Sarat Pattanayak | |
|---|---|
| President Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 23 May 2022 –11 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Niranjan Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Bhakta Charan Das |
| 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 Saintala,Odisha,India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Namita Pattanayak |
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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]
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.
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.
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]