2016 with Chopra and a bronze in 2006 with Jishnu Sanyal.

Alwin Francis (born 11 March 1987) is an Indian badminton player.

Ami Ghia Shah (born 8 December 1956) is an Indian former badminton player. She is a seven-time National singles champion, twelve-time doubles winner and a four-time mixed doubles winner. She received the Arjuna Award in 1976.

Anand Pawar (born 18 July 1986) is a male Indian badminton player who has represented India in the Men's World Team Championships (Thomas Cup) & World Mixed Team Championships (Sudirman Cup) & Asian Badminton Championships. He is a Bronze Medallist (Semi-Finalist) in the India Super Series 2013 and has been ranked as high as 30 in the world. In 2008, he won the Portugal International, Hungarian International and the Austrian International.

Anmol Kharb (born 20 January 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She won the gold at the Asia Team Championships.

Anoushka Ashit Parikh (born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player.

Anup Sridhar (born 11 April 1983) is an Indian retired badminton player.

Anupama Upadhyaya (born 12 February 2005) is an Indian badminton player. She is a former BWF World Junior Number 1. She became the Indian National Badminton Champion in women's singles in 2023.

Aparna Balan (born 9 August 1986) is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. She was part of the national team that won the silver medal in 2010 Commonwealth Games, also gold medals in 2004, 2006 and 2010 South Asian Games. She is 6 times National Champion in mixed doubles and 3 times National Champion in women's doubles.

Aparna Popat (born 18 January 1978) is a former Indian badminton player. She was India's national champion for a record equaling nine times when she won all the senior national championships between 1997 and 2006.

Arathi Sara Sunil (born 1 October 1994) is an Indian badminton player. She participated at the 2018 Asian Games.

Archana Deodhar (born 2 February 1971) is an Indian former badminton player. She was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team event. She was the coach of national women's badminton team.

Arjun Madathil Ramachandran (born 11 May 1997) is an Indian badminton player. He alongside India men's team won the 2022 Thomas Cup, and also bronze medal at the 2020 Asia Team Championships.

Arun Vishnu (born 2 August 1988) is an Indian badminton player, from Calicut, Kerala, who represented India in several international tournaments. He partnered with Aparna Balan and Alwin Francis in mixed doubles category and men's doubles category respectively. His career best world ranking was 37 and 41 in men's doubles and mixed doubles category respectively.

Arundhati Pantawane (born 2 September 1989) is an Indian female badminton singles player. She represented India at the women's team event of the 2010 Asian Games. Among other achievements, she won gold medal at the 2011 National Games along with finishing runner-up at the 75th Senior National Badminton Championships.

Arvind Bhat (born 7 June 1979) is a male badminton player from Bangalore, India.

Ashmita Chaliha (born 18 October 1999) is an Indian badminton player. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. At the 2019 South Asian Games, she secured gold medals in both the women's singles and team events.

Ashwathi Vinodh Pillai (born 14 July 2000) is a Swedish professional badminton player. She has participated in several national and international tournaments across Europe, and was part of the Alpha team which won the gold medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda (born 18 September 1989) is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines. She had a successful partnership with Jwala Gutta as the pair has won many medals in international events including a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and bronze medals at the Uber Cup and the Asian Badminton Championships. They were consistently ranked among the top 20 in the BWF World Ranking reaching as high as no.

Ayush Shetty (born 3 May 2005) is an Indian badminton player. He won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. He won a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Championships.

B. R. Meenakshi (born 20 September 1979) is an Indian badminton player.

B. R. Sankeerth (born 22 December 1997) is an Indian-born Canadian badminton player. Sankeerth started playing badminton when he was young in Karnataka, India. He had shown his potential as a badminton player by finishing as a runner-up at the U-13 SBM State-ranking junior badminton championship.

B. Sumeeth Reddy (born 26 September 1991) is an Indian former badminton player. He was part of Indian team that clinched the gold medals in the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games, and also claimed the men's doubles gold with Manu Attri in 2016. Reddy competed at the 2014 Asian Games, 2018 Asian Games; and at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event, the first Indian to make it to Men's doubles event at the Olympics (along with Manu Attri) He retired from playing in March 2025 and became a doubles coach.

