FULL NAME: Ashirbad Behera
GENDER: Male
BORN: Date not known
PARENTS: Late Purna Chandra Behera (Father), Late Rani Behera (Mother)
FAMILY: Brajabasini Behera (Wife); Satyabrata Behera, Sanjay Behera (Sons); Sukanti Behera, Jayanti Behera, Bharati Behera (Daughters).
HOME ADDRESS: Madhusudan Nagar, Tulsipur, Near Dear Park, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE: 9437055464 (Mobile)
STATUS IN SPORTS: He is a top office-bearer of different state sports bodies of Odisha.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
*     Said to have achieved a record in 100m event of the State Athletic Meet in 1962 and the mark stood for eight years.
*     He was a regular member of the state football team and played in the Cuttack League.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS ADMINISTRATOR:
*     Elected unopposed as the secretary of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) for a four-year term on 16 February, 2020.
*    Functioned as the secretary of Orissa Cricket Association from 2000 to 2016.
*    Functioning as the general secretary of Odisha Olympic Association since 1988.
*    Functioning as the secretary of Odisha Athletic Association since 1988 and was re-elected unopposed for another four-year term in 2014.
*    Functioning as the secretary of Cuttack District Athletic Association for more than a decade.
*    Nominated as a member of the Marketing Committee of BCCI on Sept 27, 2012.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     On 15 September 2024, he was conferred with Honorary Doctorate (DLitt) by KIIT University at its 20th Annual Convocation Ceremony in Bhubaneswar.
*     On 26 Nov, 2019, Orissa High Court granted him conditional bail in Artha Tatwa chit fund scam.
*     On 19 September, 2019, he was sent to jail after being arrested by CBI in connection with his alleged involvement in Artha Tatwa Group chit fund scam.
*     He was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Award for Best Contribution to Promotion of Sports and Games and a cheque of Rs 50,000 in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2016.
*     The Supreme Court on March 9, 2016 restrained him from functioning as the general secretary of Odisha Olympic Association till April 13, 2016 in connection with Barabati Stadiium land encroachment case. He immediately handed over the charge to joint-secretary Rabindra Kumar Parida.
*     He is the founder president of Indira Gandhi Womens College, Cuttack and former chairman of Cuttack Municipality.


PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 23 July 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 October 2024