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{{short description|Indian table tennis player}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mantu Ghosh
| image = Mantu Ghosh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Ghosh at YMA Club, Siliguri, in 2019
| birth_name = 
| birth_date =  1973/1974
| birth_place = [[Siliguri]], [[West Bengal]], India
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| other_names =
| occupation = Table tennis coach<br />Sports administrator
| years_active =
| known_for = Two times national champion in table tennis
| awards = [[Arjuna Award]] (2002)<br />[[Banga Bhushan]] (2013)
| notable_works =
}}
'''Mantu Ghosh''' (born 1973/1974) is an Indian former [[table tennis]] player from [[West Bengal]]. As a two-time national champion, Ghosh is now the coach of India's table tennis women's team and a sports administrator after previously working in different capacities at the state and the national level. She was featured in the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]'' for becoming India's youngest national table tennis champion in 1990 at age 16. In 2002, her achievements were recognised by the [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] and the [[Government of India]], which awarded her the [[Arjuna Award]].

== National career ==
Ghosh is one of the first prominent table tennis players from [[Siliguri]], which is now considered the "nursery" of table tennis players in India after many went on to become national champions and [[Olympic Games|Olympians]].<ref name="ZN12">{{Cite news |url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/siliguri-hailed-as-bhiwani-of-indian-tt-after-twin-oly-berth_741306.html |title=Siliguri hailed as 'Bhiwani of Indian TT' after twin Oly berth |date=22 April 2012 |access-date=25 July 2020 |publisher=[[Zee News]]}}</ref>

Ghosh began training at Deshbandhu Sporting Union and won the 1988 Sub-Junior National Championship as a trainee at the club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/148030/12/12_chapter_05.pdf |page=146 |title=Social Institutions and their Impact on Urban Life – Sporting Clubs |publisher=[[Shodhganga]] |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> She won the Junior National Table Tennis Championship in 1990, the same year she participated in the 52nd Senior National Table Tennis Championship held at [[Jaipur]], Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.coca-colaindia.com/stories/junior-senior-titles-in-a-year |title=Table Tennis – Junior/ Senior Titles in a Year |work=[[Limca Book of Records]] |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="LBR06">{{Cite book |title=Limca Book of Records |publisher=Bisleri Beverages Limited |page=452 |year=2006 |quote=Youngest National champion Mantu Ghosh was 16 when she won the title at Jaipur in 1990-91}}</ref> Winning the title, she became India's youngest national table tennis champion at age 16, an achievement that featured in the ''[[Limca Book of Records]]''.<ref name="LBR06" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030531/spr-trib.htm |title=Sustained mediocrity in TT |last=Sharma |first=Ramu |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=31 May 2003 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> Her victory at the national championship motivated more players in Siliguri to pursue table tennis.<ref name="IndToday95">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/19950731-siliguri-obsession-with-table-tennis-underlies-its-domination-of-the-sport-807560-1995-07-31 |title=Siliguri's obsession with table tennis underlies its domination of the sport |magazine=[[India Today]] |date=31 July 1995 |access-date=27 July 2020 |last=Banerjee |first=Ruben}}</ref> In 1993, she won the singles title at the 55th Senior National Table Tennis Championship.<ref name="IndToday95" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Indian Annual Register A Digest Of Public Affairs Of India During The Period 1919-1947 |page=143 |last=Mitra |first=H. N. |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |year=2000 |volume=58 |isbn=8121202132}}</ref>

=== International career ===
Ghosh competed in all events of [[table tennis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]] held in Manchester, England. She failed to advance beyond the first round of singles;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3028/event/1908 |title=Table Tennis Singles – Women Manchester 2002 |website=Thecgf.com |publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719231528/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3028/event/1908 |url-status=dead }}</ref> reached the quarterfinals of doubles – paired with [[Indu Nagapattinam R.]] – and eventually ranked fifth;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/6793 |title=Table Tennis Doubles – Women Manchester 2002 |website=Thecgf.com |publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726162652/https://thecgf.com/results/team/6793 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and reached the third round of mixed doubles, pairing with Subramaniam Raman,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/6794 |title=Table Tennis Doubles – Mixed Manchester 2002 |website=Thecgf.com |publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726182459/https://thecgf.com/results/team/6794 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Indian team – consisting of Ghosh, [[Mouma Das]], Indu Nagapattinam R., [[Nandita Saha]], and [[Poulomi Ghatak]] – finished sixth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/team/6240 |title=Table Tennis Team – Women Manchester 2002 |website=Thecgf.com |publisher=[[Commonwealth Games Federation]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726181830/https://thecgf.com/results/team/6240 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ghosh qualified for the main draw of the [[2003 World Table Tennis Championships]] held in Paris, France, participating the singles and doubles events. Malaysian paddler Yao Lin Jing defeated Ghosh in the first round of singles by 12–10, 11–6, 11–3, 11–5; the pair Mauma Das and Ghosh lost against the Singaporean pair of [[Xueling Zhang]] and [[Tan Paey Fern]] by 11–8, 7–11, 5–11, 2–11, 11–8, 7–11 in doubles.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indian-challenge-ends-at-world-TT-champs/articleshow/47197966.cms |title=Indian challenge ends at world TT champs |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=22 May 2003 |access-date=27 July 2020 |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

