FULL NAME: Samikhya Pattnaik
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 July 1972 (Source: Self)
PARENTS: Father (Late Ramakanta Pattnaik), Mother (Late Kiranbala Pattnaikk)
HOME ADDRESS: Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
E-MAIL: samikhya3@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: MA in Political Science from Utkal University, Diploma in Public Relations from Public Relations Society of India, New Delhi, LLB from Capital Law College, Journalism and HRD from IGNOU.
PROFESSION: Sports Journalist with over 25 years of experience
HOBBIES: Physical Fitness, Cooking, Watching Television

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
*     Working as Chief Reporter at leading Odisha news channel, Prameya News-7, Bhubaneswar since 2014.
*     Worked at new reader and sports reporter at leading Odia news channel OTV (Odisha Television Company), Bhubaneswar from 1997 to 2005.
*     Worked as Senior Journalist at Naxatra News, Bhubaneswar from 2008 to 2012.
*     Worked as Senior Journalist at Kanak News, Bhubaneswar from 2012 to 2013.
*     Worked as Senior Sports Journalist at Odia newspaper, The Nirbhaya, Bhubaneswar from 2013 to 2014.
*     Also worked as sports programme anchor at All India Radio, Door Darshan, Radio 104.4 and other new channels.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*     Re-elected as vice-president of Odisha Sports Journalists Association (OSJA) for a two-year term on 21 March 2024.
*     Re-elected as vice-president of Odisha Sports Journalists Association (OSJA) for a two-year term on 5 January 2022.
*     Elected as vice-president of Odisha Sports Journalists Association (OSJA) for a two-year term on 28 July 2019.
*     Bagged the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism in 2004.
*     Bagged the Harekrushna Mahatab Best Woman Journalist Award in 2023.
*     Represented Odisha in Junior National Athletics Championship, 1985.
* Represented Odisha in School National Games, 1988.
*     Participated in National level kho-kho tournaments from 1982 to 1987.
*     Her husband, Pankaj Pattnaik played competitive cricket and promoted the sport as the secretary of Saheed Sporting, a premier cricket club of Bhubaneswar.
*     Their only son, Adarsh Pattnaik is a promising basketball player with the experience of representing Odisha in Youth and Junior National Championships.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 6 May 2024
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 9 May 2024