Joshna Chinappa is an Indian professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 10 in July 2016. She was the first Indian to win the British Junior Squash Championship title in 2005 in the under-19 category and was also the youngest Indian women's national champion. She is the current record-holder of most national championship wins, with 18 titles. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, by the Government of India.
Saurav Ghosal is a retired professional squash player from India who reached a career-high ranking of World No. 10 in April 2019. He won the first ever medal in squash for India, bronze in both the singles and mixed doubles, at the Commonwealth games. He was the national champion in 2020 by winning the 77th National Squash championship.
Indian Squash Academy is a squash training facility established by the Squash Racquets Federation of India (SRFI) in Chennai, India. The India Cements was one of the sponsors it had initially sponsored the 1990 facility along with the Tamil Nadu Squash Racquets Association (TNSRA). It has trained several squash players such as Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinapa, Dipika Pallikal and Manish Chotrani.
Dipika Pallikal is an Indian professional squash player. She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings.
Mittal Champions Trust was a trust which supported Indian athletes with world-beating potential. It was funded by Lakshmi Mittal and was initiated by his son-in-law Amit Bhatia.
Ethiraj College for Women is an arts and science college for women in Chennai, India, managed by the Ethiraj College Trust. It was founded in 1948 by the barrister V. L. Ethiraj of Vellore.
The Squash Rackets Federation of India aka SRFI is the Indian governing body for the game of squash. It conducts the National Squash Championship, promotes the game through the state squash bodies, provides training facilities, selects the squad, and chooses coaches for the national team.
The India men's national squash team represents India in international squash team competitions, and is governed by Squash Rackets Federation of India.
The India national women's squash team represents India in international squash team competitions, and is governed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India. Since 2002, India has participated in one quarter final of the World Squash Team Open.
The 2011 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2011 Asian Individual Squash Championships, which serves as the individual Asian championship for squash players. The event took place in Penang in Malaysia from 26 to 30 April 2011. Nicol David won her eighth Asian Individual Championships title, defeating Annie Au in the final.
India participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
Squash is a recreational sport in India but is slowly gaining popularity as a competitive sport. It is governed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The India men's national squash team has participated in three quarter finals of the World Team Squash Championships since 1967.
The Mixed doubles event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was held at the Scotstoun Sports Campus, Glasgow from 29 July to 3 August.
The 2015 Women's Asian Individual Squash Championships is the women's edition of the 2015 Asian Individual Squash Championships, which serves as the individual Asian championship for squash players. The event took place in Kuwait from 1 to 5 May 2015. Nicol David won her ninth Asian Individual Championships title, defeating Annie Au in the final.
India participated in the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong, India from 5 to 16 February 2016.
The Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios, Gold Coast, Australia. Singles play took place between 5 and 9 April.
The Women's doubles Squash event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios, Gold Coast from 10 to 15 April.
The Mixed doubles Squash event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios, Gold Coast from 10 to 14 April.
Tanvi Khanna is an Indian female professional squash player and a regular member of the Indian squash team. She is currently ranked 69 in the world and regarded as one of the finest squash players to emerge from India. She was ranked as women's no.1 squash player in India in September 2023. She also plays for Columbia Lions squash team which belongs to the Columbia University. She achieved her highest PSA world ranking of 86 in September 2021 and broke into the top 100 for the first time during the 2019-20 PSA World Tour.
HCL-SRFI India Tour is a Professional Squash Association multi-city circuit organised in India by HCL and Squash Racquets Federation of India to promote Squash as a sport in the country. The tournament features leading players from Canada, Egypt, France, India, Japan, Russia, Spain and the United States.
