Patnaik Explained

Patnayak/ Pattnaik/ Pattanayak/ Patnaik (or|ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ) is a native Odia surname found in states like Odisha, northeastern districts of Andhra Pradesh and southern districts of West Bengal in India.^[1] This surname is mainly found in Karana community of Odisha.^[2] Tadhau Karana servitors of Jagannath Temple, Puri belonging to Karana community mainly use the title "Pattanayaka".^[3]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

• Ananga Kumar Patnaik (born 1949), Indian jurist, currently serving on the Supreme Court of India
• Arup Patnaik (born 1955), Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai, first and only Odia IPS officer to hold the post
• Biju Patnaik (1916–1997), Indian politician
• D. B. M. Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader
• Devdutt Pattanaik (born 1970), Indian mythologist, writer and columnist
• Devraj Patnaik (born 1975), Canadian-born composer, musician and choreographer
• Donkada Patnaik (1925–2009), Indian solicitor and politician
• Ellora Patnaik (born 1968), Canadian-born actress and Odissi dancer
• Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), Former Chief Justice of India
• Hara Patnaik (1958–2015), Oriya actor, film director and screenwriter
• Ila Patnaik, Indian economist and a financial journalist
• Jagabandhu Patnaik, dewan of Raja Arjun Singh of Porahat
• Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927-2015), was leader of the Indian National Congress and former chief minister of Orissa
• Naveen Patnaik (born 1946), the Chief Minister of Orissa, India
• Niranjan Patnaik - Indian politician. OPCC chief
• Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian Marxist economist and political commentator
• R. P. Patnaik, Indian film music director
• Raghunath Patnaik - veteran leader of the Indian National Congress
• Soumya Ranjan Patnaik - diversified business, print media, electronic media, FM radio and operas; member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
• Sudarshan Patnaik (born 1977), inventor of sand art in India
• Sudhir Pattnaik - journalist and a social activist of Odisha
• Utsa Patnaik - Indian Marxist economist

See also

• Biju Patnaik Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
• Biju Patnaik University of Technology, created by an act of the Orissa state legislature in 2002

References

1. Book: Formation of the Province of Orissa: The Success of the First Linguistic Movement in India. S. C. Patra. Punthi Pustak. 1979. 58.
2. Book: Hust, Evelin . Women's Political Representation and Empowerment in India: A Million Indiras Now? . 2004 . Manohar . 978-81-7304-575-2 . en.
3. Book: Mohapatra, Gopinath . Jagannātha in History & Religious Traditions of Orissa . 1982 . Punthi Pustak . en.