DESCRIPTION:
*     An eight-member squad of Bhubaneswar-based Utkal Karate School would represent Shukokai Karate-do Union of India in the above-mentioned championship.
*     Besides taking part in the world meet, the squad would take coaching from Grand Master Hanshi Haruyoshi Yamada.

THE SQUAD: Sandeep Mohanty, Jayadeb Pattnaik, Rajib Singh, Umakanta Senapati, Debabrata Samadar, Kushal Hitesh Bhatt. Manager: Subrat Das; Assistant-manager: Ashwini Kumar Behera.