FULL NAME: Jigyanshu Saikiran Pradhan
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 June 2012 (Source: Table Tennis Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Bibekananda Pradhan), Mother (Ranjulata Roul)
HOME ADDRESS: Puri, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Puri
TRAINING PLACE: Puri District Table Tennis Academy, Puri
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: D Debadutta Mohanty and Bimal Prasad Mohanty (First coach)
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Puri; Puri District and Odisha State

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won both the U-13 and U-15 boys singles titles in the 30th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall, CDA, Cuttack from 6-10 Nov 2024.
*     Won both the U-13 and U-15 boys singles titles and finished U-17 boys singles runner-up in the 17th KDTTA Odisha State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held at Table Tennis Academy Hall, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar from 2-4 November 2024.
*     Bagged a double by winning both the U-13 and U-15 boys singles titles in the 29th YGTTA Odisha State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall in CDA, Cuttack from 15 to 17 August 2024.
*     Won the junior boys singles title for Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Puri in the 5th Odisha State Inter School Table Tennis Championship, held at Biju Patnaik Multipurpose Indoor Hall, CDA, Cuttack from 12-14 August 2024.
*     Won the U-13 boys singles title in the 29th Odisha State Table Tennis Championships at Biju Patnaik Indoor Hall, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar on 10 November 2023.
*     Won the U-13 boys singles title in the 16th KDTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KiiT University, Bhubaneswar on 2 October 2023.
*     Won the U-13 boys singles title in the 28th YGTTA State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack from 14-16 August 2023.
*     Finished junior boys singles runner-up for Kendriya Vidyalaya, Puri in the Odisha State Inter-School Table Tennis Championship, held at JN Indoor Stadium, Cuttack on 12 and 13 August 2023.
*     Bagged a double, winning the U-11 and U-13 boys singles titles in the 28th Inter-District & Odisha State Table Tennis Championships, held at TT Academy-cum-Indoor Hall in Angul from 14-17 Dec 2022.
*     Bagged a double, winning the U-11 and U-13 boys singles titles in the 15th KDTTA All Odisha Ranking Table Tennis Championships, held at Saheed Nagar TT Hall, Bhubaneswar from 7-9 October 2022.

NATIONAL:
*     He was part of the Odisha U-15 Boys Team that created history by winning the Bronze medal (first-ever team medal) for the State in 85th Inter State Sub-Junior & Cadet National Table Tennis Championships at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 18 January 2024.
*     Represented Odisha in the 82nd Cadet & Sub-junior National Table Tennis Championship at AP Indoor Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh from 25 Feb-6 March 2021.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 Decemer 2022
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 13 November 2024