Abhimanyu Baste is the Head Coach of NYO Badminton Academy, Dombivli, with 27 years of coaching experience. The academy trains at Pendsenagar and Dombivli Gymkhana (Gharda Circle).

He began his career as Senior Coach at Thane Badminton Academy, where he worked from 2001 to 2018. He then held Joint Head Coach roles at NMSA, Vashi (10 years) and D. Y. Patil Stadium, Nerul (3 years). He also served as Joint Secretary of the Thane City & District Badminton Association, which gave him administrative experience alongside his coaching.

Over the years he has trained around 2,500 players. The results show in the numbers: the academy has produced 2 international players, 50+ national players, 200+ state players, and 400+ district players.

Today at NYO, he builds on this experience to develop players from district-level to national-level competition