The U.P. Table Tennis Association owes its foundation to Mr. D.K. Raman and was formed by Mr. K.R. Kirloskar as it’s first Secretary. But not until 1954 when the 1st Northern India Championship was held was there any activity. This meet held at Saharanpur under the guidance of then State Secretary Mr. Mahendra Kishore whipped up interest in the game. Same year Saharanpur hosted the II U.P. State Championship. U.P. participated in the Nationals for the first time in 1954. U.P. has hosted four National Championships. The 19th Nationals was held at Saharanpur in 1956, 39th Nationals at Allahabad in 1976, 49th National again at Allahabad 1987 and 61st Sr. Nationals at Lucknow in January – 2000. and many National Ranking tournaments and International test matches.

We have completed 67 years in the glorious run of our Table Tennis. Tournament is a matter of envy and a thing to covet. We can boast of having staged test matches between Hungary, Singapore & India in 1958 at Lucknow and again between Japan & India in 1973. We staged these test matches at four centers in the state viz. Lucknow, Kanpur, Saharanpur and Meerut. The following year we staged test matches between S. Korea & India at three centers in the state Viz. Lucknow, Kanpur and Meerut and again triangular test matches between Hungry, Japan and India at four centers Viz. Lucknow, Moradabad, Meerut and Agra in January, 1977. The main idea and the compelling theme of our state in taking upon itself the responsibility and exacting task of running Inter Nationals tournaments and test matches is to create in our players more interest and experience for this beautiful game.

Mr. Ziaul Hasnain was the secretary of Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association until year 1983. Mr. R.N. Banerjee was Secretary 1983 - 1989. Mr. Arun Kumar Banerjee became the new Secretary of the association for the year 1989-93. Mr. Raj Kumar Bhargava, IAS, Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Government was the President of the Association till 1993. In the year 1993, the Table Tennis complex building of Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association was inaugurated by Mr. Raj Kumar Bhargava. We can never forget the contribution of Mr. Raj Kumar Bhargava in building this table tennis complex. The association will also remember the contribution and hard work of secretary Mr. Arun Kumar Banerjee. In the 1993 elections, Mr. Bhola Nath Tiwari, IAS and Mr. R.N. Banerjee were elected President and Secretary. In 1994, Mr. Bhola Nath Tiwari resigned from the post of President. At that time, the Vice President of the Association, Shri Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi, IAS, took over as the President of the Association. In 1997, Shri Arun Kumar Banerjee again took over as the Secretary and along with Shri Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi, IAS, till 2022, organized the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championship in Lucknow in 2009. The Asian Championship event earned praises not only for the Uttar Pradesh Table Tennis Association but also for the Indian Table Tennis Federation all over the world. After this, in view of the contribution of Shri Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi, he was elected unopposed as the President of the Indian Table Tennis Federation. Shri Arun Kumar Banerjee also took charge as the Joint Secretary, Vice President, Treasurer and later Secretary of the Indian Table Tennis Federation, simultaneously.