Kunal Sarangi is an

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from the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

. He is the state

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for the Indian state of

. He was a former member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Baharagora from 2014 to 2019, whip and was also the former central spokesperson of the ruling party

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and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He joined

in September 2019. He represented

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in CPA conference, Goa, Whips's conference in Vizag and Udaipur, and

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Conference in New Delhi.

Education

Kunal did his schooling in

Baharagora Baharagora is a village in the Baharagora CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Baharagora CD block was established in 1956. Geography Location Baharagora is locate ...

from Sharaswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Baharagora and later graduated from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur. He finished his

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from

Lancaster University Management School Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is the business school of Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. The school was established in 1964. A full range of subjects are taught, ranging from undergraduate degrees to postgraduate de ...

(LUMS), United Kingdom and also attended

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for an executive program on leadership. He was also one of the 12 young Indian political leaders selected for a study tour of

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organized by the

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in 2016.

Recognition

He was honoured with the 'Ideal Youth MLA award' in 2016 by MIT, Pune in one of the largest Students' conferences - Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad ( BCS). He is the first MLA from Jharkhand to get this award. He represented

in the National CPA conference (2016) in Goa, National Whips' conference (2017) in Vizag and National Whips' conference (2018) in

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, and National Legislature Conference (2018 ) in New Delhi. He was also chosen for the
International Visitor Leadership Program- 2018'
one of US Government's most prestigious

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exchange programs for international opinion leaders. He is the first ever legislator of Jharkhand to be selected for this internationally recognised program in Washington DC. During his time at IVLP, he actively engaged with his counterparts and exchanged views on contemporary political and socio-economic scenario in Jharkhand. Kunal was also chosen as a goodwill brand ambassador of Arkansas state by

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. In February 2019,

invited him to speak at th
India Conference 2019
on the relevance of ' Regional political parties in Indian politics and their role as king-makers or game-changers'. Early in 2019, he also collaborated with UNICEF India to champion its Child Reporters Initiative in Baharagora to make it a Child-Marriage Free Assembly constituency. He has been actively encouraging young school students, local elected representatives and other grassroots organisations in

to join the programme and bring effective changes in their community and families.

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has also decided to actively work with Kunal to successfully implemen
Generation Unlimited
a youth skills programme to ensure an effective transition for the youth in Baharagora from education to employment.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarangi, Kunal Living people Jharkhand politicians National Institutes of Technology alumni Alumni of Lancaster University 1981 births