Mr. Mahendra Jagdish Agarwal is a Founder Director of Indian Squash Professionals (ISP), the only non profit making sports NGO of India since 1993.

During the past years, Mr. Agarwal has organized and sponsored 84 squash tournaments, 30 free squash coaching camps and programmes. In January 1993, during his squash training at The Leela, he thought of sponsoring a squash tournament for the first time in India for the Professionals category by forming an NGO named ISP.

Together with other committee members he focused on promoting squash in India mainly to the interiors of Maharashtra and exploring the game to the masses. His goal was to provide an integrated platform to the youngsters and help them prepare for International events by identifying talents. He also restructured the foundation of the Professionals - who were the backbone of Indian Squash by setting up systems, procedures and performance standards.

Fondly described as focused, passionate, sincere and dynamic, Mr. Agarwal has involved himself completely in promotion of the game and has succeeded to quite an extent with his energetic leadership, vision and spirit over the years.

Renowned as a successful builder in Mumbai, Mr Agarwal, knows the sacrifices and work it takes to become the best and is now set to provide the opportunity to our talented Indian squash players to do the same. He is striving to take squash to its highest peak by adopting young talented promising players and grooming them from scratch and giving them that extra boost to break through. Mr. Agarwal started publishing India’s leading squash magazine "PROSQUASH" which he distributes at no cost to more than 3000 India’s squash fraternity. Simultaneously he launched India’s first squash website www.ispsquash.com which is being updated daily.

Mr. Agarwal has to his credit the conceptualization and operation of the first ever sports NGO, which has also been appreciated by Ex-Prime Minister of India, Ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Ex-Sports Minister Of India, Sports Minister Of Maharashtra, Ex-Director Of Sports (Govt. Of Maharashtra), Shri. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Vice President of India), Dr. Akhilesh Das (Minister of State for Steel), Shri. Gopalswami (Chief Election Commissioner of India), Shri. Prem Chand Gupta (Minister of Company Affairs, Government of India), Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister of Maharashtra), Shri. Narendra Modi (Chief Minister Gujarat State), Shri. Nawal Kishore Sharma (Governor of Gujarat) 

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