Gopichand on Friday filed his nominations for one of the vice-president's post, while Mishra threw his hat in the ring for the general secretary's position. The elections are scheduled to be held on March 25.
The 28-year-old from Guntur, a former world number one, on Sunday became the first Indian man to claim a silver medal at the prestigious tournament.
Sindhu, the reigning world champion, on Sunday became only the second Indian and first woman from the country to claim two Olympics medals, after she won a bronze in Tokyo, five years after claiming a silver at Rio Games.
The 31-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist feels there has been immense growth over the last few years in para-badminton.
During AFI web seminar, the president of AFI Adille Sumariwalla said they have requested the government to provide 2021 Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes with COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they as are out.
In addition, 15 of India's top sportspersons will share easy and useful exercises every day that can be done after the daily walk/run.
Gopichand said when he started coaching in 2004 with 25 trainees, including Sindhu, Saina and K Srikkanth in Hyderabad, nobody thought India would produce such world class players.
Pullela Gopichand is recommended HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award in his capacity as Khel Ratna recipient.
The coronavirus outbreak, which has so far infected over 41 lakh people and caused close to 3 lakh deaths worldwide, forced the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to suspend all events, including the Olympic qualifiers, till end of July.
Almost all sporting events in the world have come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic with the Olympics also being postponed by a year.
Gopichand insisted his players to see this period as a blessing and spend as much time as they can with their families.
The SAI-Gopichand academy in Hyderabad has been shut down till March 31 to contain the virus following the directive of the Telangana state government.
India's badminton national coach Pullela Gopichand said that he will focus on mentoring the coaches after the 2020 Olympics.
Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has received an honourable mention in the male category of the prestigious 2019 International Olympic Committee's Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of role he played in the development of the game in the country.
The Prakash Padukone Academy has cleared that it played no role in Saina Nehwal shifting from Hyderabad to Bengaluru.
In an upcoming book 'Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games', the former All-England champion and national head coach Gopichand spoke about the difficult times, also corroborated by Saina's husband and former CWG gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap.
India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand expressed that his team is hoping for better performances with some good preparations before the quadrennial event.
Gopichand also heaped praise on doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who bagged the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament after they clinched the Thailand Open in August.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he is also trying to bring Sachin Tendulkar as part of the Indian team which took on Bangladesh for the first time in 2000.
Pullela Gopichand remains positive about India's show in the upcoming Olympics, insisting that the performances from the Indian shuttlers have been improving since 2008.
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