FULL NAME: Sidhanta Patnaik
BORN: October 7, 1984
FAMILY: Son of Diganta Kesari Patnaik and Vasa Patnaik

HOME ADDRESS: D-1, `Kaibalya`, BJB Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.
TELEPHONE: +44 7564053145
E-MAIL: sidhantapatnaik@gmail.com

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:

*    Played cricket for Paramount Sporting for many years since 1994-95.
*    He used to bowl leg spin before switching on to slow medium pace.
*    He played a handful of junior club matches and his two prominent bowling figures were 5-0-29-3 (against Saheed Sportings at Rameshwar Sportings ground) and 4-1-7-0 (against MCC in a friendly match).
*    He was a part of Bhubaneswar B Under 16 district team in 2001 but never got to play a match.
*    The nearest he got to on field cricketing glory was when he was a part of the junior Paramount Sportings XI that finished runners up in the Malleswar Rao tournament in Cuttack in 2001.
*    During his club cricket days he was more involved in organising tournaments (tennis ball day nighters and seasoned ball tournaments) and has fond memories from those days.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

*    Worked as a Brand Activation Executive for Wizcraft International Entertainment (P) Ltd, Bangalore, India from November 2007 to August 2009.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

*    Schooling from DAV Public School, Unit-VIII, Bhubaneswar.
*    Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) (Specialisation in Marketing) PESIT, Bangalore (Bangalore University), 2002-2005.
*    Diploma in Event Management (DEM), Event Management Development Institute, Bangalore, India, 2003-2004.
*    Masters of Business Administration (MBA) (Specialisation in Marketing) PESIT, Bangalore (Vishweshwarya Technical University), 2005-07.
*    At present pursuing Ms. Sports & Leisure Management from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS (Professional):

*    Conceptualized, planned and executed the launch of the new jersey of the Indian cricket team for Nike.
*    Conceptualised and executed the fan activation plan for Kings XI Punjab for the first season of Indian Premier League.
*    Managed the annual cricket tournament of IBM, India which consisted of 220 teams and went on over 10 weekends.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:

*    Aims to earn his living out of sports.
*    At present engaged as an affiliated Level-I umpire with England Cricket Board.
*    Interested in taking guest lectures on management topics, umpiring in cricket matches and anchoring cricket matches.

RECORD LAST UPDATED: July 29, 2010.