Sarat Pattanayak

Sarat Pattanayak
Sarat Pattanayak
President Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 May 2022
Preceded by	Niranjan Patnaik
	In office; 2001–2004
Preceded by	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Succeeded by	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1991–1998
Preceded by	Balgopal Mishra
Succeeded by	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Constituency	Balangir, Odisha
Personal details
Born	15 August 1956 (age 68); Saintala, Odisha, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Namita Pattanayak
	Source: [1]

Sarat Pattanayak is an Indian politician hailing from Balangir in Odisha. He was elected to the 10th and 11th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of Parliament of the Indian National Congress party. He is currently President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

He was born to Jugul Pattanayak on 15 August 1956 in a Karana family, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak. They have two daughters and a son.

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.

Career

Having served as an elected Member of Lok Sabha in the then ruling P V Narasimha Rao government which gave him a close quarter view of the 1992 economic liberalisation in India, Sarat is currently serving as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee's president.^[5]

References

^ India. Parliament. House of the People (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ India Today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999, to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Details for assembly segments of parliamentary constituencies, pt. 1. Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra. pt. 2. Manipur to West Bengal & U.Ts. Election Commission of India. 2000. p. 676. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ "Old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointed Odisha Congress chief". The Times of India. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "Party presidents suffer defeat in Odisha assembly polls". The Economic Times. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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[People1997-1] India. Parliament. House of the People (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[2] India Today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[3] Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999, to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Details for assembly segments of parliamentary constituencies, pt. 1. Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra. pt. 2. Manipur to West Bengal & U.Ts. Election Commission of India. 2000. p. 676. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[w837-4] "Old war horse Sarat Pattnayak appointed Odisha Congress chief". The Times of India. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[d602-5] "Party presidents suffer defeat in Odisha assembly polls". The Economic Times. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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