FULL NAME: Avijit Kumar Paul (also known as Santu)
GENDER: Male
BORN: June 6, 1967 at Cuttack.
FAMILY: Father (Late Anil Kumar Paul), mother (Late Mayarani Paul), three brohters (Anjan, Alok, Anindya), two sisters (Anita, Chumin), wife (Kasturi), son (Anish).
HOME ADDRESS: Swastik Centre, Flat No 604, Buxi Bazar, Cuttack-753001, Odisha, India.
TELEPHONE: 0671-2303838 (Res), 9437808343 (Mobile).
E-MAIL: avijitkumarpaul@yahoo.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Master in Science (Utkal University).
PROFESSION: Working as manager of pharmaceutical company.
TYPE OF PLAYER: Defender
HOME CLUB: Azad Hind Club

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS PLAYER:
*    Represented Orissa in Sub-junior National Football Championship at Tiruchirapally (Tamil Nadu) in 1984.
*    Represented Orissa in Junior National Football Championship for two years (Agartala, 1985 and Coimbatore, 1986).
*    Represented Orissa in Santosh Trophy Senior National Championship at Bangalore in 1988.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
*     Appointed as Member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Development Committee for a four-year term (2023-2027) in June 2023.
*     Became the first sports administrator from Odisha to attend the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March 2023.
*     Elected unopposed as Executive Committee Member of All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 28 August 2022.
*     Elected unopposed as the Secretary of Odisha Olympic Association on 19 January 2021.
*     Elected unopposed as joint-secretary of Football Association of Odisha for a four-year term on 16 February, 2020.
*     Functioning as the secretary of Chand Club since 1995.
*     Functioning as the joint-secretary of Cuttack District Athletic Association.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 14 June 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 20 June 2023