Renuka Devi Barkataki

Renuka Devi Barkataki (1932 - 2017) was an Indian politician from Assam. She was the Union Minister of state for education, social welfare and culture in the Janata Party government led by prime minister Morarji Desai from 1977 to 1979. In 1962, she was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha from Barpeta constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 1972, she was elected to the Assam legislative Assembly from Hajo constituency.^[1] In 1977, she was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Gauhati constituency as a Janata Party candidate.^[2] Later, she became the honorary secretary of the Assam state branch of the Indian Red Cross Society. She died on 14 August 2017 in a government hospital due to injuries.

Renuka Devi Barkataki
Union Minister of State for Education, Social Welfare, Culture
In office August 1977 – 15 July 1979
Prime Minister	Morarji Desai
Minister	Pratap Chandra Chunder
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 March 1977 – 22 August 1979
Preceded by	Dinesh Goswami
Succeeded by	Dinesh Goswami
Constituency	Gauhati
In office 2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967
Preceded by	Beli Ram Das
Succeeded by	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Constituency	Barpeta
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 1972 - 1977
Chief Minister	Sarat Chandra Sinha
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office 1972 - 1977
Preceded by	Bishnuram Medhi
Succeeded by	Rabindra Nath Malakar
Constituency	Hajo
Personal details
Born	29 November 1932
Died	14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 84)
Political party	Janata Party (1977-1979)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1962-1967) Indian National Congress (Organisation) (1967-1972) Independent (1972-1977)
Spouse	Munindra Nath Barkataki ​ ​ (m. 1959, died)​
Children	Meenaxi
Parent(s)	Rudra Kanta Sarma (Father) Dharmeswari Devi (Mother)
Alma mater	Cotton College