Badminton Association of India Welcomes Prime Minister's Initiative

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Badminton Association of India welcomes Prime Minister’s initiative to enhance performance in Olympics By : INVC Team Published On : 27 Aug, 2016 10:19 PM IST

INVC NEWS New Delhi,

BAI President Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta to support the initiative with all resources

Badminton Association of India (BAI) welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of achieving success in Olympics wherein he has announced setting up a Task Force to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective participation of Indian sportspersons in the next three Olympic Games — 2020, 2024 and 2028. Praising Prime Minister’s initiative, Badminton Association of India’s President, Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta stated, “I appreciate Prime Minister’s thought to prepare effective action plan to enhance performance of Indian sportsperson in future Olympics. I believe Shri Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister who is serious and has vision to improve the status of Indian sports. BAI welcomes his initiative and will support it with all our resources. BAI is open to work with Prime Minister Office and Sports Ministry to achieve success in Badminton in upcoming Olympics.” With BAI’s extensive support and training facilities, shuttler PV Sindhu and national coach P Gopichand clinched first Silver medal in Badminton discipline in the Olympics. BAI organises various youth level tournaments across the country as well as nurture young talents by conducting camps and supporting local badminton academies. BAI hosts two prestigious international tournaments - India Open BWF World Superseries and Syed Modi BWF Grand Prix Gold - to bring top-rated international players in India to compete with local players. BAI’s Premier Badminton League is the franchisee-based league where international stars like Lee Chong Wie, Tommy Sugiarto, Christinna Pedersen and Sony Dwi Kuncoro played with Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta and P Kashyap. The PBL 2016 was a huge success where players got valuable experience as well as money.

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