Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy - NKBA

Aanya Haldankar, Sunil Jaiswal, and Shashikant Modak added to NKBA's medal haul at the YONEX-SUNRISE W18 Pune District Super 500 Ranking Tournament 2026 with impressive bronze-medal finishes. Aanya secured a podium place in the Girls Doubles Under-13 category, while the experienced duo of Sunil Jaiswal and Shashikant Modak clinched bronze in the Men's Doubles 45+ category. Congratulations to all three players on their performances!

NKBA's Archit Khandeshe and Shriya Kulkarni stole the show at the YONEX-SUNRISE W18 Pune District Super 500 Ranking Tournament 2026, emerging as champions in the Boys Singles and Girls Singles Under-13 categories respectively. Adding to the celebrations, NKBA shuttlers delivered a string of impressive runner-up finishes across age groups and categories. Congrats all. Your dedication, hard work, and passion continue to bring laurels to NKBA!

Results:
🥇 Champions
🏆 Boys Singles U-13 – Archit Khandeshe
🏆 Girls Singles U-13 – Shriya Kulkarni

🥈 Runner-Up Finishes
Girls Singles U-11 – Viha Gurav
Girls Singles U-13 – Viha Gurav
Girls Singles U-15 – Anshika Singh
Girls Singles U-17 – Sai Joshi
Men's Singles 40+ – Aditya Kale
Mixed Doubles 40+ – Mandar Taralkar (NKBA) & Maitreyee Godbole

Here's wishing coach Aditya Kale a very Happy Birthday.

NKBA’s Yutika Chavan has emerged as the Under-19 Mixed Doubles State Champion at the Maharashtra State 1st Junior (U-19) Badminton Selection Tournament. Partnering with Sanidhya Ekade, the duo delivered a dominant performance in the finals, defeating Soyara Shelar and Sayaji Shelar 21-14, 21-11 to clinch the title.

Congratulations Yutika on this fantastic achievement and for making NKBA proud!

NKBA’s Neelabhra Podder finished Runner Up in the Under-17 Boys Singles category at the West Bengal Junior State Ranking Badminton Tournament. Well done, Neelabhra — many more milestones await!

Here's wishing Nikhil Kanetkar a very Happy Birthday.

🏸 Competitive spirit, teamwork and exciting rallies marked the recently concluded NKBA Internal Corporate Tournament!

Congratulations to Aditya Kale and team for emerging champions in the Feather category, while Vishal Raut and team clinched the title in the Nylon category.

A big shoutout to all the participants and runner-up teams for their fantastic performances and sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

📋 RESULTS

🏸 FEATHER CATEGORY

🥇 WINNERS – Aditya K (C)

Aditya Kale
Jimmy Eapen
Partha Karjee
Prathamesh Vaishnav
Vikas Sharma
Vishal Shinde

🥈 RUNNER-UP – Rahul K (C)

Rahul Kallianpur
Vikas Mandloi
Harekishan Shivnani
Ojas Dande
Rohit Patil
Sunil Pundlik

🏅 Most Improved Player – Vikas Sharma

🏆 Player Of The Tournament – Aditya Kale

🏸 NYLON CATEGORY

🥇 WINNERS – Vishal Raut (C)
Vishal Raut
Amol Nipase
Raghvendra Kulkarni
Prathmesh Patil
Manas Kulkarni
Shashi Thakur

🥈 RUNNER-UP – Dasu (C)
Dasu
Suraj Khatri
Yashodeep Deshmukh
Shardul Tagalpallewar
Gourav Chopra
Sumit Bastwad

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Upendra Fadnis, the star of NKBA’s Corporate Batch, was felicitated at the PDMBA Felicitation Ceremony for his outstanding national-level medal-winning performances. His achievement is a true reflection of dedication, passion, and the spirit to excel beyond boundaries.

Congratulations, Upendra, on this well-deserved recognition!

A fantastic showing by NKBA players at the Yonex-Sunrise Eagle Eye District Super 500 Ranking Tournament, with Archit Khandeshe leading the charge. His winning performance in the U13 Boys Singles category, along with a runner-up finish in doubles, set the momentum for a wave of podium finishes and strong semifinal appearances by fellow NKBA players.

Results:

Winners

U11GD: Viha Gurav (NKBA) & Keyara

U13BS: Archit Khandeshe

Runners-Up:

U11GS: Viha Gurav

U13BD: Archit Khandeshe & Krishna Sawant

U13GD: Shriya Kulkarni (NKBA) & Purva

MS35:Prem Narayan

Semifinalist:

U13XD: Shriya Kulkarni (NKBA)& Ishan Roy

U15BS: Mihir Ingale

U17GS:Aaradhya Dhere

U17BD: Jayant Zade (NKBA) & Sourish Kane

WS35: Ira Awasthee