Written by: Shivani Naik

5 min readMar 29, 2026 08:49 AM IST

Stupa Instant Review System (IRS) has received BWF backing as it lines up in the line review space, alongside giant Hawkeye, at global events. (Stupa Analytics)

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There are more earthy orbits than the famous ones that went around Mars, where cost-effective Indian technology is shining – like the flight trajectory of a badminton shuttle, dropping around the lines.

Machine Learning engineers from India have received the go-ahead from Badminton World Federation to deploy the indigenously developed Stupa Instant Review System (IRS), as it lines up in the line review space, alongside giant Hawkeye, at global events. The five-year-old company based out of Delhi’s IT hub successfully built a system capable of making line decisions in under 20 to 30 seconds with over 99% accuracy – a primary BWF certification requirement.

Stupa, led by one of India’s top female innovation brains, Megha Gambhir, delivered decisions in roughly 12 to 22 seconds. “We are actively working to crunch that down to under 10 seconds,” she says, proud of going toe-to-toe with Hawkeye, and even exceeding the legendary sports tech with a more economical, cost-efficient, accurate, and lightweight solution.