Odia Achievers

Pramod Bhagat

Pramod Bhagat is currently ranked world number one in para-badminton and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Men's singles SL3.

Pramod Bhagat

Pramod Bhagat is currently ranked world number one in para-badminton men's singles SL3, and won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Men's singles SL3.

Birendra Lakra

Birendra Lakra is an Indian professional field hockey player. In Tokyo 2020, he has been selected as vice captain of Indian team.

Birendra Lakra

Birendra Lakra is a retired Indian professional field hockey player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. In Tokyo 2020, he has been selected as vice captain of Indian team. Lakra's elder brother Bimal has played as a midfielder for India.

Amit Rohidas

Amit Rohidas is an Indian field hockey player . He was a part of the Indian squad that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Amit Rohidas

Amit Rohidas is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Kalpana Dash

Kalpana Dash, a mountaineer from the Sariapara village in Dhenkanal district of Odisha..

Kalpana Dash

Kalpana Dash, a mountaineer from the Sariapara village in Dhenkanal district of Odisha, now resides at Kambhar Sahi, Dhenkanal Town, successfully climbed the 8,848-meter the highest peak of World Mount Everest. A team of 5 climbers from Canada- US and Nepal was climb the peak in the leadership of Miss Kalpana Dash. She reached the peak at 11.30 AM on 21st May 2008. Kalpana, had made her first attempt to climb the world’s highest mountain peak on 2004, but had not been successful. Her second attempt in 2006 had also ended in failure due to hostile weather conditions.

Tulasi Munda

Tulasi Munda is a social activist who has done a lot of work among the tribal people..

Tulasi Munda

Tulasi Munda is a noted social activist who has done a lot of work to spread literacy among the tribal people and released hundreds of tribal children from a future as exploited daily labourers by setting up a school in mining area. She has triggered a silent revolution in Serendra – a village about 30 km from the mines city of Joda in Orissa and its vicinity. The mission started by her in 1964 has borne fruit. The village once under the grip of illiteracy and poverty now boasts of a model school which has served as a catalyst for the over-all development of the area.

Sanjukta Panigrahi

Sanjukta Panigrahi was a dancer of India, who was the foremost of Indian classical dance Odissi..

Sanjukta Panigrahi

Sanjukta Panigrahi was a dancer of India, who was the foremost exponent of Indian classical dance Odissi. Sanjukta was the first Oriya girl to embrace this ancient classical dance at an early age and ensure its grand revival. In recognition of her contribution to dancing and associated activities, she was honoured with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri (1975). She is also recipient of the SangeetNatakAkademi Award in 1976

Pratibha Ray

An fiction-writer, Pratibha Ray was first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991..

Pratibha Ray

An academician and eminent fiction-writer, Pratibha Ray was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991. She won Sarala Award for Yajnaseni in 1990. The Government of India awarded her Padma Shri in the field of Literature and Education in 2007. She was also conferred with the Jnanpith Award (2011) and Odisha Living Legend Award (2013) .

Dutee Chand

The national champion in the women’s 100 m event became the first Indian sprinter to win gold..

Dutee Chand

The ace sprinter and current national champion in the women’s 100 metres event became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade with a record of 11.32 seconds in the 100-metre race. A recipient of a number of medals including bronze, silver and gold at various championships, Dutee was born to a less privileged weavers’ family in Jajpur. But, difficult times could never shake young Dutee’s dream to become a successful athlete of the country. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Dutee talked about the ‘heroes’ of her life.

Sudarshan Pattnaik

Sudarsan Pattnaik is an Indian Sand Artist from Puri, Odisha.

Sudarshan Pattnaik

Sudarshan Pattnaik is an Indian Sand Artist from Puri, Odisha. In 2014, he was honoured with Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, for his amazing and wonderful sand arts.