this city. Pabitra Mohan Mohanty, the former national 'B' champion in chess and second only to Viswanathan Anand in national 'A' category is a resident of this city. Stadiums Rourkela has an International hockey stadium with synthetic astroturf which has been host to World Junior Hockey Championship and been a training centre to most of the international Hockey players of India. Ispat Stadium has been host for several Ranji Trophy matches and youth ODIs. The city has produced many reputed Ranji players in the recent times. RSP does promote various different sports like – Cycling, Boxing, Archery, Soccer and lots more.Sport Stadium Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium (Sector-5) Ispat Stadium (Sector-6) Indoor Stadium (Sector-20) Sports Hostel, Panposh Ispat Mini Stadium, Fertiliser Township (Sector-22)Sports PlayerHockey: Binita Toppo (female hockey) Dilip Tirkey Lazarus Barla Ignace Tirkey Prabodh Tirkey (younger brother of Ignace Tirkey) Birendra LakraOther sports:''' Rachita Mistry ( Sprinter ) Natraj Behera ( Cricket ) Media Rourkela City has a radio station of All India Radio (A.I.R) on FM Band 102.6 MHz since 24 June 1995. AIR Rourkela has one transmission from 06:00 AM to 11:10 PM daily. Other privately owned radio channels include Radio 92.7 BIG FM, Choklate 104 FM, 98.3 Tarang FM and 91.9 Sarthak FM. These channels broadcast Hindi and Odia film and non-film songs, talk shows and other entertainment programmes. Private Digital media channels include Rourkela Shines, Satya News Alert also operates from Rourkela to provide local news. Festivals Being a cosmopolitan city, Rourkela celebrates festivals such as Utkala Dibasa, Ram Navami, Pana Sankranti(Odia new year), Devasnan Purnima, Raja, Rath Yatra, Raji Karma Puja, Nuakhai, Sarna Puja, Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Chhat Puja, Kartik Purnima, Ganesh Puja, Laxmi Puja, Vishwakarma Puja, Deepawali, Dola Yatra, Holi, Bengali Nababarsha (Poila Boishak) etc. The City Fest named as 1st Brahmani River Festival in its first edition was from 1 to 3 February 2019. It showcased the rich tribal heritage that is present in and around Rourkela and Sundargarh District. Notable residents Lazarus Barla, Indian hockey player Natraj Behera, former Odisha cricket team captain Samir Dash, entrepreneur Debasish Ghose, Noted Academic, Professor at Indian Institute of Science C. P. Gurnani, CEO & Managing Director of Tech Mahindra Harish Hande, Magsaysay Award winner Michael Kindo, Indian hockey player and Olympic medalist Ramendra Kumar, award-winning children's fiction writer Rachita Mistry, Olympiad Bibhu Mohapatra, fashion designer, USA Mira Nair, film