| Nickname: | V. Diju |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 1981 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Height: | 1.86m (06.1feet) |
| Event: | Men's & mixed doubles |
| Highest Ranking: | 6 (in XD) |
| Handedness: | Right |
| Bwf Id: | E5707F71-3670-4B66-8970-5EC4D03E091C |
Valiyaveetil Diju (born 4 January 1981), also known as V. Diju, is an Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala.[1] He clinched six National Championships title, once in the men's doubles and five times in the mixed doubles. He represented India in the 2012 London Olympics, became the first Indian player to participate at the Olympics in the mixed doubles alongside Jwala Gutta. He is the winner of Arjuna Award 2014, given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize his outstanding achievement in National sports. He is also the winner of G. V. Raja awards, which is the highest government-level recognition for sports persons in Kerala. He is winner of Jimmy George award 2014. He is also winner of Vivekanandha sports excellence award 2014. He won the Youth excellence award also in 2014.He is the only mixed doubles player from India to reach top 10 in the world badminton ranking(BWF) .His highest ranking is number 6th in world ranking.
Diju started his International career by representing India for Asian junior badminton championship held at Hong Kong in 1997. In 2002, he and Sanave Thomas won the men's doubles title at the Indian National Championships by defeating Jaseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier in four games.[2] He won the 2008 Bitburger Open in Germany along with Jwala Gutta. It was India's first mixed-doubles Grand Prix win. Diju is a five-time National mixed-doubles champion. In 2006, he won the mixed team bronze medal in Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. Diju-Gutta pair was runner-up at Indian Open held at Hyderabad in 2009. They lost to Indonesian Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa in the final.[3]
| 2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Chetan Anand | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 19–21, retired | Silver |
| 2006 | Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | Jwala Gutta | Thomas Kurien Aparna Balan | 21–11, 21–13 | Gold | |
| 2010 | Wooden-Floor Gymnasium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Ashwini Ponnappa | Sanave Thomas Aparna Balan | 21–11, 21–15 | Gold |
| 2009 | Superseries Finals | Jwala Gutta | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen | 14–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
| 2008 | Bitburger Open | Jwala Gutta | Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen | 8–21, 21–17, 22–20 | Winner | |
| 2008 | Bulgarian Open | Jwala Gutta | Fran Kurniawan Shendy Puspa Irawati | 15–21, 21–18, 21–19 | Winner | |
| 2009 | India Open | Jwala Gutta | Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa | 14–21, 17–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2009 | Chinese Taipei Open | Jwala Gutta | Hendra Aprida Gunawan Vita Marissa | 23–21, 21–18 | Winner | |
| 2010 | India Open | Jwala Gutta |  Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei | 23–21, 20–22, 21–7 | Winner |
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
| 2000 | Hungarian International | Sanave Thomas |  José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis | 17–14, 15–7 | Winner | |
| 2004 | India Satellite | Jaseel P. Ismail | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 15–9, 15–1 | Winner | |
| 2005 | India Satellite | Jaseel P. Ismail | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 14–17, 7–15 | Runner-up | |
| 2008 | Nepal International | Akshay Dewalkar |  Mohammad Atique Rizwan Azam | 19–21, 21–10, 21–12 | Winner | |
| 2013 | Bahrain International Series | K. Nandagopal | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | 21–17, 12–21, 21–19 | Winner | |
| 2013 | Bahrain International Challenge | K. Nandagopal | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas | Walkover | Runner-up |
| 2005 | Jakarta Satellite | Jwala Gutta | Trần Thanh Hải Ngô Hải Vân | 15–1, 15–3 | Winner | |
| 2005 | India Satellite | B. R. Meenakshi | Marcos Bristow Aparna Balan | 15–10, 15–4 | Winner | |
| 2005 | Welsh International | Jwala Gutta | Watson Briggs Imogen Bankier | 12–15, 15–2, 15–9 | Winner | |
| 2007 | Pakistan International | Aparna Balan | Diluka Karunaratne Renu Hettiarachchige | 21–11, 21–14 | Winner | |
| 2007 | Tata Open India International | Jwala Gutta | Rupesh Kumar K. T. Aparna Balan | 21–14, 21–16 | Winner | |
| 2008 | Nepal International | Jwala Gutta | J. B. S. Vidyadhar Shruti Kurien | 21–12, 21–15 | Winner | |
| 2008 | Bahrain International | Trupti Murgunde | Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan | 21–17, 18–21, 19–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2013 | Bahrain International Series | N. Sikki Reddy | Arun Vishnu Aparna Balan | 14–21, 23–25 | Runner-up | |
| 2013 | Bahrain International Challenge | N. Sikki Reddy | Sanave Thomas Prajakta Sawant | 21–19, 14–21, 23–23 retired | Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
Diju was born at Ramanattukara, in the Calicut district to Karunakaran and Lalitha on 4 January 1981. He did his schooling in Govt. Model Boys School, Thrissur. He completed his graduation from Farook College, Calicut. Diju is currently working as Chief Manager in ONGC, Chennai. He is married to Dr. Soumya on 16 September 2012. Diju and Soumya have a son Ivaan, who born 16 February 2017.[11] Diju has an elder brother Dinu.