Badminton has evolved as a modern sport today and has caught the imagination of people.With India producing world class players who were ranked as high as World No.1, many youth have developed aspiration to pursue this sport. The Odisha Badminton Association with its young and enthusiastic members has initiated many steps to provide necessary framework for the development of sports in the state. This unique attempt of provide all information and access to services through website is also novel. Looking forward to have many more such milestones in future.
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
SHRI RAJESH PRABHAKAR PATIL (IAS)
CHAIRMAN
SHRI NILEEN KUMAR
CONVENOR
With an Ex- National Player ‘Er.Rohit Pujari’ as our President and a Development Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Rajesh Patil (IAS), it will be a potential game changer in popularising the sport of Badminton throughout the state. The Development Committee Advisory Board has the likes of Padma Bhushan Pullela Gopichand, Olympian & Most Senior National Title Holder Smt. Aparna Popat, Badminton Asia Development Committee Dy.Chairman & Secretary (Events) BAI Sj. Omar Rashid, London Olympic Panel Coach Shri MV Muralikrishna, Indian Junior Team Coach Shri Sanjay Mishra and with their experience Odisha will surely excel in Badminton in the coming days.
ADVISORS
Shri Pullela Gopichand
CHIEF ADVISOR
Chief National Coach
Arjuna, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dronacharya, Padmashree & Padmabhushan Awardee
Aparna Popat
Arjuna Awardee & Olympian
Omar Rashid
Convenor Tournament Committee,BAI & Dy.Chairman Development Committee Badminton Asia.
Shri Sanjay Mishra
Hony.General Secretary,BAI & Secretary Chattisgarh Badminton Association, Director ITM Badminton Academy
Shri M.V.Murlikrishna
NSNIS, Panel Coach Indian Olympic Team (London) & Chief Coach Lakshya Badminton Academy
ZONES
ZONE ONE (Districts: Khordha, Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur & Nayagarh)
Zonal Heads: Shri Pradeep Kumar Pattanaik
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Ajit Mohanty
KHORDHA
District Head: Shri Pradeep Kumar Pattnaik
District Coordinator: Shri Soubhagya Jagdevi
Block Coordinators: Shri Rajesh Das & Shri Priyadeep Sethi
CUTTACK
District Chairman: Shri Kartik Das
District Head: Shri Kamal Das
District Coordinator: Shri Chandan Das
Block Coordinators: Shri Pamod Kumar Rana
PURI
District Head: Shri Sukanta Ku. Biswal
District Coordinator: Shri Biswajit Pradhan
Block Coordinators: Shri Debashish Behera, Shri Arjun Behera, Shri Raghu Nandan Dash & Shri Jyoti Prakash Champathy
JAGATSINGHPUR
District Head: Shri Niroj Mallick
District Coordinator: Shri Dipti Ranjan Behera
Block Coordinators: Shri Sarada Prasad Jena, Shri Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, Shri Aslam Khan, Shri Pravat Kumar Mishra, Shri Rakesh Patra & Shri Brahmananda Dora
NAYAGARH
District Head: Shri Kanhu Charan Mishra
District Coordinator: Shri Sushant Kumar Acharya
Block Coordinators: Shri Bikash Ku.Palei,Shri Kanhu Charan Mishra, Shri Amaresh Dora, Shri Rakesh Chandra Mishra, Shri Jitendra Samantray, Shri Sourav Subhashish, Shri Deepak Mansingh, Shri Mukesh Ku,Sahoo & Shri Soumya Ranjan Sahoo
ZONE TWO (Districts: Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Bhadrak & Kendrapada)
