FULL NAME: Manoj Kumar Sabat
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 25th September 1963 (Source: Self)
PARENTS: Father (Late Surjya Narayan Sabat), Mother (Pankaj Bala Sabat)
HOME ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Science Graduate. PG Diploma in Computer Application
ROLE IN SPORTS: Badminton player-turned-coach umpire and referee
PROFESSION: Working as badminton coach at the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha. At present posted at Hinjilicut in Ganjam.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONAL: Diploma in Badminton Coaching from National Institute of Sports (NIS) in 1993. Also did Diploma in Sports Management.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
*     Played State, Inter-State and Senior National championship from 1990 to 1994.

EXPERIENCE AS COACH:
*     Functioned as Deputy Chief Coach at the Odisha-SAI Regional Badminton Academy in 2017.
*     In 2017, he was sponsored by the State government to undergo training for 20 days at Birmingham University, UK in Sports Science program.
*     In 2013, he was sponsored by the State government to do an intermediate level certificate course at Gopichand Academy.
*     Took classes as a faculty of SAI, Bangalore in 2012.
*     Imparted coaching to Senior elite group in a 42-day camp at Gopichand Academy in 2006.
*     In 2004, imparted coaching to Indian Junior team in a month-long camp at SAI, Bangalore and then led the team as coach for Dutch and German European Circuit.
*     Selected by BAI to coach Indian Junior players from 1999 to 2009.
*     Imparted coaching at more than 10 India level Junior and Senior camps.
*     Groomed around 1500 players in 25 years.
*     Around 100 of his pupils won medals in State level tournaments.
*     His well-known pupils include: Rutaparna Panda, Bibhas Parida, Chitta Ranjan Satpathy, D Subhakanta Mohanty, Bibek Mishra, Feroz Khan, Amit Patjoshi, Bibek Kar, Gayatri Mishra, Monalisa Mohanty, Ashish Naik, Sarthak Pattnaik, Gitanjali Jena, Susanta Rout, Ranjit Bantha, Lisa Rani Parida and many more.
*     More than 10 of his pupils got government jobs through sports quota.

EXPERIENCE AS UMPIRE & REFEREE:
*     Became a qualified National referee in 2014.
*     Qualified as Grade-I umpire in 2000.
*     Became Grade-II qualified National umpire in 1996.
*     Claims to have officiated more than 50 National and 7 International tournaments as Umpire and Referee till date.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Felicitated by the Department of Sports and Youth Services for guiding Indian Junior team for Dutch and German European Circuit as coach.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 23rd January 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 24th January 2022