FULL NAME: Ranjan Kumar Pradhan
GENDER: Male
BORN: May 20, 1967
FAMILY: Late Baishnab Charan Pradhan (Father), Marua Pradhan (Mother).
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No 284-A, Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. PIN: 751007.
TELEPHONE: 9861013451 (Mobile)
E-MAIL: ranjanpradhan1967@gmail.com
PROFESSION: Working as Sports Officer in SOA University, Bhubaneswar
GAMES PLAYED: Basketball, athletics, cricket, table tennis, softball
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: MPEd from Government College of Physical Education, Cuttack in 1994 and basketball coaching course from NIS, Patiala in 1995.
MAJOR ACHIMENTS AS PLAYER:
Basketball:
* Represented Utkal University in All-India Inter-University Tournament five times between 1983 to 1992.
* Represented Odisha in Youth National Championship in the year 1980-81.
* Represented Odisha in the Junior National Championship in 1985.
* Represented Odisha in Senior National Championship in 1994.
Athletics:
* Represented Unit-I Boys` High School and was the best athlete of BJB College and University Law College.
Table tennis:
* Played the sport at college level.
Cricket:
* Played for Kishore Club, Bhubaneswar.
Softball:
* Represented Odisha in the Senior National Championship in the year 1994-95.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT AS SPORTS OFFICER:
* Organised state championships in athletics, football, judo, rugby, table tennis and volleyball at KIIT University.
* Organised inter-university cricket tournament, 2012 Senior National Softball Championship, 2013 Junior State Basketball Championship, AITA U-14 Championship Series and Men`s Ranking Tennis Tournaments (2013) at SOA University.
OTHER NOTABLE INFO:
* He was awarded the FIBA-BFI Level-I coaching certificate after completing the course at the FIBA Coaches Clinic, held in Ranchi in 2014, under FIBA instructor Belson Isley.
* Worked as Sports Officer in KIIT University for eight years since 1997.
* Joined SOA University as Sports Officer in 2006.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: October 17, 2013
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: March 19, 2014