Ranjib Biswal (born 21 September 1970) is a former Indian

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and the former Chairman of

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. He played domestic cricket for the

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ...

and represented India in Under-19 cricket, Captaining the side against

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in four test matches played in

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. After retiring from domestic cricket in 1997, Biswal has become an administrator and was made a member of the selection committee (representing East Zone) in 2005 under Kiran More. In 2006, when the committee was re-formed under

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, Ranjib Biswal was retained for an additional term in 2006. In 2006, Shri Ranjib Biswal was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager with

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for the IND tour of WI - 2006. He was also held the position of Chairman National Cricket Academy (NCA)
/ref> and President of

Odisha Cricket Association Odisha Cricket Association (abbreviated OCA) is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Odisha state of India and the Odisha cricket team. It was formed in the year of 1961 and its headquarters is in Cuttack Barabati Stadium Complex. ...

(OCA). He was the member and

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of the 2011

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and the 2013 Champions Trophy winning,

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. Later in September 2013, Shri Ranjib Biswal elevated as the Chairman of IPL and he held the post till April 2015. In January 2017, he stepped down from the post of OCA

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. In 3 April 2014 to 2 April 2020, Shri Ranjib Biswal (

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) elected as

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MP from

. He chaired various Parliamentary Committee during his tenure.

Personal life

Ranjib Biswal is the son of the Odisha politician - the late

Basant Kumar Biswal Basant Kumar Biswal (August 23, 1936 – September 7, 2003) was a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party from Odisha. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha. He was member of the legislative assembly from Tirtol assembly co ...

, Ex-Deputy CM,

. His elder brother Shri

Chiranjib Biswal Chiranjib Biswal is a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party from Odisha, currently MLA from the 104- Jagatsinghpur constituency, and deputy opposition leader of the Odisha assembly. He is the elder son of former deputy ch ...

also a former

MLA from

Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur is a city and a municipality in Jagatsinghpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is also the headquarters of Jagatsinghpur district. It got the recognition as a new district on 1 April 1993 formerly it was a sub-divis ...

constituency. Ranjib Biswal is married to Anita Mohanty, a NRI from

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Political Positions Held

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* Member of Standing Committee on Coal and Steel. * Former Member of Consultative Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas. * Member of Telecom Authority Committee, Bhubaneswar Circle. * Member of parliament for 11th and 12th Lok Sabha * Member of standing committee for Science & Technology, Environment & Forest * Member of consultative committee for Coal * Member of Speaker's delegation to Russia * Member to represent India at international Parliamentarian Union in Brussels as a member of Parliament * Member of TAC & ZRUC * Visited USA under USAI programme as a parliament member from India * Treasurer of Indian Youth Congress * General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress * President of Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress * AICC Member

Sports Position Held

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* Chairman,

* Member,

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2011 and CT 2013 * Member, Finance, Marketing and Corporate Cricket, BCCI * Member, Technical Committee, BCCI * Senior Selector,

, BCCI * National Selector, National Cricket Academy, BCCI *

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, for Tour to Pakistan, Asia Cup, Australia and New-Zealand. *

Orissa Ranji Trophy Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

* Played Duleep and Deodhar Trophy for East Zone * Played WILLS trophy for Board President XI & WILLS XI

Other Position Held

* Former

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of a leading Oriya Daily Newspaper named "The Samaya" and "Samaya Saptahik" in Orissa * Worked as an Executive with SAIL

Education

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, St. Stephens College,

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. , *

Stewart School, Cuttack Stewart School, Cuttack is an Indian Christian school, located on Mission Road, Buxi Bazar in Cuttack, Odisha. Stewart School, Cuttack was founded in 1882 by Dr. William Day Stewart, a Civil Surgeon based at Cuttack. History and administration ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biswal, Ranjib 1970 births Living people Odisha cricketers Indian cricketers Cricket managers India national cricket team selectors Cricketers from Odisha East Zone cricketers Rajya Sabha members from Odisha People from Jagatsinghpur district People from Cuttack Indian National Congress politicians India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Odisha