Mr. Sunil
Valawalkar

Greetings! I’m Sunil Valavalkar , a sports innovator, trend spotter, social activist, communicator, global citizen all bundled into one. I am the founder of All India Pickleball Association (AIPA) , a sport which is reimagining and redefining the sporting landscape in India as well as globally. I was also instrumental in setting up of the International Pickleball Federation and Asian Pickleball Federation , as its co-founder.

I am also the Executive Director at Yuvak Biradari, a national award winning organization operating in the domain of social development pan-India. My passion for the medium of Media has seen me anchoring live events on the subject of financial literacy for Loksatta and as a prolific columnist with Lokmat. My articles with Saptahik Sakal were very popular with its reader base and received lots of adulation and also i was regurarly writing letters to editors which later took the shape of a book named ” Letter to editor”.

I am also a teacher at heart and adroit at Soft Skill training for the youth and business. I cherish the goals of humanity and nation building and am motivated to continue playing the role of a catalyst towards making our country a happy and healthy nation.