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.
Shri T Narsingh Patra looks after the Sales & Operations of the company's Resort Division. Shri Patra is a professional in Resort operations with in-depth knowledge of the industry. He has traveled abroad extensively and was trained in operations and sales at the Hotel Management School, Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a regular visitor to important Travel Marts in Europe, which keeps him constantly updated in innovations in the travel and hospitality trade. Shri Patra is heading the marketing division of Toshali Tours and Travels
Shri Harihar Patra is a Commerce graduate from Berhampur University of Odisha. With a postgraduate degree from IIM Ahmedabad, he has trained extensively in Marketing, Sales, Finance and Cost Control. He is presently looking after the Marketing & Sales of the Group.
Shri Patra is also deeply involved in promoting textiles for the foreign market. As a first step he is leading Toshali's initiatives in this area. Shri Patra is heading the marketing and sales of Toshali's Group resorts and hotels.
He has extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of Time-share, Finance-foreign funds, foreign currency exposure, logistics, operation and management.
Earlier he steered the company's time share special purpose vehicle at Singapore for a period of 10 years and later he ventured into the business of baby care products and adult diapers.
Born in 1970 in the Patra Family of Odisha, Mr Dev Ku. Patra joined his family trading business and continued till 2012. Gradually, he became actively associated in promoting tourism in the country and participated in important portfolios with other states in promoting India Tourism overseas. Having gained valuable experience in tourism sector during overseas assignments, he joined the Toshali Group in 1997 by supervising various portfolios. He was formally inducted into the Board of TK International Ltd in 2015. At present he is the Director of Operations of Toshali resorts under Toshali Group.
Mr Dev Ku. Patra is also the Key person to promote Organic garden at Toshali Sands, the only resort having a Certified Organic Garden which grows fruits and vegetables in the organic campus for in-house consumption at the resort.
Mr Dev Patra is also a member of various other organizations & associations. He is a member of various policy making bodies of the state government like Agricultural Committee for Post-Harvest Management, Executive Member of Agricultural Tourism, Member of World Trade Centre and the like. He is also a member of some social organizations like Rotary International.
Shri Santosh Kumar Subudhi is a Commerce graduate from B.J.B College, B.B.S.R and with a M.B.A. degree in Marketing. He has travelled frequently across Asia and specializes in the field of Marketing, Sourcing and Procurement. Shri Santosh Kumar Subudhi is currently employed as Sourcing and Procurement Head at Xtracare Products Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. Apart from this he looks after establishing private label business, online channels and strategic alliance.