Sarat Pattanayak is an Indian politician hailing from

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in Odisha. He was elected to the 10th and 11th

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, the lower house of the

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as a member of Parliament of the

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party. He is currently serving as President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.

Early life, education and career

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. Having served as an elected Member of

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.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1956 births Lok Sabha members from Odisha India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Living people People from Balangir district {{Odisha-INC-politician-stub