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 Chitta Behera

  (A person dedicated to nothing but open to everything)

  4A, Jubilee Tower, Choudhury Bazar, Cuttack, Orissa-753009

  Phone- 9861091455, 9437577546, 0671-2308518 (Res)

  Email- chittabehera1@yahoo.co.in, chittabehera@rediffmail.com

  

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On Marx and Marxism

Works prior to RTI Act, 2005

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SOCIAL CAREER OF CHITTA BEHERA SO FAR 

(upto March 2007)

-A BRIEF PROFILE

 

1. Official Name address:  Chitta Ranjan Behera 

2. Current Address:           4A Jubilee Tower, Choudhury Bazar, Cuttack-753009, Orissa,   

                                            Emails: chittabehera1@yahoo.co.in

                                            PH: 0671-2308518 (Res),

                                            Mobiles: 98610-91455 and 9437577546   

3. Date and place of Birth:11th February 1952, Vill-Dashipur, PO-Balana,  

                                            Via-Marshaghai,

                                            Dt- Kendrapara, Orissa, India

4. Educational Qualification: MA (Economics), LL.B. (Both from Utkal University, Orissa)

5. Occupation : A freelance publicist and activist (with effect from May 2001)       

6. Career Graph:

1971-87: an adherent of Marxism-Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought. During this period, he served as: 

  • Assistant Secretary, Ravenshaw College Students’ Union 1970-71 

  • General Secretary , Ravenshaw College Students’ Union 1971-72

  • President, Ravenshaw College Students’ Union 1973-74

  • Secretary, Orissa State Committee, All India DSO (Democratic Students’ Organisation), a student wing of SUCI (Socialist Unity Centre of India) during the period 1974-82 operating from Cuttack

  • General Secretary, AIDSO (operating from Kolkata during 1982-86)

1987: Resigned from the parent party SUCI in September 1987 on grounds of unresolved theoretical differences as mentioned in the booklet ‘Why did I break with SUCI brand of pseudo-Marxism’. 

1987-88: Reconsidering the entire corpus of orthodox Marxism. During this brief interlude he brought out several pamphlets on why orthodox Marxism won’t do and the need for a critical rereading of the texts of Marx, Engels and other thinkers of their school. 

1988-89: Editorship of ‘Eastern Weekly’ (An English Weekly published from Rourkela and Cuttack)

From 1989 upto May 2001: Served as the Founder- Director of ‘Project Swarajya’ an NGO based at Cuttack, Orissa

From 2001onwards: Voluntarily resigned from the post of Director ‘Project Swarajya’ in May 2001 to make himself free for a larger engagement with civil society.

7. International Events partaken:

  • 19th International Sea Turtle Symposium held at South Padre Island, Texas, USA in 1999.

  • 20th International Sea Turtle Symposium held at Florida, USA in 2000.

  • 22nd International Sea Turtle Symposium held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2002.

8. Countries visited: USA, England, Malaysia and Singapore

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On Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy

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On NREG Act 2005

On ST and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006


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