By the time he won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001, Pullela Gopichand was already 27 years old and was struggling with a few injuries. With not many playing years left, Gopichand decided to bring a world-class training facility for the next generation. With that intention, Gopichand decided to form a badminton academy. Soon after his well-recognized win in England, the Government of Andhra Pradesh under the leadership of Nara Chandrababu Naidu awarded him 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land in 2003.[3] The land in Hyderabad's Gachibowli area was offered as a lease at a very nominal rate for 45 years.[4] At the same time, he started talks with Yonex for sponsorship and also wanted to involve a foreign coach.[5][6]
In the following year, Gopichand formulated his plans for the academy and approached Nimmagadda Prasad, a distant relative and a serial entrepreneur, to raise money for this venture. At that time, Prasad sold Matrix Laboratories, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, to an American pharma company, Mylan Inc. Since Prasad was convinced about Gopichand's idea, he immediately offered US$500,000 and his assistance in raising an additional amount of US$2 million. With cricket being a more popular sport, Gopichand and Prasad found it hard to raise additional money from other sources. Over time, Prasad increased his contribution to US$1.25 million. Gopichand's wife and former Olympian, P. V. V. Lakshmi, was very supportive of him and even contributed to the effort of securing monetary support.[7] Despite other donations, Gopichand could only gather US$1.75 million. It was then he decided to mortgage his family home and raise the remaining money for the already delayed project. In 2008, the facility was eventually completed at the cost of US$2.5 million.[3]
Immediately after the construction, the Government of India sent the Commonwealth Games team to train at this facility. The government increased the daily rate they pay per player to US$20 for this special Games camp. This was a big jump from the US$5 daily fee per player that the government had previously paid for other training camps.[3]
In 2008, Gopichand appealed to Bollywood, the Hindicinema industry to become badminton's brand ambassador. He felt that by having a popular cinema icon supporting the sport will help popularize it.[8]
Despite Saina Nehwal's success in international tournaments, Gopichand found it hard to run the Academy. To run it at an optimal level, it requires US$300,000 a year. As of 2010, he was making do with US$100,000 to pay the training cost for 60 players and was holding off hiring more coaches.[3]
Facilities
After construction, the US$2.5 million badminton training academy contains eight courts, a swimming pool, weight training room, cafeteria and rooms to sleep.[3] The construction of this facility was modeled after Bangalore's Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, which is headed by Prakash Padukone. The architectural design was completed by Hyderabad-based Arvee Consultants. The wooden flooring of the courts were made as per international standards.[7] In addition, physiotherapy, food and diet programs are also available.[9] The second such facility is opened at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, Greater Noida. They have recently started their unit in Salem, Tamil Nadu.[10] There are already academies at the Gwalior, Vadodara and Hyderabad.[11]
Tournament center
The Academy has also served as a venue for major sporting events. The 2009 Indian Open was held here while the 2009 BWF World Championships used it as a training venue.[9][12]
Notable players
Saina Nehwal who was ranked 1 in the women's singles category, Olympic Bronze Medalist.[13]
P. V. Sindhu, who is ranked 6 currently in women's singles category, was ranked 2 and the only Indian female to win Olympic medal twice Silver in 2016 Rio and bronze in 2020 Tokyo, Japan .[14]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy PGBA is a badminton training facility in Hyderabad Telangana India 1 Founded in 2008 by the 2001 All England Open Badminton Champion Pullela Gopichand the facility trains several badminton players such as Saina Nehwal P V Sindhu Srikanth Kidambi Parupalli Kashyap H S Prannoy Sai Praneeth Sameer Verma and many others 2 Gopichand Badminton AcademyNamed afterPullela GopichandFormation2008 15 years ago 2008 FounderPullela GopichandTypeBadminton academyLocationHyderabad Telangana IndiaRegionIndiaWebsitehttps gopichandacademy com Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Tournament center 4 Notable players 5 Noteworthy medals achieved by the students 6 ReferencesHistory EditBy the time he won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 Pullela Gopichand was already 27 years old and was struggling with a few injuries With not many playing years left Gopichand decided to bring a world class training facility for the next generation With that intention Gopichand decided to form a badminton academy Soon after his well recognized win in England the Government of Andhra Pradesh under the leadership of Nara Chandrababu Naidu awarded him 5 acres 2 0 ha of land in 2003 3 The land in Hyderabad s Gachibowli area was offered as a lease at a very nominal rate for 45 years 4 At the same time he started talks with Yonex for sponsorship and also wanted to involve a foreign coach 5 6 In the following year Gopichand formulated his plans for the academy and approached Nimmagadda Prasad a distant relative and a serial entrepreneur to raise money for this venture At that time Prasad sold Matrix Laboratories a pharmaceutical manufacturing company to an American pharma company Mylan Inc Since Prasad was convinced about Gopichand s idea he