Mekhala

Born into an Army household, Mekhala was fortunate enough to have access to multiple sporting facilities at various cantonments. She was introduced to Squash at a relatively late age of 15. Fell in love with the Sport instantly, and it is a love affair which continues till date! Over the years, she has been able to pick up various accolades as a player:

• Have won the National Women’s Title in the individual event 4 times, in the years 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2002.
• Gold Medal in the Women’s Team event and the Silver medal in the Women’s individual event at the SAF games at Islamabad, Pakistan in 2004.
• Silver Medal at the Asian Women’s Squash Team Championship, held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May, 2002. Was Captain of the team.
• 4th position in the individual event at the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok in the year 1998.
• Was Captain of the first Indian Women’s Team to qualify for the World Squash Championship held at Odense , Denmark in Oct 2002.

• Mekhala is also qualified as a level 2 coach, by the Asian Squash Federation and have traveled along with the India Junior Squash team as a coach for some major international events like the British Open and the Asian Youth Games, 2014.
• I am the only certified International Level woman squash referee in India, and have been a referee on numerous National and International level tournaments – Including the Commonwealth Games of 2010 held in Delhi as well as the Asian and World Junior Championships held in Chennai.

Rahul Kumar

Rahul Kumar was introduced to squash at an age of 23. He started playing squash for recreation in his college and took up the sport professionally in 2016 after moving to Bangalore. He played his first national tournament in 2016 and since then he has been a part of most of the national competitions all over the country and will continue to do so. Rahul has succeeded in playing squash professionally as his biggest achievement is being ranked No. 24 in SRFI Men’s Ranking. He started coaching in the year 2017 with just 3 students and grew to coach 50 students in the next two years. Rahul believes he can represent the country and is currently training with Rithwik Bhattacharya to pursue his dream of playing in the PSA circuit.

Ray Malik

Ravinder Malik is an outstanding Squash player who has brought glory to the nation in the field of Sports. He was based in London for over two years for squash. Ravinder Malik is the former National squash coach of India and Joint Secretary of the Squash Rackets Federations of India (SRFI) and is currently actively involved in coaching and promoting the sport in India. Major Achievements :-  

• National Junior Squash Champion, India No. 1 in 1977
• Captain of St. Stephens & Delhi University Squash team in 1980
• Services Squash champion for five years 1987 - 1993
• Winner of India today national level tournament in 1991 & 1992
• Won plate events at Singapore, Hongkong & Malaysian open
• Winner of the tournaments at South Africa, Mozambique, Egypt, Bangladesh & Pakistan
• Silver medal in the South Asian Federation Games
• Coach of the National men’s team in 1996