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Achievements of Mr. S. Murlidharan
Vice President Badminton Association of India

1. As Player

i) Kerala State Badminton champion from 1964-1971 consecutively
ii) Represented Kerala in Badminton nationals in 1960 (Junior) and from 1964-1971)
iii) All India Civil Services Badminton  Champion for 2 years.
iv) Represented India in International Badminton tournaments in 1968 -1969

2. As Coach

i) Badminton Coach at the teaching wing of National Institute of Sports, Patiala, Punjab from 1971 -1973
ii) Badminton Coach at Calicut University since 1973. Calicut University has won all India Tiles in men and women 17 times which is a record (m/s George Thomas, Jaseel P. Ismail, John of  Matha, Jaison Xavier, Sanave Thomas, Diju V., Sindhu Sreedharan and Sudha Ravindran were few prominent players produced by Calicut University)
iii) Badminton Coach of Indian Universities team for five years
iv) A) Badminton  Coach of Indian Universities team for five years .

i) All England Badminton championships in 1986 at England .

ii) Dutch Badminton International at Holland in 1988.

iii) Thomas /Uber Cup for Badminton at Prague, Czech Republic in 1994.

B)Attended  Badminton International Coaches Conference and presented papers at

i) World Badminton Coaches conference at Cakagary,Canada in 1985.

ii) International Badminton  Coaches Conference at Bangkok,Thailand in 1988.

iii) Badminton  Umpires conference at Kualalumpur ,Malaysia in1991.

iv) Badminton  International Coaches Seminar at Birmingham, England in 1994 .

v) International Badminton Federation (International Coach) One of the two International Badminton Federation coaches in India . As International Badminton Fededation Coach, conducted Olympic Solidarity courses for the coaches of so many countries.

vi) Conducted Badminton National Coaching Camps for Junior &Senior for many years

As Umpire

One of the three Badminton International Certificates Umpires from India :

Umpire for the following International events:

I) Asian games, New Delhi 1982.

2)ABC Championships, Kualalumpur, Malaysia -1990

3)Thomas / Uber cup, Singapore -1992.

4)East Asian Games, Shangai ,China -1993

5)World cup, Jakarta, Indonesia 1995.

6)World Cup, Jakarta, Indonesia 1996

7)East Asian Games, Pusan , South Korea -1997

As Referee

The only Badminton International Referee from India:

Referee for the following events:

1.West Asian Games,Tehran,Iran -1998

2.Junior ABC Championship, Yangoon, Myanmar -1999.

3. Referee for Asian Badminton Satellite tournaments in 1999-2001.

4. Senior and Major Badminton National Championship for many years.

5. Junior ABC, Chinese Thaipai during 2001.

6. SAF Games, Islamabad 2002.

7. Badminton Chinese open Sept.2002

As Manager

1. Manager of Indian Team for world Badminton championships ,Birmingham ,England in1993.

2. Manager, Indian Team for Thomas Cup at New Delhi,1999(India Qualified for final rounds after a gap of 14 years).

3. Manager of Indian Badminton Team for All England Championship at Birmingham, England during March,2001 in which Gopichand   became champion (21 years after Prakash Padukone won the title).

Positions held

1. a) Presently Vice-President, Badminton Association of India.

   b) Hon..Secretary Kerala Badminton Association.

   c) Chairman, Court Officials Committee of Badminton Association .

   d) Member, Court Official Committee of Asian Badminton Confederation.

2. a) Director In charge and Head of the Department of physical Education, University of Calicut during the last four years. (During this period Calicut University secured second top position in India for achievement in the field of sports).

  b) The only person qualified at the International Level in 3 Categories -Coach, Umpire and referee.

Awards Received

1. Meritorious Service Entry by Calicut University 3 times and has been awarded three advanced increments. 

2. "Outsatnding person in field of sports" Award Received from the "Giants International" at Calicut in 1991.

3. Appointed as the Hon. Lecturer of  Natioanl Sports College, Winneba, Ghana in  1991.

4. Received Meritorious Service Awards from the International Badminton Federatiion, England Dt.7.12.1996

"Inscription in the Plaque"

In Appreciation of the long Service and significant contribution to the world Growth of Badminton.

S.Muralidharan in honored with a MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.

Obituary -Fazil Ahmed. The Architect of Indian Badminton

Passbooks, one of his and one of his wife's of their personal savings accounts, along with blank signed withdrawal forms, and instructed me to withdraw the money required and requisition the neccessary kit/blazors for the squad.I learnt later on that he was unable to sleep the previous night thinking how to arrange the kit,etc.for the team since he wanted the players to be in positive spirits for the approaching matches.

2-In 1982 a raw deal was being handed over to the badminton squad by the special organizing committee of Asian Games in Delhi .Along with all the players and coaches, Shri Fazil Ahmed observed Dharna and fast,which compelled the authorities to relent and things got straightened out so that the national squad was meted out the same treatment as other leading sports squads.

He used to be present in all the National championships from the very first day to the finals and many problems were sorted out then and there, on the spot. Shri Fazil Ahmed gave his to the game. He shall definitely be missed by players and officials who were connected with game when he was around .