SOCIAL CAREER OF CHITTA BEHERA SO FAR (upto March 2009)
-A BRIEF PROFILE

1. Name

 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.
  • 23rd International Sea Turtle Symposium held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2003.

8. Countries visited: USA (South Padre Island, Texas 1999), UK (London, 1999), USA (Orlando, Florida, 2000), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, 2003), Singapore (2003), Thailand (Pattaya & Bangkok 2009)