Pratap Keshari Deb

Pratap Keshari Deb (born 16 October 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. In May 2017, he won a bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha constituency which was vacated by Bishnu Charan Das when he was appointed chairman of Odisha State Planning Board. Pratap Deb filed a nomination and won the seat uncontested on 18 May 2017. He will complete the remainder of his term on 1 July 2022.^[5][6]

Pratap Keshari Deb
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2019
Preceded by	Devendra Sharma (Congress)
Constituency	Aul
MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha
Preceded by	Bishnu Charan Das, BJD
Constituency	Odisha
Personal details
Born	(1972-10-16) 16 October 1972 (age 52)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	BJD
Parent(s)	Lt. Sarat Kumar Deb (Father),[1] Sushree Devi (Mother) [2]
Alma mater	B.A. from Ramjas College, 12th from Rajkumar College, Raipur [3]
Profession	Social Work, Agriculture, Pisci Culture [4]

Pratap Keshari Deb is a member of 16th Assembly of Odisha (2019 - 2024) elected from Aul. Deb had defeated his nearest Congress rival Devendra Sharma by a margin of 55,601 votes.^[7] He was inducted into Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet as Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Energy Minister in June 2022.^[8]