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 serving as President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.[1][2][3]
Sarat Pattanayak | |
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President Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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 | Saintala, Odisha, India | 23 December 1956
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Namita Pattanayak |
Source: [1] |
Son of Jugul Pattanayak, born on 15 August 1956, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak and together they have two daughters and a son. He has completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later on pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.[4]
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.