FULL NAME: Durga Shankar Pattnaik
GENDER: Male
BORN: 28th June, 1939
DIED: 7th May, 2017
PARENTS: Late Purusottam Pattnaik (Father), (Mother)
SPOUCE: Madhuri Pattanaik
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Patnaik Para, Sambalpur, Odisha, India
PRESENT ADDRESS: 1/25, Gangotri Apartment, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: B Com, LLB
PROFESSION: Advocate
ROLE IN SPORTS: Non-government sports organizer/administrator

MAJOR PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS:
*     He was the president of Odisha Swimming Association at the time his death.
*     Also functioned as the secretary of Sambalpur District Athletic Association, vice-president of Orissa Archery Association, Orissa Volleyball Association, Odisha Gymnastic Association, Odisha Kabaddi Association, Odisha Boxing Association, council member of Odisha Olympic Association and member of Orissa Sports Council.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     He was a politician, belonging to Congress Party and a two-time MLA from Sambalpur constituency.
*     Elected as Sambalpur MLA in 1990 and 1995.
*     Functioned as Labour Minister of Odisha in the then Chief Minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik’s cabinet.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: May 9, 2017