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START ACADEMY (Squash Temple and Real Training ) Set up in 2017, the academy is located in the lush village of Mokashi, nestled in the western ghats about 70 kms from Mumbai in India .It has at present about 150 permanent trainees a majority of them tribal children from villages in and around Mokashi. It is the dream project of five time India national squash champion Ritwik Bhattacharya who reached a high of 38 on the PSA World Tour ranking.It is perhaps the countries first independently funded squash training centre.The academy has a unique fully black court which it claims is the first of its kind in the world. The academies greatest legacy has been the social engineering that it has set off putting children from Mokashi a tribal village on the same court as those from wealthier backgrounds and bigger cities.The academy has arrangements for both lodging and boarding for a limited number of children. The tribal children are from educationally and economically poor families and have never had any exposure to sports .The children are put through the mill by Ritwik and his team which includes Bijali Dravada a 19 year tribal girl who was among the first children from the village to take up the game. She finished in the last 16 at the national championship held earlier in 2019.