DESCRIPTION:
*     India would field a 39-member strong squad, including Odisha girl Saina Salonika in the above-mentioned championships.
*     The squad would be accompanied by manager Ranjan Mohanty (Odisha) and four coaches.
*     According to manager Mohanty, who is a vice-president of All Odisha Chess Association, the squad is expected to win medals in all 12 age groups.
*     R Praggnanandhaa (U-10 Open), R Vaishali (U-14 Girls) and Saina Salonika (U-12 Girls) have bright prospect to win gold in respective groups, said Mohanty, an Income Tax Officer.

INDIAN CONTINGENT:
U-8 Open: Ananth Ramdas, Dev Shah, Mullick Raahil, Shahil Dey.
U-8 Girls: Yashavishree N, Savitha Shri B.
U-10 Open: Praggnanandhaa R, Aditya Mittal, Sadhwani Raunak, Sai Pranav Siddamshetty.
U-10 Girls: Rakshitta Ravi, Divya Deshmukh, Bhagyashree Patil.
U-12 Open: Ram Aravind L N, Nihal Sarin, Aronyak Ghosh, Kushagra Mohan.
U-12 Girls: Lakshmi C, Mrudul Dehankar, Salonika Saina.
U-14 Open: Hirthickkesh Pr, Raja Harshit, Rajdeep Sarkar.
U-14 Girls: Vaishali R, Vantika Agrawal.
U-16 Open: Visakh Nr, Aravindh Chithambaram Vr, Muthaiah Al, Harsha Bharathakoti.
U-16 Girls: Aakanksha Hagawane, Chandreyee Hajra.
U-18 Open: Yogit S, Pranavananda V, Aradhya Garg.
U-18 Girls: Mahalakshmi M, Varshini V, Srija Seshadri, Parnali S Dharia, Prathivya Gupta.
Manager: Ranjan Kumar Mohanty.
Coaches: Aarthie Ramaswamy, Lakshmi Priyaa, Praful Zaveri, Atanu Lahiri.