Son of Kalinga, the Odia Paika - Sidharth Routray, the Everester, the First Odia Ultraman, the First Odia Ironman, First Odia 7 Summiter , Social Entrepreneur, Clean Politician
The Odia EVERESTER: He is an avid mountaineer who done peaks like Mt. Everest, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. Denali, Mt. Vinson, Mt. Orizaba, Mt El Plomo, Island Peak, Lobuche Peak, and many top peaks in USA, South American and Asian continent. He complete his 7 summit mission on 19th Aug 2023.
1- Mt Aconcagua, South America, Jan 2022
2- Mt Everest, Asia, May 2022
3- Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa, Oct 2022
4- Mt Vinson, Antarctica, Jan 2023
5- Mt Elbrus, Europe, May 2023
6- Mt Denali, North America, June 2023
7- Mt Kosciusko, Australia, Aug 2023
The First Odia IRONMAN - An extreme triathlon race where you finish 4km swim, 180km cycle and 42km run - This race was finish by Sidharth Routray for the first time by any Odia in October, 2016. After which he has done 5 more Ironman races.
The First Odia ULTRAMAN - He has also finished the toughest endurance race with 10km swim, 418km cycle and 84km run.
He is son of Suresh Routray the famous Jatni MLA. His childhood was in the dust and fields of the village at Kusumati, Jatni. For school he move to Bhubaneswar and joined Kendiya Vidyalaya No1, the Unit-9 Central School. After 12th he got selected into NDA [National Defence Academy] - Khadakwasla, Pune. He is a proud Ex-Hunter as he join the Hunter Squadron at NDA. He carries the H+ve Blood Type. From there he went to IMA Dehradun - Jessore Squadron. He left IMA and then he went on to finish double masters as CFA and MBA Marketing & IT.
Work:
- Worked as Head of Digital Marketing for Ooma Inc., in San Jose, the Silicon Valley of USA.
- Worked for 25 years in Digital / Internet Marketing & eCommerce in India and USA
Entrepreneurship:
- Founder NatureNatural Health Spa
- Founder Payik Sentinels Security and Manpower Services
- Founder Biosourcing Food Processing / Export Unit
He is proud to prove to the world, an Odia is no less to any other world citizen. And he is committed that he would fly the Odisha brand high around the world through his adventures.