WGMP V Nandhidhaa

P. V. Nandhidhaa was born in Sankagiri, Tamil Nadu, in 1996. Her early international medals included bronze in the 2010 World Girls' Under-14 Championship and gold in the 2011 Asian Girls' Under-16 Championship. She won silver at the 2016 World Junior Girls' Championship and became a woman grandmaster in 2019. She was part of India's gold-medal team at the 2020 Asian Nations Online competition.

Nandhidhaa shared first place at La Roda in 2021. The following year, she won the Asian women's championship with an unbeaten 7½/9. At the Chennai Olympiad that year, she scored 8½/11 on second board for India's third women's team. She subsequently won the Indian women's championship in both 2024 and 2025. Her World Cup appearances include 2023 and 2025; in the latter, Harika Dronavalli eliminated her in the second round.