Chetan Anand Buradagunta (born 8 July 1980) is a badminton player from India. Anand is a four-time national champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010, and three-time South Asian Games men's singles champion in 2004, 2006 and 2010. He has a career best world ranking of world no 10.

Damayanti Tambay is an Indian former badminton player and the wife of Flt lt V. V. Tambay (one of the missing 54 Indian defence personnel from the 1971 Indo-Pak war who are believed to be in Pakistani custody).

Davinder Ahuja is a former badminton player. He was the national doubles champion. He was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1974 Asian Games in the men's team event.

Deepthi Chapala, also known as C.H. Deepthi, is an Indian former badminton player. She was the bronze medalist in badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the Women's Team event.

Devika Sihag (born 18 April 2005) is an Indian badminton player.

Dhanya Nair (born 16 July 1984) is an Indian professional badminton player.

Dhruv Kapila (born 1 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He won the gold at the 2019 South Asian Games in the men's, mixed doubles and team events. He was part of the team that won the 2022 Thomas Cup.

Dinesh Kumar Khanna is an Indian former badminton player. Dinesh Khanna belongs to a prominent family of Punjab based out of Fatehgarh Churian (District Gurdaspur). His great-great-grandfather Diwan Tek Chand was a Diwan in the Darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Dipankar Bhattacharjee (born 1 February 1972) is a Badminton player from Assam, India. He represented India at many International tournaments including Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. He was the Indian National Badminton Champion thrice and a runner-up twice.

Dipu Ghosh (born 17 June 1940) is a former badminton player from India who shined in the 1960s. His brother Raman Ghosh, his long time partner in doubles was also a prominent badminton talent in the country. Ghosh is a former national champion for seven times, in all the three possible categories.

Residential academies providing free boarding, lodging, and professional coaching to selected youngsters.

On 8 September 2026 the Maharashtra Cabinet approved a revised policy for the 5 per cent parallel reservation for meritorious sportspersons in direct recruitment in state government and semi-government bodies. Sports included in at least three consecutive Summer Olympic Games after 2005 qualify, and Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Chess, Mallakhamb and Cricket have been added as regional sports. Under the revised policy, sports certificates must be verified through a digital Sports E-Certificate system within three months, and earlier government resolutions on the quota were rescinded.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), a Government of India enterprise, gives monthly scholarships to economically weaker young sportspersons who have the potential to excel in sport, in games including badminton, boxing, wrestling, kabaddi, chess, athletics and para sports. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. A scholarship is awarded for one year and can be extended up to two years based on annual performance. The number of scholarships is fixed game by game; for the 2025-26 round, for example, badminton had 6 (3 for men and 3 for women) and kabaddi had 20.

NHPC Limited, a Government of India enterprise, offers a sports scholarship to promising young players aged 14 to 19 years (14 to 24 years for para sports) in 16 games, to encourage their talent and build a talent pool during their formative years of education. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. Up to 32 scholarships are provided, two in each game, in two categories, Elite Scholar and Scholar, for a period of three years.

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), a Government of India enterprise, offers 100 para-sports scholarships (50 for men, 50 for women) in two categories, Para Scholar and Elite Para Scholar, across 16 para games including badminton. This is a public-sector company scheme, not a government department scheme. A scholarship runs for a maximum of three years, with a performance review after each year.

Supports the construction of indoor halls that can accommodate multiple sports, specifically in underserved areas under the Prime Minister's Development Package.

A flagship annual multi-disciplinary grassroots event held to identify and nurture young sporting talent at the school and college level across India.

Under instructions of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), central government ministries and departments can directly recruit meritorious sportspersons to Group C posts (including erstwhile Group D) that are filled by direct recruitment, in relaxation of the normal recruitment procedure. The list of qualifying sports has 65 disciplines (63 listed in 2020, with Tennis Ball Cricket added in January 2021 and Yogasana in June 2022). Kudo, Karate, Taekwondo, Golf, Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Badminton, Cricket and Tennis are among them. Railways and a few scientific and atomic-energy services follow separate rules.