=== Post-retirement ===
After retirement, Ghosh began to coach players and became a part of different organisations related to table tennis at the state and the national level. She is the Chief Coach at the Young Men's Association's table tennis coaching centre in Siliguri.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/home-is-where-the-heat-is-/20836/ |title=Home is where the heat is |date=13 January 2007 |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> She was the national coach for the women's team and prepared the team for the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/juniors-not-in-awe-of-big-names-now-mantu/213248/ |title=Juniors not in awe of big names now: Mantu |date=29 August 2007 |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |last=Rathee |first=Aabha |location=New Delhi}}</ref> She trained both [[Soumyajit Ghosh]] and [[Ankita Das]], who qualified for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] in their respective categories.<ref name="ZN12" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/table-tennis/interview-with-soumyajit-ghosh-my-goal-is-to-be-in-the-top-30 |title=Interview with Soumyajit Ghosh: "My goal is to be in the top 30" |last=Srivastava |first=Taruka |date=16 January 2013 |access-date=25 July 2020 |publisher=Sportskeeda}}</ref>

In 2016, she was appointed as the vice-chairperson of the North Bengal Board for Development of Sports and Games by the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]], [[Mamata Banarjee]].<ref name="NT16">{{Cite news |url=http://newstimetoday.com/bhaichung-inaugurates-nbbdsg-mantu-mann-absent-1467643709 |title=Baichung inaugurates NBBDSG, Mantu & Mann absent |date=4 July 2016 |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=News Time Today |location=Siliguri |archive-date=25 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725150417/http://newstimetoday.com/bhaichung-inaugurates-nbbdsg-mantu-mann-absent-1467643709 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The board, with [[Bhaichung Bhutia]] as its chairman, is based at [[Kanchenjunga Stadium]] and is responsible for developing and promoting sports in the [[Districts of West Bengal|seven districts of North Bengal]].<ref name="NT16" />

In 2017, she became a joint-secretary of the [[Table Tennis Federation of India]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/dushyant-chautala-is-new-ttfi-president/articleshow/56871481.cms |title=Dushyant Chautala is new TTFI president |location=Gurugram |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> She is also joint secretary of the Bengal State Table Tennis Association and is a past president of the North Bengal Table Tennis Association.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/factions-in-bengal-table-tennis-brought-under-same-umbrella/articleshow/69701578.cms |title=Factions in Bengal table tennis brought under same umbrella |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 June 2019 |access-date=26 July 2020 |last=Bhattacharya |first=Nilesh |location=Kolkata}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
In 2002, Ghosh received the [[Arjuna Award]] from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the [[Government of India]] in recognition of her achievements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yas.nic.in/sites/default/files/LIST%20OF%20ARJUNA%20AWARDEES.docx%2061%20-%2017_0_0.pdf |title=List of Arjuna Awardees |publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] |website=Yas.nic.in |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> On 20 May 2013, she received the [[Banga Bhushan]] title, a civil honour of the West Bengal state, from the Governor of West Bengal, M. K. Narayanan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wbcmo.gov.in/news.aspx?mon=28 |title=Chief Minister's Office – News |publisher=[[Government of West Bengal]] |date=20 May 2013 |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Ghosh is from Siliguri, West Bengal. She is married to Subrata Roy, a table tennis coach.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ttfi.org/news/show/813 |title=Ghosh is 25th Arjuna! |publisher=[[Table Tennis Federation of India]] |access-date=26 July 2020 |website=Ttfi.org |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726143313/http://ttfi.org/news/show/813 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-selectors-coaching-raises-eyebrows/article19109530.ece |title=Selector's coaching raises eyebrows |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 June 2017 |access-date=26 July 2020 |last=Karhadkar |first=Amol}}</ref>

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