Akhilesh Das

Professional life Akhilesh Das Gupta served as Founder Chancellor of Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow in the year 1998. He was the Chairman of Babu Banarasi Das Educational Institutions that provide education to over 30,000 students every year in the fields of Management, Engineering, Dental Sciences, Pharmacy, Law, Architecture and Social Sciences in Lucknow & Delhi. He was Mayor of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) from May 1993– Nov 1996 and contributed extensively in the development of the city. He had held country's most prestigious office as 'Member of Parliament' and was the national general secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party from the year 2008 to 2014.

Fraud Allegations

Akhilesh Das Gupta, along with other higher officials of the Badminton Association of India were accused of fraud and nepotism, by favoring their own children for a goodwill trip to Japan, and were investigated by the CBI. The Japanese Government had sponsored a Badminton tournament in Tokyo as a means of promoting Japanese culture and values amongst Asian youth. The criteria for selection was that players be between 17 and 23 years and that they should have played at the regional or state level in that country.

According to the CBI, Akhilesh Das Gupta, along with other top officials such as Jitender Kochar DCBA general secretary, Harish Ahuja DCBA vice-president, Apinder Sabharwal former secretary of DCBA, Kamal Kumar Thapar former treasurer of DCBA and Harish Mittal former member, connived and had their own kin and wards posing as badminton players to be short-listed for the trip. No advertisement was published or any trial conducted for genuine badminton players. The CBI had completed the investigation and sent its report to the Sports Ministry, Government of India, but no action had been taken thus far.

Rajya Sabha Election History Death

Akhilesh Das Gupta died from a heart attack on 12 April 2017 in the early morning at his residence. Chairman, Premier Badminton League (PBL) President, Uttar Pradesh Olympic Association (UPOA) Vice President, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Vice President, Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) Executive Council, Badminton World Federation (BWF)