MISHRA UMAKANTA

Date of Birth : 1973-05-01
Gender : Male
Father : (Ganeswar Mishra
Mother : Bhanumati Mishra
Address :
Present Address : ETV, Bhanjaprava Building, 1st floor, Kharvel Nagar, Unit-3, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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Occupation : Working for Oriya television chanell ETV as a Senior Reporter (Grade-1).
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GALLERY

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL


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* Matric from Unit-8 Boys High School, Bhubaneswar.
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* Worked as compter officer in a multi-national company from 1996 to 2001.
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* Performed as a member of the selection committee for different
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* Well versed with audio visual medium (from anchoring to reporting) since 2001.
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* Coordinated the fielding of media teams for different sports events.
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* Worked as a freelancer from 2000 to 2001 for different print and audio visual media organisations.
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* As a reporter covered several national and international sports events including All-India Railway Athletics meet, India`s one-day international cricket matches against England, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Inter-zonal athletics meet, International Open Grand Master Chess Tournaments, Indian Premier League, All-India Railway Vollyball Tournament etc in the last 10 years.
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He was conferred with the Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding Sports Journalist for the Year for 2013 by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on August 29, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 50,000.
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* Received the Ashok Pattnaik Memorial Sports Journalist Award. Also received the excellence award several times from ETV Group.
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* Passion for television journalism compelled him to quit the IT job.

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