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COACHes and STAFF

ritwik bhattacharya squash player

 

Originally from France, Stephan began working with players at START in late 2018. He played professionally and reached Top 40 in the world, representing Italy. He has trained with some of France's best players and coaches. Before START, Stephan was successful coach in Ukraine. He specialises in squash-specific movement, fitness and technique.

stephan galifi

Ritwik Bhattacharya
FOUNDER, PROGRAM DESIGNER 

Ritwik is one of India's most successful squash players, having been India #1 for 5 years. He also reached Top 40 in the world, becoming the first Indian to break into the World Top 50. He has trained under the world's best coaches, including Neil Harvey in England. He has also trained in Egypt and Australia along with the world's best players. He retired from professional squash in 2010. At START, he specialises in technique, tactics, match prep and mental training.

Stephan Galifi
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT COACH

TEAM

 

Karan Sharma

Fitness, Boxing & BarkBeat

Prana Paradise

Breathwork Instructor

Bijali Daravada

Tribal Role model and Ambassador 

Naresh Shingava

PSA Athlete

Sachika Irshwin Balvani

Volunteer/Media

Kunal Singh

Squash Pro

Janet Vidhi

Squash Pro

Sqn Ldr Kumar Gaurav (R)

Director, Start Foundation

 

 

ADVISORS

Shashi Makhija

Munish Makhija

Sridhar Gorthi

Sheela Trivedi

Ranee Bhattacharya

Pia Trivedi

Raj Arora

Ashish Tyagi

Tanay Naik

Pingale Family

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