Ranjib Biswal

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

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[1] under Kiran More. In 2006, when the committee was re-formed under Dilip Vengsarkar, Ranjib Biswal was retained for an additional term in 2006.^[2]

In 2006, Shri Ranjib Biswal was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager with

On 3 April 2014 to 2 April 2020, Shri Ranjib Biswal (Congress) elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha. He chaired various Parliamentary Committee during his tenure.

Personal life

Ranjib Biswal is the son of the Odisha politician – the late Basant Kumar Biswal, Ex-Deputy CM, Odisha.

His elder brother Shri Chiranjib Biswal also a former Congress MLA from Jagatsinghpur constituency.

Ranjib Biswal is married to Anita Mohanty, a NRI from Manchester, United Kingdom

Political Positions Held

• Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Odisha
• 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

• Orissa Cricket Association
• Chairman, Indian Premier League
• Member,
  Governing Council
• Indian Cricket Team, CWC 2011 and CT
  2013
• Member, Finance, Marketing and Corporate Cricket, BCCI
• Member, Technical Committee, BCCI
• Senior Selector,
  Indian Cricket Team, BCCI
• National Selector, National Cricket Academy, BCCI
• Indian Cricket Team
  , for Tour to Pakistan, Asia Cup, Australia and New-Zealand.
• Captain, Orissa Ranji Trophy
• Played Duleep and Deodhar Trophy for East Zone
• Played WILLS trophy for Board President XI & WILLS XI

Other Position Held

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

Education

• Post Graduate, St. Stephens College, New Delhi. ^{[citation needed}
  ],
• Stewart School, Cuttack

References

External links

• Cricinfo Website – Player Page

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