Legendary Mallakhamb sports guru, Uday Deshpande is a renowned coach and was the Hon. Secretary of Mallakhamb Federation of India who imparted training to many foreign nationals hailing from different countries. He conferred various award, including Shree Shiy Chhatrapati award, Dadoji Kondadev award, among others, and conducted coaching camps all over India in order to propogate and popularize Mallakhamb. Because of his unconditional devotion to the discipline, Shri Uday has earned the respect of many aerialists around the globe.