SUBROTO BAGCHI ENTREPRENEUR A visionary, with leadership quality garnered lot of attention in the business world. His entrepreneurial abilities chartered him global acclaim. He has given a new sense of direction, instilled urgency and above all, has made skill development as something aspirational in the eyes of everyone. He has led the creation of a…
SUBHRAKANT PANDA MANAGING DIRECTOR IMFA At a time when the worldwide economy has been undergoing continuous challenges, India required some people to fix the ongoing problems at home. At this crucial point of time, he took up a leadership role in FICCI, as the President –elect. He became the first industrialist from Odisha to obtain…
SRUTI MOHAPATRA ACTIVIST There is always a way, if you are committed – is aptly applicable to this determined person who dreamt of becoming an Indian Civil Services officer. She was passionate about becoming an IAS officer but fate had something else written for her. There were only a few days left for her Civils…
SRIKUMAR MISRA ENTREPRENEUR With the motto “Happy Farmers= Happy Cows = Best Milk!” a mission turned into a revolution which registered around 70,000 farmers and since long reaches 3lakh households every day. Eradicating the erstwhile practise of milk outsourcing and eliminating the middlemen involved, this man ensured financial security to thousands of farmers. His organisation…
SOUMYA RANJAN PATNAIK POLITICIAN His love for Odisha and its people together with his passionate desire to strengthen their voices, encouraged him to serve the people in diverse ways. Although a brilliant student from the London School of Economics and Oxford, he returned to Odisha to start a regional newspaper rather than acquiring a rewarding…
SITAKANT MAHAPATRA IAS AND WRITER “Poetry comes from the soul and it can be written in your mother tongue, because it is intimate, like a mother. And that language is Odia for me” were his words while talking to press after winning the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award. Despite authoring critical compositions in English and Hindi,…
SHAKTIKANTA DAS GOVERNOR RBI It was a proud moment for Odisha, when one of her competent sons was appointed chief of the central financial regulating body of India. Hailing from Odisha, an alumni of DM School, Bhubaneswar, he has been one of the most prominent bureaucrats in the Ministry of Finance and played a vital…
SESHADEV KISAN SCIENTIST A popular adage ‘where there is a will there is a way’ proved true for this exceptional man. He had to fight against all odds to achieve his goal. The journey from a small village of Sambalpur district to becoming a young scientist in Germany was indeed eventful. The man who lost…
SATYA NARAYAN PRADHAN DG, NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU A braveheart but equally emotional when it comes to his motherland, he is a one man army and a divine worker. Being a cyclone prone area, this man, born and brought up in Odisha is familiar with the cyclonic calamities that people of this state face every year….
SASWAT JOSHI ODISSI DANCER Odissi is an ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the temples of Odisha and was performed predominantly by women. But a boy of five in the western part of Odisha was so fascinated and mesmerized by this dance form, that he put on anklets, and learned his first dance steps…
