FULL NAME: Debasis Sundaray
GENDER: Male
BORN: April 24, 1977
FAMILY: Mother (Pravasini Sundaray), Father (Jogendra Sundary), Younger brother (Subhasis), wife (Smitashri) and son (Aryabir).
HOME ADDRESS: At-Botanda, Post-Kuha, Bhubaneswar, Dist-Khurda, PIN-751002, Odisha, INDIA.
PROFESSION: Sports journalist
E-MAIL: Jitudebasis@gmail.com, Jitu_debasis@yahoo.co.in
TELEPHONE: 9437196018 (Mobile).
HOBBY: Reading, writing and listing music

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
*     Matriculation from Board of Secondary Education, Orissa.
*     Plut-Two Commerce from Counsil of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa.
*     Plus-Three Commerce from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
*     Master Of commerce from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
*     Post-Gradute Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan.
*     Master Of Business Administration (HR) from Manipal university of science and Health.
*     Diploma in computer application.

WORKING EXPERIENCE:
*     Worked for Prudential Vision, Bapujinagar, Bhubaneswar.
*     Worked for premier daily THE PRAGATIVADI for 7 years.
*     Worked for Oriya daily THE ARMOV for one year.
*     Worked for monthly magazine `Satya Chetana`
*     Working for leading Odia daily THE SAMBAD since 2010.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
*     Covered numerous local, national and international sports events, including Ranji Trophy, All-India Railway Athletics Meet, number of one-day international cricket matches, Inter-zonal athletics meet, Indian Premier League, All-India Railway Tournaments.
*     Also interviewed many star sports sersonalities, including like cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Pragyan Ojha; hockey Olympian Dillip Tirky, Prabodha Tirky.

OTHER NOTABLE INFORMATION:
*     Re-elected as the treasurer of Odisha Sports Journalists Association (OSJA) for a two-year term on 21 March 2024.
*     Elected as new Treasurer of Odisha Sports Journalists Association for a two-year term (2022-2024) in Bhubaneswar on 5 th January 2022.
*     Earlier functioned as Executive Member of Odisha Sports Journalists` Association.
*     He was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding Sports Journalist for the Year for 2011 by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 30,000.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 21 January 2011
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 3 May 2024