Our Mentors
Pullela Gopichand
Badminton - chief mentor
Has been honored with the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Dronacharya Award in 2009, and the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, in 2014.
Sharath Kamal
Table Tennis - mentor
First Indian Table Tennis Player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion. Secured gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Gold in Men’s Singles at the 16th Commonwealth TT Championship 2004. First Indian to win the Pyongyang Invitational Tournament 2007 held in North Korea. Sole Indian Men’s Table Tennis player selected for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Won the US Open TT Men’s Championship, 2010. Triumphed at the Egypt Open, becoming the first Indian to win a singles title in the ITTF Pro Tour, 2010. Won gold in Men’s Doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Bagged three medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast: Gold in Men’s Team event, Silver in Men’s Doubles, and Bronze in Men’s Singles.
Ramachandran Ramesh