Both the Men and Women teams of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) excelled in the SAIL Badminton Championship-2025-26 organised by Durgapur Steel Plant (ISP) from 28th to 31st January, 2026 at Durgapur. The RSP women’s badminton team emerged champion to retain the title while the Men’s team won bronze medal in the Championship.
The Women’s team comprised Ms. Shanti Kumari, GM (PD), Ms. Nibedita Behera, Manager (New Plate Mill), Ms. Rita Murmu, Senior Manager (Hot Strip Mill-II), and Ms. K Sravani, MT-T (PP&C). The RSP team emerged champion defeating the team from Bokaro in the finals.
The men’s team comprised Mr. R Naveen, AGM (New Plate Mill), Mr. PNMY Swamy, AGM (CO&CC), Md. M Rasid, EA (T&RM) and Mr. T K Swain, JEA (BF). The team beat Bhilai Steel Plant to clinch the Bronze medal.
Mr. Rajiv Nayak, Section Officer, ED (Works) Secretariat was the manager of the team while Mr. Ashutosh Dalai, Senior Manager (New Plate Mill) was the coach of the team. It is noteworthy that all the units of SAIL participated in the championship.