Zonal Heads: Shri Jayprakash Singh
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Navneet Ghosal
BALASORE
District Head: Shri Chinmay Biswal & Shri Manoranjan Panda
District Coordinator: Shri Gouri Shankar Bishi
Block Coordinators: Shri Sabyasachi Mohapatra & Shri Subhranshu Choudhury
JAJPUR
District Head: Shri Navneet Ghosal
District Coordinator: SK Nizam
Block Coordinators: SK Nizam, SK Julfukar Alli & Shri Debasis Kar
MAYURBHANJ
District Head: Shri Rabindra Behera
District Coordinator: Shri Priyabrata Nayak
Block Coordinators: Shri Soumya Ranjan Mohanty, Shri Swananda Banerjee, Shri Kshitish Chandra Puthal, Shri Rishi Swamy, Shri Abhishek Das, Shri Jayanta Kishore Nanda Goswami & Shri Soumen Kanti Mohanta
BHADRAK
District Head: Shri Samir Kanta Das
District Coordinator: Shri Sushil Kumar Nayak
Block Coordinators: Shri Biswanath Dutta, Shri Jasawanta singh & SK,Khadim Rasul
KENDRAPADA
District Head: Shri Manabendra Sahoo
District Coordinator:
Block Coordinators:
ZONE THREE (Sambalpur, Sonepur, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Angul, Bargarh & Dhenkanal)
Zonal Heads: Shri Pradeep Kumar Mohanty & Shri Surulal Matari
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Debashish Mishra & Shri Lakshyapati Nanda
SONEPUR
District Head: Shri Pradeep Ku.Mohanty
District Coordinator: Shri Biswaranjan Dalei
Block Coordinators: Shri Satish Ku Sahu, Shri Sunil Meher & Shri Manaranjan Taria
BALANGIR
District Head: Shri Surulal Matari
District Coordinator: Shri Debashish Mishra & Shri Aditya Kejriwal
Block Coordinators: Shri Susanta Mohanty, Shri Dillip Acharya & Shri Mahendra Ku.Jain
SAMBALPUR
District Head: Dr.Hrudananda Naik & Shri Jyotiswarup Seth
District Coordinator: Shri Praveen Kumar Behera
Block Coordinators: Shri Amit Kumar Singh, Shri Pranab Behera, Shri Manaranjan Sahu, Shri Ranjit Meher, Shri Rajesh Sharma, Shri Ashish Chowdhury & Shri Antaryami Sahoo
JHARSUGUDA
District Head: Shri Subham Sharma
District Coordinator: Shri Karan Singh Thakur
Block Coordinators: Shri Gyana Ranjan Swain, Shri Khirod Chandra Rout, Shri Jeevan Mohanty, Shri Nruplala Bhoi & Shri Subhendu Das
DEOGARH
District Head: Shri Pranab Kumar Swain
District Coordinator: Shri Rajesh Kumar Sahu
Block Coordinators: Shri Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Shri Dhyanesh Dev & Shri Mitrabanu Pradhan
ANGUL
District Head: Shri Subash Kumar Mishra
District Coordinator: Shri Sudhir Mishra
Block Coordinators: Shri Trinath Dehury, Shri Harihara Pani, Shri Tapan Ku. Mohanta & Shri Bijay Kumar Bag
BARGARH
District Head: Shri Harishankar Singh
District Coordinator: Shri Shivam Agrawal
Block Coordinators: Shri Bishal Agrawal, Shri Kishore Patra, Shri Ayush Agrawal, Shri Sushanta Pradhan, Shri Amlan Panda & Shri Tribikram Padhan
DHENKANAL
District Head: Shri Rashmi Prakash Pattnaik
District Coordinator: Shri Tankadhar Behera
Block Coordinators: Shri Mohan Kumar Naik, Shri Tarini Prasad Majhi, Shri S.S.Madeli & Shri Debashis Maharana
ZONE FOUR (Districts: Sundergarh & Keonjhar)
Zonal Heads: Shri Mihir Ray
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Subham Nayak
SUNDERGARH
District Head: Shri Mihir Ray
District Coordinator: Shri Soumen Sekhar Das
Block Coordinators: Shri Pramit Mohanty, Shri Dilip Khadiratna, Shri Dayashankar Mohapatra, Shri Goutam Maharathi, Shri Jayanto Dash & Sj.Siraj Alam
