The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt of India has accorded approval to participation of the Match Racing, 29er and Optimist teams comprising of the following at the championships:-
Match Racing – R Mahesh (skipper), Neeraj Sharma, RS Dhulaji, T Helegaonkar and SS Yadav.
29er – Varsha Gautham, Aishwarya N, Varun Thakkar and KC Ganapathy.
Optimist – Ruqqayya N, Zahabiya N, Vishnu Sujeesh and Vishnu Sarvanan.
In addition, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has also accorded approval for the 29er and Optimist teams to participate at the 9th KFC Langkawi International Regatta Perdana 2012, which is scheduled during 08 February to 12 February 2012 at Langkawi, Malaysia.
The Championship is being co-ordinated by Mohd Afendy, General Manager, Malaysian Yachting Association with the International Jury led by Bryan Willis (GBR), Ilker Bayinder (TUR) as Principal Race Officer and Barry Johnson (AUS) as Chief Measurer.