FULL NAME: Ravella Vineel Krishna
GENDER: Male
DATE OF BIRTH: 10th May, 1980 in Hyderabad
FAMILY: Ravella Rama Babu (Father), Kusuma (Mother), SV Chandana (Wife)
PERMANENT ADDRESS: Kuchinapudi, Tenali, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
PRESENT ADDRESS: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Btech (Civil) from IIT, Madras
ROLE IN SPORTS: Administrator (IAS)
PROFESSION: IAS Officer. Director

MAJOR ROLE IN SPORTS:
*     On 29 July 2021, he was given additions chage of Sports & Youth Services Department as the Principal Secretary of the DSYS was posted as Principal Secretary, Finance Department.
*     Worked as the Director of Sports Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha, since 7th April, 2017.
*     Played important role in the hosting of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship 2017, Mens Hockey World Cup 2018 and many more international sports events at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Odisha Government appointed him as Special Secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 1 January, 2021.
*     Also worked as Managing Director of OMECL and OSD in the Office of the Chief Minister (COVID Management).
*     He was private secretary to the Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh till May 2014.
*     Subsequently, he was CEO of Roshni, an initiative of UNDP and Indian government.
*     In 2912, he was selected for British government scholarship called Chevening Gurukul Scholarship for Leadership and Excellence.
*     Caught nation-wide attention when he was abducted by Maoist on February 16, 2011 and set free nine days later.
*     Worked as the project director of Chhatrapur in Ganjam district prior to joining as the district collector of Malkangiri on December 31, 2009.
*     Earlier, worked as the sub-collector of Baliguda in Kandhamal district.
*     His first posting as a probationer was Bangiriposi, a Maoist-affected tribal block of Mayurbhanj district in 2005.
*     His father Ravella Rama Babu is a former deputy general manager (accounts) of the Bhel, living in Chandan Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
*     His mother Kusuma is a retired Telugu teacher.
*     His elder brother Kiran is working with a software firm in Chicago, USA.
*     His wife Chandana, also an engineer, is the daughter of former Karnataka IG Venugopal.
*     Krishna topped in the UPSC examination from Andhra Pradesh and bagged the 28th rank in IAS.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 15 November, 2017
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 29 July, 2021