Party Affiliation : Biju Janata Dal
Constituency : 073--HINJILI
Elected on : 25/02/2000
District : Ganjam
Date of Birth : 16/10/1946
Father's Name : Late Biju Patnaik
Category : General
Marital Status : Unmarried
Educational Qualification : B.A.,
Educated at University of Delhi (Delhi)
Profession : Social Service
Position Held
: Member, Lok Sabha from ASKA Constituency as
(Membership Loksabha) Janata Dal Candidate,1997-1998
:
Member, Lok Sabha from ASKA Constituency as
Biju
Janata Dal Candidate,1998-1999
:
Member, Lok Sabha from ASKA Constituency as
Biju Janata Dal Candidate,1999-2000 (Minister) : Union
Minister for
Steel & Mines 1998 to 1999
Union
Minister for Mines & Minerals 13/10/1999 to 08/03/2000
Chief
Minister, Orissa 05/03/2000 Onwards
Minister, Water Resource,Information & Technology
05/03/2000 to 06/08/2002
Minister, Home,Agriculture,General Administration,
05/03/2000
Onwards
Works,Parliamentary
Affairs,Housing,Health & Family Welfare,
Women
& Child Development,Rural Development,Higher Education,
Minister
09/07/2001 to 06/08/2002
Minister,
Finance, Planning and Co-ordination 06/08/2002 Onwards
(Committees)
: Member, Library Committee (Parliament)
:
Member, Standing Committee on Commerce (Parliament)
:
Member, General Purpose Committee (Parliament)
Favourite Pastime : Reading, watching programmes on culture, history
and environment
Special Interest : Culture and environment
Social Activities : Founder Member, Indian National Trust for
Art and Cultural Heritage Cultural Activities (INTACH)
Country Visited : Widely traveled
Literary Activities : Writes articles on culture and environment
Book Written : A Second Paradise, A Desert Kingdom and
The Garden of Life
Other Information : Founder President, Biju Janata
Dal, Played a pioneering role in the international recognition
of Indian design and worked for handloom weavers to enlarge
home market for Indian textiles;
Founder President, Biju Janata Dal
Permanent Address : At- Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Road, P.O.-Bhubaneswar,
Dist.-Khurda,
Pin-751001 (Orissa)
Tel.
No.(O) 531100,535100,531500, Epbax 2163
Tel.
No.(R) 590299, 591099,590844,591100,590833
Present Address : At- Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome
Road, P.O.-Bhubaneswar,
Dist.-Khurda
Pin -751001(Orissa)
Tel.
No.(O) 531100,535100,531500, Epbax 2163
Tel. No.(R) 590299, 591099,590844,591100,590833
