Dr. Laila Das

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 sportspersons 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 continents 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 Ph.D. 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 JP 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.