Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | |
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କଳିକେଶ ନାରାୟଣ ସିଂହଦେଓ | |
Portrait of Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo | |
President of the National Rifle Association of India | |
Assumed office 21 September 2024 | |
Preceded by | Raninder Singh |
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
Constituency | Bolangir |
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2009 –23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sangeeta Singh Deo |
Succeeded by | Sangeeta Singh Deo |
Constituency | Bolangir |
Personal details | |
Born | Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo 26 May 1974 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
Spouse | Meghna R. L. Rana |
Relations | Arkesh Singh Deo (Brother),Ananga Udaya Singh Deo (Father),Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (Grandfather), Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana (Father In Law), Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo (Paternal Cousin), Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo (Family Relative),Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Paternal Cousin In Law) |
Children | Amaira Singh Deo,Animaya Narayan Singh Deo |
Residence(s) | Bolangir,Odisha Bhubaneswar,Odisha New Delhi,India |
Alma mater | The Doon School,Dehradun St. Stephen's College,Delhi (BA) |
Profession | Politician,sports administrator |
Committees | Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas,Consultative Committee (Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs) |
Website | http://www.kalikesh.com |
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo,also written as Kalikesh Singh Deo,is an Indian Politician and sports administrator. He is Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo is the son of Ananga Udaya Singh Deo and the grandson of Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo,both politicians,with his grandfather having served as Chief Minister of Odisha. [1] His,grandmother,Kailash Kumari Devi,was the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. [2] His brother,Arkesh,is also a politician. [3]
He did his primary schooling from Hillgrange Preparatory School in Dehradun. He attended the Doon School,Dehradun [4] [5] [6] and graduated in economics from St. Stephen's College,Delhi University. [6] He represented India in shooting and basketball. [7]
Deo was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Lok Sabha from Bolangir,and a member and a leader of the Biju Janata Dal political party. [8] Prior to becoming an MP,Deo was the youngest member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly,to which he was elected to in 2004 as a representative of the Saintala constituency. [5] [7] In the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election in June,Deo was elected from the Bolangir Assembly constituency. [9]
In September 2024,Deo was elected as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI). [10] As President of the NRAI,Deo,in 2024,announced the formation of the Shooting League of India,a franchise based league for shooting,which is scheduled to be launched in 2025. [11] [12]
Deo is married to Meghna Rana,a member of the former Rana dynasty of Nepal and the daughter of Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana,who served as the Chief of the Army Staff of the Nepalese Army. [13]
Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile