PULLELA GOPICHAND BADMINTON ACADEMY NORTH INDIA S LARGEST BADMINTON ACADEMY OPENS IN GREATER NOIDA, UP

The chief national coach, Badminton&dronacharya award winner pullela gopichand has set up a world class badminton academy at shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Nelda,Uttar Pradesh to deepen the roots of the game in this port of the country and create a strong Badminton culture. It is a unique facility wherein 3 different agencies are coming together to make this happen- PGBA,GNIDA and Sportzlive. The threefold responsibility of technical management, faculities management and commercial management will be fulfilled by PGBA, SVSP Sports Complex and Sportzlive respectively.This academy is housed at SVSP Sports Complex, a state-of-the-art intergraded sports complex created by GNIDA, with an investment of over INR 130 crores. Upto 150 students from and around Greater Noida shall be trained alongside 25 high potential/budding players from other parts of the country. 25 Trainees belonging to financially week category will be sponsored by GNIDA. The academy will also host a number of competitive and promotional tournaments and may also be used for Indian national Badminton Team’s practice venue.The holistic development coaching programme, methods & techniques developed based on Gopichand’s experiences and knowledge gathered for over a decade, shall focus on making children champions in life through ”positive experience” model. The academy will have top quality coaches both from India and form abroad from badminton powers like Malaysia and Indonesia,ably supported by highly qualified and experienced support staff along with Sport Science Psychology support from one of the prestigious Sports Science Centre. Yonex Sunrise shall be the official equipment partner. The Gopichand academy, managed by Sportzlive a leading Sports Management/ marketing company, Intends to become a centre of eXCellence to nurture the talent of the region as well as broad-base the interest in the game in this region. The academy has an area of about 30,000 square feet and will have about 10 courts. The indoor stadium can seat about 4,300 audience making it one of the most spectacular academies in this part of the world.The academy will have a commercial academy which will train students from all walks of life including corporates for an annual free and an excellence centre which will focus on nurturing future champions Speaking on the occasion Gopichand said: ”We are very excitedsince this is my first academy in this part of the country and we look forword to promote the badminton culture here This academy is modelled on the excellence centre we have built in Hyderabad and hope to make this,one of the top notch academies in asia. Mr Deepak agarwal CEO of GNIDA said:It is a great pleasure to partner with the Gopichand academy and sportzlive .the academy and the stakeholders involved, share the unified vision of developing the sport and producing future badminton champions from this academy. We firmly believe that the academy will contribute towards the societal, economic and cultural development of the region Mr. Atul Pande, MD SportzLive said: ”We as SportzLive are privileged to partner with the Gopichand Academy and the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. After the
phenomenal response we received at the Premier Badminton League’s Final stage held in Delhi, we believe that the National Capital Region and North India is ready for a world class badminton facility. We expect all stakeholders, corporates in this area and the Badminton loving public to help and support the grooming of the future generations of champions.”