The National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati has hired Indonesian Mulyo Handoyo as its singles head coach, while the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has also hired two other international instructors for the recently built facility.
The doubles coach will be former All England champion Russian Ivan Sozonov, while the third foreign coach will be Korea’s Park Tae-sang, who helped PV Sindhu win a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Additionally, a sizable pool of Indian coaches who will collaborate closely with foreign coaches will be available.
During his one-year tenure with the Indian national squad, the famous Mulyo, who is credited with guiding 2004 Olympic gold medalist Taufik Hidayat, had a significant impact.