Badminton
The Yonex Sunrise Badminton Centre at CSE is one of India’s leading high-performance training environments. It is home to one of India's oldest and most successful academies, the Centre for Badminton Excellence (formerly PPBA), where over 75 high-performance athletes train, including PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and Ayush Shetty. The facility also houses PSB, where more than 200 students train within a structured programme supported by quality infrastructure and accomplished coaches. Built to international standards, the centre brings together the scale, systems, and environment required to develop badminton at every level.
Our Partners
FACILITIES AT GLANCE
16
Courts
spread across two separate halls
BWF Approved
synthetic surface on all courts
150 People Gallery
Equipped to host national & international events
Academy Partners
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Centre for Badminton Excellence (Formerly PPBA)
India’s pathbreaking badminton academy was established in 1994 by Prakash Padukone, Vimal Kumar and Vivek Kumar, with a clear vision to provide Indian players access to consistent, high-quality training within the country. Over three decades, it has produced national champions, Olympians, Arjuna Awardees and Commonwealth Games medallists. Champions who have trained here include P.V Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Ashwini Ponnappa, Pullela Gopichand, Arvind Bhat, Anup Sridhar, Dipankar Bhattacharjee and Aparna Popat.
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Padukone School of Badminton (PSB)
Launched in June 2025 on Prakash Padukone’s 70th birthday by Deepika Padukone, the school was created to take his training philosophy to a wider, younger audience and build a clear pipeline into high-performance badminton.
Mentored by Prakash Padukone, it follows a standardised coaching methodology, serving athletes from foundation to advanced pathways, while also supporting coaches seeking structured, scalable systems.
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