Shashi Bhusan Behera ( or, ସଶୀ ଭୂଷଣ ବେହେରା) is an Indian politician from the

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

party. He is the

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and

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minister of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

State. He was a former member of

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and Member of the

Legislative Assembly of Odisha The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises List of constituencies of Odisha ...

. Former General Secretary and Vice–President of State Yuva Janata Dal, President Orissa Dalit Sena, Vice President Samatamancha, State Executive Member H.M.S. (Hindu Mazdoor Sabha), General Secretary All Orissa Kaibarta Mahasangha, Founder Secretary of Cuttack Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Elected Member of National Telephone Advisory Committee in 2001 to 2002.
Shashi
also has served as a member of

from 2010 to 2014 and leader of

from ''Rajya Sabha'' 2012–2014. He has served as member of 13th Odisha Legislative Assembly from ''Balianta & Balipatna constituency'' which was later named as Jaydev constituency in the name of famous poet

Jaydev Jayadeva (; born ), also spelt Jaideva, was a Sanskrit poet during the 12th century. He is most known for his epic poem ''Gita Govinda'' which concentrates on Krishna's love with the '' gopi'', Radha, in a rite of spring. This poem, which prese ...

Behera
was also once fro
Khordha
district from

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...

, member Zonal Railway Recruitment Board ( South Eastern Railway 1997–1999), Member F.C.I. Advisory Committee Orissa 2003 to onwards. Now, Holding the portfolio o
Minister Finance & ExciseAgriculture & Farmers' EmpowermentFisheries & Animal Resources Development Government of Odisha.
He has always fought for the poor & marginalised section peoples. He lives life with a motto "Simple living, high thinking, being dedicated to work and development of his peoples".

Early life and education

Shashi Bhusan
fondly called as "Mantu" by his mother was born on 12 Feb 1953 to Madhusudan Behera and Harshamani Behera of village

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. Born at Jobra,

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, Shashi'shttps://www.facebook.com/shashibhusan.odisha/ first school was hi
Patitapaban School, Jobra
where he received his elementary education later he shifted to Nuapatna where he received his Secondary Education at ''Banguari High School''. Upon passing the 10th Examination (which then was 11th Class Examination) he was admitted to

Ravenshaw University Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw college, is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868, the institution became a university in 2006. The un ...

for further higher education. Not a student with excellent scores but definitely a brilliant one with a vision. In a short span of time his leadership attracted many and he was regarded and respected by many of his fellow mates, who would look up to him for suggestions. During his early days of university he was attracted to the social justice movement and wanted to work for the poor and neglected section of people. And it is due to this that he was never attracted to the alluring jobs of his time. Working for the development of the fishermen's and the labourer's of different fields became his day-to-day activities and getting them to the mainstream society became his aim. On 10 February 1989, he was married toSuprabha Mohanty, who supported him in not only his profession but also took care of his family. He admits that it is truly said " Behind a successful man there is a women" and do credits his success to his wife. Squareimgshashi

The political era in

was going on for a major revamp, the beginning of

Naveen Naveen or Navin (Sanskrit: नवीन, Tamil: நவீன், ; meaning "new", "fresh", "young", "bright", "creative") is an Indian given name and surname. syll. na-vee(n), nav-e-en The baby boy name Naveen is pronounced as NEYVIY-N †. Nave ...

after the super cyclone of

can be seen.

Political career

Shashi
from the very beginning of his

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days was detrimental of working for the people not for the corporate boss or the executive boss. He wanted to work for the upliftment of peoples who were not regarded as the part of the mainstream society. And it is because of his and S
''Akulananda Behera’s''
effort that the fisherman society was included in the Schedule Caste category of Odisha and that the poor and innocent peoples who never were regarded as part of the mainstream society now started to be included. The non-corrupt and non-compromising ideology o
Shashi’s
stopped him from compromising and joining the power politics of state. But destiny was to play his role. With the death of the Legendary Biju Pattnaik and to fill the vacuum created Sj

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

came to Odisha whose thought ideology and working forced ''Shashi'' to rethink his decision and he meet Sj. ''Naveen Pattnaik'' in the year 2000, who at once like him and wanted him to contest fro
''Balipatna''
Electoral Constituency. As destiny wanted something else, he could not contest the 2000 election. But Naveenji has set his mind, came the 2004 and Shashi was elected from ''Balianta'' & ''Balipatna'' Electoral Constituency on ''Biju Janata Dal'' Ticket. And he never disappointed Naveenji (the most loved and respected leader of Odisha). In 2005 he was selected by the Speaker among the Members of the State Legislative Assembly to be awarded the Prestigious ''Utkalmani Gopabandhu Samman'' for the ''Best Legislator'' in the assembly. The worked for the development of the peoples of Balianta and Balipatna, his non-corrupt and non-compromising inspired many, and he was engulfed in the development of his constituency. It was his effort and vision that the Balianta and Balipatna Constituency was named after ‘Jaydev’ the famous poet who Gita Govinda is recited before lord Jagannath every day. Came the year of 2009, he was confident of his work and effort and that the leader would surely re-elect him. But '' Naveen ji'' wanted his man in

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, he instructed ''Shashi'' to work for the party in the forthcoming election and Shashi with a heavy heart never denied '' Naveenji'' and always worked with dedication to serve his people and party. In the year 2010 ''Naveenji'' surprised Shashi with a ticket to the upper house of Parliament (the Rajya Sabha). And made him also the leader of ''

'' Parliamentary Party in

. With the Changing scenario in ''

'' fast shaping Sj. ''Naveen Patnaik'' wanted ''Shashi'' in ''

'' and thus was called in the midst of his term to contest from "

". He was elected to the State Legislative Assembly on

Ticket from Jaydev Constituency. Shashi a confidant of Sj. ''Naveen Patnaik'' was given the charge of two important ''Ministry of Finance and Excise'' and was later given with Public Enterprise and upon the resignation of the Agriculture Minister was given with additional charge of ''Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Fisheries'' & ''Animal Resources Development''. Now he is also the Chairman of many ''Ministerial Committees.''

References

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