Technical officials are central to controlling the game of badminton on-court and ensuring fair match play in accordance with the Laws of Badminton and the various competition regulations.

The BAI COC appoints technical officials to all Nationals and International Tournaments (held in India).

The sport has a development pathway from national to continental to world level. The BAI qualifies Referees, Match Controls, Umpires (at two levels – Grade -I and Grade – II), Line Judges.

The BITOA also has a large number of qualified Technical Officials who serve the sport at National and International Badminton Championships.

The BAI COC / BITOA is responsible for:

• Supporting the training and development of technical officials.

• Regularly assessing and reviewing the performance of technical officials at National / International tournaments.

• Managing the qualification and certification system for Technical Officials.

The BITOA keeps a record of work of each technical official in their role and this is used to ensure mix of experience at National / International Ranking Tournaments and to ensure technical officials meet the minimum number of hours of work annually to retain their respective credential.