Question: Recently Pullela Gopichand has set up a world class Badminton Academy at-
(a) Greater Noida
(b) Lucknow
(c) Mathura
(d) Kanpur
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 20 July 2016 Gopichand, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) and Sportzlive came together sign the agreement for the academy.
- Under this agreement Chief National coach Pullela Gopichand will set up a world class Badminton Academy at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida.
- This will be the first such academy by Gopichand in North India. He already has academies at the Gwalior, Vadodara and Hyderabad.
- Greater Noida Academy will begin its operation from October 2016.