Dr. Laila Das is the first qualified lady sports medicine specialist of the country. She possesses 28 years of post qualification experience in the subject concerned, out of which 26 years were spent in full time service with Sports Authority of India dealing exclusively with medical problems of sports persons and education and research in sports medicine. On the initiative of Government of India, she has been responsible for establishing the first ever Sports Medicine Facility in Eastern India at SAI complex and also in Bangladesh in BKSP complex in Savar. In her illustrious career, spread over almost three decades, she has served many national teams and contingents and innumerable famous national and international athletes from every discipline of sports. She has also been responsible for organizing sports medical support for a number of national and international sports events such as Nehru Cup (Football), Davis Cup and Sunfeast Open Championship (Tennis), Asian Basketball Championship, SAFF Games, Asian Games, Asian Indoor Games etc. to name a few. Moreover, she has been nominated a member of Medical Committee of ABC (Asian Basketball Confederation) and Committee for Women of IOA (Indian Olympic Association).
Dr. Das has attended different courses in sports medicine in UK and Russia, FIFA Football Medicine Course and also an Indo German Collaboration course in sports rehabilitation. She has been a PhD guide of Jadavpur University as well as a visiting lecturer, course coordinator, examiner and paper setter of different universities such as Rabindra Bharati University - Kolkata, Guru Nanak Deb University - Amritsar, Jehangir Nagar University - Bangladesh etc. She has multiple publications in national and international scientific journals to her credit and she has authored a book titled ‘Text Book of Sports Medicine’ published by J P Publications, New Delhi. Dr. Das has attended numerous scientific seminars and workshops in India and abroad. Furthermore, she has been a member of the editorial boards of Bangladesh Journal of Sports Sciences and Kriralok. |
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| Collection of Samples for Dope Testing of Leander Paes before Olympics |
Watching Beton Cup ( Hockey )
with Vice President, IOA |
With Indian National Women's Volleyball
Team at Nepal |
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With Indian SAFF Game Contingent
at Kathmandu |
At the Opening of Sports Medicine Centre at
SAI Campus, Kolkata with Governor Nurul
Hassan and Prof.M.S.Ghosh |
Performing at player's night during Asian Basketball
Championship at Tokushima, Japan |
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| With Famous Chinese basketball player ( NBA Player ) Mao at the Asian Jounior Men's Basketball Championship in kolkata |
SAFF Games, Madras |
With Professor Dr. Helga Smidth, Director Lapzieg University,
East Germany |
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| Training Injured Leander Paes |
Attending Sports Seminar |
In Moscow, during Scientist Exchange Program with Indian and Russian scientists |
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| In Vietnam with Sports Officials |
Training injured Leander Paes at Junior
Wimbledon Championship |
National Women's Basketball Team at Kolkata. |
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Receiving Felicitation from Minister of Social
Welfare for Social Work |
In the treatment room at Vietnam with a junior
Women's footballer |
With the woman Football Team at Asian Championship, Bangkok |
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