Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram will be up against one of the qualifiers in his first match.
The World No.26, who crashed out of the opening round last year, will most probably face Chinese World No.2 in the second round.
In men's doubles, Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will take on Russian World No.14 pair of Ivan Sozonov and Vladimir Ivanov in the first round.
