Dipankar Bhattacharjee | |
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 Dipankar Bhattacharjee | |
| Born | 1 February 1972 |
| Spouse | Dahlia Bhattacharjee (2001–present) |
Dipankar Bhattacharjee (born 1 February 1972) [1] is a Badminton player from Assam, India. He represented India at many International tournaments including Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. He was the Indian National Badminton Champion thrice and a runner-up twice. At Barcelona Olympics, he reached the pre-quarters.
Dipankar started playing badminton at a very early age. He was five years old when his father Mr. Iswar Bhattacharjee took him out for Badminton training. His father is his first coach and has been a constant guide and adviser who started local tournaments in the Guwahati Indoor Hall (Kanaklata Indoor Stadium) to attract interests from younger kids and their parents for Badminton.
In addition to his own father, Dipankar was trained by several other good coaches. He had spent few years at Prakash Padukone's Badminton academy at Bangalore and trained with Prakash, Vimal Kumar, Mr. Veedu, etc. He was guided by National and State level Badminton coaches.
Dipankar had been the star attraction in many tournaments. His style of game attracts spectators naturally. He always played fast-paced, endurance and offense (smash) based game which always energized onlookers. He was praised many a times especially by Mr. Prakash Padukone as India's one of a kind player who had the potential of taking on the champions from other Asian countries like China and Indonesia, and who could match their level of speed, endurance, and reflex.
He retired early from the game in 2004 due to injuries, after playing the last Indian National Championships at Guwahati.
He launched his Badminton Coaching center at Guwahati by the name of "Iswarati Center for Badminton Learning" or ICBL. [2] The project was carried on for almost 3 years in a badminton coaching facility in Guwahati.He is also a mentor of Indian Collegiate Athletic Program for the sport of Badminton.
Dipankar's achievements have gone into the record books in the following areas -
Dipankar is currently employed with Indian Oil Corporation, Western regional office in Mumbai. He married Ms. Dahlia Banerjee of Kolkata in 2001 and has a son with her.
He is an MBA graduate from India's leading B- school, S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.
Dipankar underwent successful brain surgery for Pituitary adenoma, a type of brain tumor on Feb 4, 2020 at the Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai, performed by noted neurosurgeon B. K. Misra. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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