Sarat Pattanayak

Sarat Pattanayak is an Indian politician hailing from Balangir in Odisha. He was elected to the 10th and 11th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of Parliament of the Indian National Congress party. He has served as the President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.^[1][2][3][4]

Sarat Pattanayak
President Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 23 May 2022 – 11 February 2025
Preceded by	Niranjan Patnaik
Succeeded by	Bhakta Charan Das
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Succeeded by	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1991–1998
Preceded by	Balgopal Mishra
Succeeded by	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Constituency	Balangir, Odisha
Personal details
Born	(1956-08-15) 15 August 1956 (age 68) Saintala, Odisha, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Namita Pattanayak
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Early life

He was born to Jugul Pattanayak on 15 August 1956, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak. They have two daughters and a son.^{[citation needed]}

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.

Career

Having served as an elected Member of Lok Sabha 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.^[5]