KEONJHAR
District Head: Shri Anand Pandya
District Coordinator: Shri Sidhartha Mohanty & Shri Avatar Singh
Block Coordinators:
ZONE FIVE (Districts: Kalahandi & Nuapada)
Zonal Heads: Shri Sandeep Mishra
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Samir Sahoo
KALAHANDI
District Head:Shri Pradeep Das
District Coordinator: Shri Arun Rath
Block Coordinators: Shri Rakesh Ku.Bemal, Shri Khyamanidhi Nayak, Shri Subodh Mishra, Rudra Prasad Mohanty, Shri Ramesh Sabar, Shri Bulu Hota, Shri Saroj Ku.Mund & Shri Dambarudhar Goyal
NUAPADA
District Head: Shri Ankit Ku.Sahu
District Coordinator: Shri Dillip Ku.Chawada
Block Coordinators: Shri Ritesh Singh, Shri Ronak Bagga, Shri Subham Sahu, Shri Manish Agrawal & Sj. Munaf Mohammad
ZONE SIX (Districts: Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Gajapati & Nabrangpur)
Zonal Heads: Shri Sailendra Choudhury
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Giresh Behera
MALKANGIRI
District Head: Shri Pritpal Singh
District Coordinator: Shri Ravi Kiran
Block Coordinators: Shri Chandra Sekhar, Shri Sanatan Pradhan, Shri Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, Shri Raja Patra & Shri Prabhakar Behera
KORAPUT
District Head: Shri Ramesh Swain
District Coordinator: Shri Ganesh Chandra Sahu
Block Coordinators: Shri Nilamadhab Rath, Shri Sushanta Ku.Nayak, Shri S.Lohit Kumar, Shri Rupak Ranjan Pradhan, Shri Laxmi Narayan Padhi, Shri Pratyush Prakash Samal, Shri Ashok Khadanga & Shri Bhima Behera
RAYAGADA
District Head: Shri Suresh Chandra Panda
District Coordinator: Shri Vineet Agrawal, Shri L.Narayan Rao, Shri Hemant Golani & Shri Sumeet Panda
Block Coordinators: Shri V.Umapati Raju, Shri P.Nagbhushan Rao, Shri Ajay Kumar, Shri Rinku Gamango, Shri J.Anil Kumar, Shri Madan Panigrahi, Shri Tushar Gamango, Shri Suvhendu Choudhury, Shri Sachin Patra & Shri Suraj Kumar Patra
GAJAPATI
District Head: Shri Karunakar Paik
District Coordinator: Shri Manoj Gajendra Patra
Block Coordinators: Shri Sanjib Ku.Dalai, Shri Manas Ku.Samal, Shri Srikant Singh, Shri S.Srikant Dora, Shri Mistan Ganto, Shri B.Kondal Rao, Shri Siba Kumar Patra & Shri Amrit Lal Misal
NABRANGPUR
District Head: Shri Lingaraj Mohanty
District Coordinator: Shri M.Bigneswar Achary
Block Coordinators: Shri Sudhir Senapati, Shri Byasdeba Behera, Shri D.Ram Babu, Shri Prasad Bisoi, Shri Sujit Patra, Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu, Shri Nirmal Mohanty & Shri P.Roshan Ku.Rao
ZONE SEVEN (Bhubaneswar City Limits)
Zonal Heads: MD.Faiz Zafar & Shri Ashok Mishra
Zonal Coordinator: Shri Ajit Ku.Mohanty
District Coordinators: Shri Chittaranjan Satapaty
ZONE EIGHT (Districts: Ganjam, Kandhamal & Boudh)
Zonal Heads: Shri Deepak Mohanty & Shri Sunder Prakash
Zonal Coordinator:
GANJAM
District Head:Shri Siba Prasad Padhi
District Coordinator: Shri Santosh Kumar Pandit
Block Coordinators: Shri Santosh Kumar Pandit, Shri Manas Ranjan Raulo & Shri J.Sravan Kumar
KANDHAMAL
District Head: Shri Deepak Ranjan Mohanty
District Coordinator:Shri Asim Ku.Nayak
Block Coordinators: Shri Asim Ku.Nayak, Shri Sabyasachi Dalal, Shri Subrat Panigrahi, Shri Debendra Nath Patra & Shri Gangadhar Panda
BOUDH
District Head: Shri Julius C.Mahakur
District Coordinator: Shri Alok Ratha
Block Coordinators: Shri Shibananda Sahoo, Shri Prasanna Ku. Pradhan & Shri Subhash Sahoo
