FULL NAME: Akankhya Kabi (also known as Mamali).
BORN: June 11, 1998 at Bhubaneswar.
GENDER: Female.
PRESENT ADDRESS: Plot No 222, Pragati Padmavati Vihar, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar.
TELEPHONE NO: 9437277899 (Mobile)
E-MAIL ID: akankhyakabi@rediffmail.com
FAMILY: Daughter of Chinmaya Kabi (Father) and Padmaja Kabi Satapathy (Mother), Akankhya has one elder brother (Abhilash).
FIRST TOURNAMENT: Telegraph All-Orissa School Chess Tournament at Bhubaneswar where she was adjudged the best youngest girl.
COACH: Received coaching from Satya Ranjan Patnaik, Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Arati Bijay Mohanty and S Nath.
HOBBIES: Dancing, acting (television, cinema).
IDOL IN CHESS: Padmini Rout
AMBITION IN LIFE:Become a doctor

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Finished runner-up in the State Women`s Chess Championship at K C Public School in Berhampur on July 6, 2014.
*     Finished runner-up in the girls` category of the Orissa State Under-13 Chess Championship at Jatni on August 22, 2011.
*    Won the State Sub-junior (U-15) girls title at Angul on August 1, 2010.
*    Won the girls title in the State Under-13 Chess Championship at Jaraka, Jajpur on June 4, 2010.
*    Won the girls’ title in the State Under-7 Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar in 2004.
*    Won the girls’ title in the State Under-9 Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar in 2006.
*    Finished runner-up in the State Under-11 Girls’ Chess Championship at Bhubaneswar in 2008.
*    Won the girls` title in the State Sub-junior (U-15) Championship at Balasore on Oct 20, 2009.

ZONAL:
*     She was part of the KIIT University team that won the women’s title in the East Zone Inter-University Chess Tournament, held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar from Nov 1 to 4, 2017.

NATIONAL:
*    Secured 14th place in the National Under-9 Girls’ Chess Championship at Bangalore in 2006.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*    Acted in Oriya movie `Puja Pain Phulatie’ which bagged the National award.
*    Also acted in many more Oriya movies, including `Mana Manena’, `Dhauli Express’, `Chaka Chaka Bhaunri’, `Kali Shankar’, `Satyameba Jayate’ and `Aaa Janhare’.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: August 23, 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: November 6, 2017