T Banambar Patra

T Banambar Patra, the Managing Director and a member of the Board was born in the pilgrimage town of Puri, Orissa, India. By at the age of 20, Mr. Patra had graduated in Commerce and started his first partnership business in wholesale & retail trading.

Mr. Patra always keen to develop tourism and his passion led to diversification into the hotel business. He launched Orissa's first World Class Resort, Toshali Sands, in 1985. This was a landmark in the tourism industry of the state.

Thereafter Shri T. Banambar Patra travelled extensively all over Europe, America & the Far East, promoting tourism and thereby increasing the flow of inbound traffic to India.

He also took a degree in resort operations & marketing, passing with distinction, from world's number one institute "Ecolehoteliere" in Lausanne Switzerland, the undoubted leaders in the hospitality industry. No wonder that Toshali Sands was the first four star with ethnic look resort in India. Toshali Royal View Resort started operations in 1999, making Toshali one of the few resort chains that offer both the serene beauty of the mountains and the turbulent charm of the sea to its loyal guests at Shimla and Puri.