FULL NAME: Lotak Bindu Dash
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 June (Year not known)
HEIGHT: 1.90 metre
FAMILY: Father (), Mother (Swarnalata Dash), Elder brother (Gaganendu Dash).
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Alanahat, Jotakanpur, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Served for Tata Steel in Jamshedpur before joining East Coast Railway. Now working as Sports Inspector at East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar.
ROLE IN THE VOLLEYBALL: Player-turned-Coach
TYPE OF PLAYER: Not known
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: SAI Training Centre, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: Became a FIVB Level-I volleyball coach in 2010 and FIVB Level-II Coach in 2022.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:

ZONAL:
*     He was the captain of the Odisha team that won the title in the East Zone Volleyball Championship in 2002.

NATIONAL:
*     Led Bihar volleyball team in the National Games at Imphal in 1997.
*     Represented Bihar in different national volleyball championships for seven years.
*     Represented Odisha in the Junior National Volleyball Championship at Jammu & Kashmir.
*     Led Odisha and Bihar in Senior National Volleyball Championships.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Represented India in the 5th Junior Asian Volleyball Championship at Bangkok, Thailand in 1990.
*     Represented India in the Alwin International Volleyball Tournament at Hyderabad in 1990.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     He was the assistant coach of the Indian team that finished fifth in the 5th Asian Womens Volleyball Challenge Cup at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines on 29 May 2024.
*     Became a FIVB Level-II Coach by clearing the related course and examination with 95 per cent maks at Dr Sivanthi Adityan Regional Development Center for Volleyball in Chennai on 20 October 2022.
*     He was part of the coaching team of Odisha Men & Women Teams which won the Bronze medal in the 34th Federation Cup Volleyball Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar in 2022.
*     He was the chief coach of the Odisha team for the East Zone Volleyball Championsip in 2011.
*     Under his guidance, East Coast Railway won the title in the All-India Inter-Railway Volleyball Championship at Bhubaneswar 2006 and finished runners-up thrice.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Known as the first volleyball international of Odisha, he led both Odisha and Bihar in Senior National Championships.
*     Inspired by his elder brother Gaganendu Dash, Lotak played played cricket, basketball and hockey in his childhood days before taking to volleyball.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 16 May 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 May 2024