5th Asia Cup 2026

Committees, Operations & Invitees

A complete and modern overview of every committee, operations unit, support desk, and inauguration invitee from the official document.

Organizing Committee

Chairman

Mr. Prasad Keni

Co-Chairman

Mr. K.P. Mathur

Hon. Organizing Secretary

Mr. Debasish Ray

Financial Advisor

Mr. Sathish Kumar

Head of Operations

Mr. T.C. Pant

Communications

Mr. Srinivasan Iyengar

Convenor

Mr. Vikram Vepa

Joint Co-Convenor

Mr. Deone Menezes & Mrs. Meera Menezes

Members

Mr. Hemant Pande, Mr. Prakash Gupta, Mr. Uttam Gupta

Tournament Committee

Chairman

Khunying Chodchoy (Esther) Sophonpanich

Co-Chairman

Mr. N.R.K. Moorthy

Members

Mr. Prasad Keni, Mr. Debasish Ray, Mr. Tadashi Yoshida, Mr. Patrick Choy, Mr. Anthony Ching, Mr. T.C. Pant

Reception, Media & Technical

Reception & Hospitality

Ms. Monica Jajoo, Ms. Rupa Bakeri, Mr. Anand K. Samant, Mr. D V Ravi, Ms. Bindiya Naidoo

Media & Publications

Ms. Suchetana Ray, Mr. K.P. Mathur, Mr. Arvind Vaidya, Mr. Manik Bannerjee

Technical Committee

Mr. Sudhir Aggarwal, Mr. B. Prabhakar, Mr. Shantanu Rastogi, Mr. S.K. Iyengar

Tournament Operations & Technology

Chief Tournament Director

Mr. Anthony Ching

Jt. CTDs

Mr. Sudhir Aggarwal, Mr. MBV Subrahmanyam

Directors

D Roy Choudhury, V K Sharma, Sanjay Chakraborty, K.S. Swaminathan, P Narsinga Rao, Soumadeep Ghosh, Arya Chakraborty, T. Shankar

Reviewers

Mr. Laurie Kelso, Mr. R. Venkatesh

Scoring & Line-Up

Mr. Srinivasan Iyengar, Mr. Prithvi Singh, Mr. Kaustubh Deodhar

Web Management

Mr. Shouvik Das

Souvenir & Daily Bulletin

Dr. Subir Roy, Mr. Sukrit Vijaykar, Mr. Bholanath Das

BBO Operations

Mr. Pramod Samant, Ms. Meenal Thakur, Mr. Abhishek Roy, Mr. Subrata Adhikari, Mr. Somik Mitra

Dealing / Network / System Desk

Mr. Chetan Raval, Mr. S.R.C Sekar, Mr. Bansi Gupta, Mr. Murari Kumar Jha, Mrs. S. Raval, Mr. Giriraj Singh (Network), Mr. Soham Sarkar (System Desk)

Welcome / Help Desk

Mr. Arnab Guha, Mr. Asim Paul

Registration Desk

Ms. Meera Menezes + 1 Volunteer

Medical Desk

Swastik Pharma

Caddies & Volunteers

Mr. Tushar Dhara + 7, Mr. Arun Kr. Mandal, Mr. Akshay Kr. Jha, 2–4 from Goa

Inauguration Ceremony Invitees

21 June 2026 · Taj Cidade Goa Horizon

Minister of Sports and Youth Services, Government of India

Secretary of the MYAS

The Director of SAI

Mr. Bangararaju

Mr. G. Santosh

Chief Minister of Goa

Sports Minister of Goa

Mr. S. Sundereshan

Mr. Rajiv Mehershi

Mr. H. M. Bangur

Mr. Mahendra Swarup

Mr. Devendra Doshi

Mr. Umashankar Bhartia

Ms. Roshni Nadar

Ms. Kavita Singhania

Ms. Sujatha Tolani

Mr. Kapil Kejriwal

Mr. C. V. Rao

Mr. N. R. K. Moorthy

Championships

Format

System Cards

Championship Committee