DhwajamStrength & Conditioning Centre

The founder

Lomada Raju

International strength and conditioning coach. His career, medals, awards and education.

Lomada Raju in his India blazer at the badminton arena

The journey

From chasing medals to building champions.

He raced for more than thirteen years, collecting national and state medals on the track. Then he turned that experience into coaching: strength, speed and durability for athletes on the sport’s biggest stages. Every program starts with the athlete: the sport, the calendar, and the body in front of him.

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Champions he has trained

Strength and conditioning programs for top international badminton athletes, including:

Olympic silver

P. V. Sindhu

Olympic silver medallist, Rio 2016.

Paralympic silver

Thulasimathi Murugesan

Paralympic silver medallist, Paris 2024.

World champion

Mansi Joshi

World champion and gold medallist, Basel 2019, singles SL3.

Olympian

Srikanth Kidambi

Rio 2016 Olympian.

Olympian

Sathvik Sai Raj Rankireddy

Tokyo 2020 Olympian.

Career

From the track to the national squad.

An athlete first, a strength and conditioning coach since 2010: Railways, Hyderabad cricket, the Indian national badminton team and the Celebrity Cricket League.

  1. 1999–2013

    Athlete

    Track and 4×400 m relay. National and state medallist.

    Competitor
  2. 2010–2012

    Railways team

    Strength and conditioning coach.

    S&C coach
  3. 2013–2014

    Hyderabad Cricket Association

    Strength and conditioning coach for the Under-23 and Under-16 squads. Athletic development, injury prevention, movement quality and performance progression.

    S&C coach
  4. 2015–2024

    Indian National Badminton Team

    Supported athletes at South Asian Games, Nepal (gold medal achievement), All England Open, Swiss Open, Thomas & Uber Cup in Denmark, Sudirman Cup in Finland, Asia Badminton Championships in the Philippines (bronze medal) and BWF Super Series in Singapore and Malaysia.

    National team
  5. 2016

    Premier Badminton League, Chennai Smashers

    Team’s strength and conditioning coach. Designed and delivered team-based programs.

    S&C coach
  6. 2025

    Celebrity Cricket League, Telugu Warriors

    Team-based strength and conditioning programs for physical readiness, strength and match fitness, with consistent positive feedback from athletes and coaching staff.

    S&C coach

Athletic record

Thirteen years on the track.

An elite athlete with 13+ years of competition, and the national meet record holder in the 4×400 m relay: 3:16.43 at the Junior Federation Cup, Chennai, in 2006.

  1. 2007

    Junior Federation Cup

    4×400 m relay · Madurai, Tamil Nadu

    Bronze
  2. 2006

    Junior Federation Cup

    4×400 m relay · Chennai, Tamil Nadu · National meet record, 3:16.43

    Gold
  3. 2006

    Inter Zonal Athletic Meet

    4×400 m relay · Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

    Gold
  4. 2006

    Junior Nationals Athletic Meet

    4×400 m relay · Bangalore, Karnataka

    Silver
  5. 2005

    Youth Nationals Athletic Meet

    4×400 m relay · Bangalore, Karnataka

    Gold
  • National: 4 gold · 5 silver · 5 bronze
  • State: 17 gold · 10 silver · 2 bronze

Recognition

Honoured, and qualified.

Recognised by state and government, and certified by the bodies that train India’s coaches.

  1. 2024

    Telangana ICON Award

  2. 2019

    Felicitated by the AP Government

    AP Stadium

  3. 2019

    Felicitated by the Hon’ble Governor of Telangana

    Raj Bhavan

Certificates

  1. SAI

    Sports Authority of India certified Strength & Conditioning Coach

  2. 2022

    NIS Strength & Conditioning Certification, National Institute of Sports, Patiala

  3. NIS

    Certificate in Health & Fitness (6 weeks), Patiala, Punjab

Education

Schooled in the science of sport.

Degrees in physical education and yoga, with doctoral research under way.

  1. Scholar, in progress

    Doctor of Philosophy

    Kalinga University, Raipur

    Ph.D.

  2. Master of Science in Yoga

    Annamalai University, Chidambaram

    M.Sc
  3. 2013

    Master of Physical Education

    Nashik Rao Tirpude College, Nagpur

    M.P.Ed
  4. 2010–2011

    Bachelor of Physical Education

    Govt College, Osmania University

    B.P.Ed

  5. Postgraduate Diploma in Yoga

    Alagappa University

    PG Dip.
  6. 2006–2009

    Bachelor of Arts

    Railway Degree College

    B.A.

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Inside Botanical Garden
Kondapur, Gachibowli
Hyderabad
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