Mohanty

Mohanty/Mahanty/Mahanti is a native Odia surname native to

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

but is also used in neighbouring states of Odisha such as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and West Bengal because of migration. Notable Person:- *

Akshaya Mohanty Akshaya Mohanty, also known as ''Khoka Bhai'', was an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, musician and writer in Odia. He has contributed Odia bhajans, Odissi songs, folk songs, film and non-film modern light songs in Odisha on contemporary ...

(1937–2002), a music personality from Odisha, India *

Anubhav Mohanty Anubhav Mohanty (born 24 December 1981) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and politician who is known for his work in Odia-language films. Career Mohanty started his career by first appearing in Odia music videos before ...

, a movie star from Odisha, India *Aparajita Mohanty, an actress * Babushan Mohanty, an Ollywood star *

Bijay Mohanty Bijay Mohanty (8 April 1950 – 20 July 2020) was an Indian actor in Odia Cinema. He was honored a National Film Award. Personal life ;Early life Mohanty was born in 1950 at Pandiri, Kendrapara and brought up in Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha. He ...

(1950–2020), an Indian actor * Byomakesh Mohanty (1957–2010), an Indian artist and academic *

Chandi Prasad Mohanty Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty is a retired General Officer in the Indian Army. He was the 42nd Vice Chief of the Army Staff and assumed office on 1 February 2021 following the superannuation of Satinder Kumar Saini. He was previously ...

, Vice chief of Army staff *

Chandra Talpade Mohanty Chandra Talpade Mohanty (born 1955) is a Distinguished Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Sociology, and the Cultural Foundations of Education and Dean's Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University. Mohanty, a postcolonial and tr ...

(born 1955), a postcolonial and transnational feminist theorist *

Debashish Mohanty Debasish (or Debasis) Sarbeswar Mohanty (born 20 July 1976) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and 45 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who coupled pace to his natural ...

(born 1976), an Indian cricketer * Deepak Mohanty, the executive director at the head office of RBI, Mumbai *

Durga Charan Mohanty Durga Charan Mohanty ( Odia:ଦୁର୍ଗାଚରଣ ମହାନ୍ତି, (1912–1985) was an Odia Indian spiritual writer born in 1912 at Biratunga, a village under block Gop, near Konark, Odisha. The Odia Sahitya Akademi has been awa ...

(1912–1985), a dharmic writer *

Gopinath Mohanty Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), winner of the Jnanpith award, and the first winner of the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 – for his novel, ''Amrutara Santana'' – was a prolific Odia writer of the mid-twentieth century. Satya Prak ...

(1914–1991), a novelist *

Indrajit Mahanty Justice Indrajit Mahanty (born 11 November 1960) is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court and Rajasthan High Court and Judge of Bombay High Court and Orissa High Court The Orissa High Court is the High Courts o ...

, Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court * Jagadish Mohanty (born 1951), a fiction writer *

Jitendra Nath Mohanty Jitendra Nath Mohanty (also J. N. Mohanty) is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University. Born in Cuttack, in 1928 in Orissa, India, Professor Mohanty had a distinguished career where he stood first in all public examinations a ...

, a professor emeritus at Temple University *

Rituraj Mohanty Rituraj Mohanty better known by his stage name Rituraj, is an Indian singer. Mohanty is the winner of a singing competition-show India's Raw Star. Life and career 1988–2011: Early life and career Rituraj Mohanty was born in Puri distric ...

, the winner of 2014 edition of India's Raw Star * Sanghamitra Mohanty (1953–2021), Indian computer scientist *

Saraju Mohanty Saraju Mohanty is an American professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and the director of the Smart Electronic Systems Laboratory, at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Mohanty received a Glorious India Aw ...

, professor at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, Texas * Surendra Mohanty (1922–1990), Odia writer and Politician *

Uttam Mohanty Uttam Mohanty is an Indian actor who has to his credit more than 135 Odia films to date and has acted in 30 Bengali films and in a Hindi film '' Naya Zaher''. Early life Uttam Mohanty was born and brought up at Baripada in Odisha. His grandfa ...

, an Ollywood star {{surname Hindu surnames Surnames Indian surnames