After retiring from domestic cricket in 1997, Biswal has become an administrator and was made a member of the selection committee (representing East Zone) in 2005[1] under Kiran More.

[2] In 2006, Shri Ranjib Biswal was entrusted with the additional responsibility of Manager with D Dongoankar for the IND tour of WI – 2006.

Later in September 2013, Shri Ranjib Biswal elevated as the chairman of IPL and he held the post till April 2015.

His elder brother Shri Chiranjib Biswal also a former Congress MLA from Jagatsinghpur constituency.

Ranjib Biswal is married to Anita Mohanty, an NRI from Manchester, United Kingdom