 Tathagata Satpathy is the younger son of former Odisha Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy and Devendra Satpathy.He is the owner and editor of the daily Odia newspaper, "Dharitri", and the English daily, "Orissa Post".In 2000, Satpathy joined the Orissa Gana Parishad ( a non political outfit), and served as its secretary general.