Jwala Gutta is a left-handed international badminton player from India who has won the National Badminton Championships fourteen times till 2013. She is a doubles badminton player who has been representing India on the international circuit for more than 15 years and has partnered with Shruti Kurien earlier in her career, but later found greater success with Ashwini Ponnappa and the pair has been consistently been ranked among the top 20 in the world. The fiery shuttler from Hyderabad has done more for doubles in the country than any other player. Jwala brought recognition for doubles badminton in the country, first with her mixed doubles partner V. Diju and now with Ponnappa in women's doubles. Jwala has brought numerous medals for Indian badminton including the bronze medal BWF World Championships in 2011 and a gold and silver at 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games repectively in women's doubles which were the first for the country in the discipline. Other achievements include the historic bronze medal at the 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup team event and medals at Asian Badminton Championships and final and semi-final appearances in many big international events. 

September 7th, 1983 in Wardha (Age 40)