immediately offered US 500 000 and his assistance in raising an additional amount of US 2 million With cricket being a more popular sport Gopichand and Prasad found it hard to raise additional money from other sources Over time Prasad increased his contribution to US 1 25 million Gopichand s wife and former Olympian P V V Lakshmi was very supportive of him and even contributed to the effort of securing monetary support 7 Despite other donations Gopichand could only gather US 1 75 million It was then he decided to mortgage his family home and raise the remaining money for the already delayed project In 2008 the facility was eventually completed at the cost of US 2 5 million 3 Immediately after the construction the Government of India sent the Commonwealth Games team to train at this facility The government increased the daily rate they pay per player to US 20 for this special Games camp This was a big jump from the US 5 daily fee per player that the government had previously paid for other training camps 3 In 2008 Gopichand appealed to Bollywood the Hindi cinema industry to become badminton s brand ambassador He felt that by having a popular cinema icon supporting the sport will help popularize it 8 Despite Saina Nehwal s success in international tournaments Gopichand found it hard to run the Academy To run it at an optimal level it requires US 300 000 a year As of 2010 he was making do with US 100 000 to pay the training cost for 60 players and was holding off hiring more coaches 3 Facilities EditAfter construction the US 2 5 million badminton training academy contains eight courts a swimming pool weight training room cafeteria and rooms to sleep 3 The construction of this facility was modeled after Bangalore s Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy which is headed by Prakash Padukone The architectural design was completed by Hyderabad based Arvee Consultants The wooden flooring of the courts were made as per international standards 7 In addition physiotherapy food and diet programs are also available 9 The second such facility is opened at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex Greater Noida They have recently started their unit in Salem Tamil Nadu 10 There are already academies at the Gwalior Vadodara and Hyderabad 11 Tournament center EditThe Academy has also served as a venue for major sporting events The 2009 Indian Open was held here while the 2009 BWF World Championships used it as a training venue 9 12 Notable players EditSaina Nehwal who was ranked 1 in the women s singles category Olympic Bronze Medalist 13 P V Sindhu who is ranked 6 currently in women s singles category was ranked 2 and the only Indian female to win Olympic medal twice Silver in 2016 Rio and bronze in 2020 Tokyo Japan 14 Srikanth Kidambi who was ranked 1 in the men s singles category 15 Parupalli Kashyap who is formerly ranked 6 in the men s singles category 16 Prannoy Kumar who was ranked 8 in the men s singles category Sameer Verma who was ranked 11 in men s singles category B Sai Praneeth who is ranked 11 in men s singles category N Sikki Reddy who is ranked 17 amp 23 in mixed amp women s doubles category Best rank 13 in XD Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who is ranked 10 in men s doubles category Best rank 7 Pranaav Jerry Chopra who is ranked 28 in mixed doubles category Best rank 13 Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Rituparna Das Ramchandran Shlok Gurusai Datt 2 who was ranked 19 in the men s singles category 16 Arundhati Pantawane who was ranked 42 in women s singles category Currently coach at PGBA Arun Vishnu who was ranked 44 in mixed doubles category Junior national coach amp coaching doubles players at PGBA Noteworthy medals achieved by the students Edit3 Olympic medals 1 Silver amp 2 Bronze 4 World Championship medals 1 Gold 3 Silver amp 4 Bronze Around 15 Super series amp Super series premier titles amp many GPG GP IC amp IS medals References Edit Amirapu Deepika 20 August 2016 How Indian badminton rocketed on the Gopichand shuttle The Hindu Retrieved 23 August 2016 a b Dua Aarti 1 August 2010 Star maker The Telegraph Retrieved 15 October 2010 a b c d e Anand Geeta 6 October 2010 Badminton Academy Trains Saina but Still Struggles The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 15 October 2010 M Chhaya 28 May 2004 Yonex to fund Gopi s academy Rediff com Retrieved 15 October 2010 Mukhopadhyay Atreyo 16 November 2003 Gopichand to quit next year The Telegraph Retrieved 15 October 2010 Badminton academy at Hyderabad soon The Indian Express 22 April 2003 Archived from the original on 24 July 2011 Retrieved 15 October 2010 a b A Joseph Antony 8 April 2004 Master of multi tasking The Hindu Badminton needs Bollywood brand ambassadors The Indian Express 3 October 2008 Archived from the original on 4 December 2008 Retrieved 15 October 2010 a b Gopichand lives a dream through academy The Hindu 29 March 2009 Archived from the original on 8 November 2012 Retrieved 15 October 2010 Badminton academy opened in Salem The Hindu 4 July 2016 Retrieved 18 August 2016 Gopichand to set up a Badminton Academy in Greater Noida Badminton News Times of India The Times of India WBC begins amid high security all eyes on Saina CNN IBN 10 August 2009 Archived from the original on 12 August 2009 Retrieved 15 October 2010 Top 10 World Rankings BWF World Ranking Badminton World Federation Retrieved 15 October 2010 Archived copy Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 13 May 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link a b BWF World Ranking Badminton World Federation Retrieved 15 October 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gopichand Badminton Academy amp oldid 1127559598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
