Maneesha Kukkapalli

Born on 29 April 1995, Maneesha Kukkapalli is an Indian badminton player who is currently a part of women's and mixed doubles team. Maneesha previously partnered with J. Meghana, P. V. Sindhu in women's doubles events and also partnered Manu Attri and K. Nandagopal in mixed doubles.

Here are some of her career achievements:

• Bagged a bronze medal in the mixed team category at the 2011 Asia Junior Championships.
• Clinched a silver medal in mixed doubles category at the 2015 Syed Modi International.
• Secured a bronze medal in women's team category at the 2016 Uber Cup.
• Claimed a gold medal in the women's team and a silver medal in women's doubles at 2016 South Asian Games.
• In 2018, Maneesha won two badminton tournaments in mixed doubles category at Lagos International and Hellas Open.
• In the mixed doubles team with Arjun Madathil Ramachandran, she bagged a gold medal at 2019 Lagos International and a silver medal at 2019 Ghana International.
• In the women's doubles team with Rutaparna Panda, she secured a gold medal at 2019 Ghana International and two silver medals at 2019 Nepal International & Bangladesh International.