FULL NAME: Ramesh Chandra Ojha
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 June 1997 (Source: Self)
HEIGHT: 1.9 metre
FAMILY: Father (Ram Chandra Ojha), Mother (Binata Ojha), Elder sister (Jharana Ojha), Elder brother (Suresh Chandra Ojha), Wife (Malati Ojha), Son (Ritesh Kumar Ojha), Daughter (Ritisha Ojha)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At/PO- Jayapur, PS/Via- Balianta, Pahala, Dist- Khordha, Odisha, India. PIN- 752101
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Srama Sakti High School, Sukinda, Jajpur and ITI at CV Raman Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar
PROFESSION: Working at East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar since 1998
ROLE IN VOLLEYBALL: Player-turned-Coach
TYPE OF PLAYER: Centre blocker
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: Volleyball Centre of Excellence, run by the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government Odisha from 1995 to 1998.
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha, Railways and India
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION: Became a FIVB Level-1 coach in 2013 and Level-II coach 2022

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:

ZONAL:
*     He was part of the Odisha team that emerged Champions at the 4th East & North-East Zone Volleyball Championship 2004.
NATIONAL:
*     Represented Odisha in the Senior National Volleyball Championship nine times (1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012).
INTERNATIONAL:
*     Represented India in the World Railways Volleyball Championship.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     He was part of the East Coast Railway team that won the title at the All-India Railway Volleyball Championship in 2006 and finished runners-up in 2007 and 2010.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS COACH:
*     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.
*     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 coach of the Odisha State teams at the Senior National Volleyball Championship 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2022).
*     He was coach of the Odisha State team that finished runners-up at the 6th East Zone Volleyball Championship in 2011.
*     He was coach of the Odisha State team 20th Youth National Volleyball Championship in 2018.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     His father was a volleyball player, who represented Odisha State team in the National Volleyball Championship twice.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 25 October 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 July 2023