FULL NAME: Pradipta Kumar Mohanty
GENDER: Male
BORN: 26th May, 1962
HOME ADDRESS: Jagannath Vihar, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
PARENTS: Late Raj Kishore Mohanty (Father), Laxmipriya Mohanty (Mother)
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Serving as a coach in the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Govt of Odisha since 1989.
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Not known
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TEAMS REPRESENTED: Odisha
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
ZONAL:
* Represented Odisha in East Zone Basketball Championship in 1984-85.
NATIONAL:
* Represented Odisha in Junior National Basketball Championship for four years from 1980 to 1984.
* Represented Utkal University in Inter-University Basketball Championship for seven years. He also led Utkal University.
EXPERIENCE AS COACH:
* Served at Govt Sports Hostel, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from 1989 to 1994.
* Served as District Sports Officer, Angul from 1994 to 2003.
* Served as District Sports Officer, Dhenkanal from 2003 to 2006.
* Served as DSO, Dhenkalal and Angul from 2006 to 2011.
* Serving as DSO, Dhenkanal form 2011 till date.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
* On 17 May 2022, he was elected as the Treasurer of Hockey Association of Odisha (HAO).
* Did his basketball coaching course at National Institute of Sports, Kolkata in 1986-87.
* Started sports career as an athlete and won the bronze medal U-16 boys 800m run in the State Athletics Meet in 1981.
PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 3 January 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 20 May 2022