FULL NAME: Smarita Samantray
NICK NAME: Mama
GENDER: Female
BORN: February 20, 1965 at Bhubaneswar
MARITAL STATUS: Married
FAMILY: Father (Indra Mohan Samantaray), mother (Soudamini Samantaray), husband (Saroj Kumar Rath), two sons (Sunraj and Rishiraj).
HOME ADDRESS: Plot No 484, Shahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
TELEPHONE NO: 0674-2540428 (Res), 09437306415 (Mobile).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Post Graduate in Anthropollogy from Vani Vihar (Utkal University). Earlier studied at BJB College, Bhubaneswar.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: Diploma in basketball coaching from NSNIS (Calcutta), 1989-90. Certificate course in Sports Management, XEBS-Ahluwalia Centre of Excellence, Bhubaneswar, 2020.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Late Dhirendranath Pradhan
HOME CLUB: Bhubaneswar Basketball Association
PLAYING CAREER: Five years (1980-85).
PROFESSION: Serving as basketball coach in Odisha Council of Sports since 1st November, 1990.
HOBBY: Listening music
AMBITION IN LIFE: To become an international coach

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
*     Represented Utkal in the Inter-University Championship for two years.
*     Represented Odisha in Senior National Championship for two years.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     Groomed several players of National standard.
*     Represented Odisha teams as coach in many National Championhips.
*     Among her pupils, Sasmita Sahoo, Tanuja Mohanty, Sushree Sangita Rout, Urbasi Mallick, Saraswati Behera, Rajashree Swain and Lipramayee Satpathy attended India junior or sub-junior camps.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Currently attacted to State Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar and imparts coaching to Odisha girls team at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 18 September, 2009
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 5 April, 2021