Abhishek Mahananda | |
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Political party | Indian National Congress |
Residence(s) | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Profession | Politician |
Abhishek Mahananda is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and is currently serving as National Coordinator in the Social Media & Digital Platforms of the AICC (All India Congress Committee) and is also the former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Social Media Chairman. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Abhishek Mahananda is son of Bijay & Ashima Mahananda. His mother Ashima was a senior woman politician of Odisha & a senior member of the All India Mahila Congress who believed in the ideology of social liberalism, secularism propagated by the Indian National Congress. She also served as a member in the State Commission for Women . [5] [6] [7] Abhishek Mahananda is the grandson of Late Achyutananda Mahananda, a former Cabinet Minister & five times MLA in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Abhishek's maternal grand father Dr. Harekrushna Mallick was a Rajya Sabha MP and a gold medalist in medicine and a practicing doctor. Abhishek Mahananda completed his post graduation in 2006. [8] [9] He is also an accomplished snooker & billiards player having competed in national championships across India. [10] He is also a former Cricketer who played as a medium fast bowler and middle order batsman in the Junior State under-16 category. Abhishek was trained at Saheed Sporting Club under coach Kamal Ganguly where he played along with International Players like Debashish Mohanty and Pragyan Ojha.
He also is a businessman who has interests in the food & beverages sector & also in digital media advertising.
Mahananda had contested from Cuttack Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and lost the election. [11] In April 2019, he contested the election to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Cuttack Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) on an Odisha Congress ticket and gained 6,229 of 155,799 votes cast. [12] [13] [14]
Abhishek Mahananda | |
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Personal details | |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Residence(s) | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Profession | Politician |
Abhishek Mahananda is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and is currently serving as National Coordinator in the Social Media & Digital Platforms of the AICC (All India Congress Committee) and is also the former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Social Media Chairman. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Abhishek Mahananda is son of Bijay & Ashima Mahananda. His mother Ashima was a senior woman politician of Odisha & a senior member of the All India Mahila Congress who believed in the ideology of social liberalism, secularism propagated by the Indian National Congress. She also served as a member in the State Commission for Women . [5] [6] [7] Abhishek Mahananda is the grandson of Late Achyutananda Mahananda, a former Cabinet Minister & five times MLA in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Abhishek's maternal grand father Dr. Harekrushna Mallick was a Rajya Sabha MP and a gold medalist in medicine and a practicing doctor. Abhishek Mahananda completed his post graduation in 2006. [8] [9] He is also an accomplished snooker & billiards player having competed in national championships across India. [10] He is also a former Cricketer who played as a medium fast bowler and middle order batsman in the Junior State under-16 category. Abhishek was trained at Saheed Sporting Club under coach Kamal Ganguly where he played along with International Players like Debashish Mohanty and Pragyan Ojha.
He also is a businessman who has interests in the food & beverages sector & also in digital media advertising.
Mahananda had contested from Cuttack Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and lost the election. [11] In April 2019, he contested the election to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Cuttack Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) on an Odisha Congress ticket and gained 6,229 of 155,799 votes cast. [12] [13] [14]