Party
Affiliation: Biju Janata
Dal
Constituency: 073 - HINJILI
Elected
On: 13/05/2004
District: Ganjam
Date of Birth: 16/10/1946
Father's
Name: Late Biju Patnaik
Category:
General
Marital
Status: Bachelor
Educational
Qualification: B.A., Educated at
University of Delhi (Delhi)
Profession:
Social Service
Position Held
:
Member, Orissa
Legislative Assembly from HINJILI Constituency as Biju Janata Dal Candidate,
2000-2004
Member, Orissa
Legislative Assembly from HINJILI Constituency as Biju Janata Dal Candidate,
2004-till date
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Member, Lok
Sabha from ASKA Constituency as 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
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Union Minister
for Steel & Mines 1998-1999
Union Minister
for Mines & Minerals 1999-2000
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Chief
Minister 05/03/2000 -16/05/2004 FIRST
TERM
Chief
Minister 16/05/2004 -Continuing SECOND
TERM
Minister,
Information Technology 06/03/2000
-06/08/2002
Minister, Agriculture 06/03/2000 -06/08/2002, 07/08/2002
-18/05/2004
Minister,
Home 06/03/2000 -16/05/2004,
18/05/2004 -Continuing
Minister,
General Administration 06/03/2000
-16/05/2004, 18/05/2004 -Continuing
Minister,
Water Resources 06/03/2000 -06/08/2002,
18/05/2004 -Continuing
Minister,
Rural Development 09/07/2001
-06/08/2002
Minister,
Higher Education 09/07/2001
-06/08/2002
Minister,
Health and Family Welfare 09/07/2001
-06/08/2002
Minister,
Women and Child Development 09/07/2001
-06/08/2002, 26/07/2004-21.09.2004
Minister,
Parliamentary Affairs 09/07/2001
-06/08/2002
Minister,
Housing 09/07/2001 -06/08/2002
Minister,
Works 09/07/2001 -06/08/2002
Minister,
Finance 06/08/2002 -16/05/2004
Minister,
Planning and Coordination 06/08/2002
-16/05/2004, 18/05/2004 -Continuing
Minister,
Forest and Environment 18/05/2004
-Continuing
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PARLIAMENT
COMMITTEE
Member,
Parliamentary Committee on Commerce (1997)
Member,
Library Committee (1997)
Member,
Consultative Committee on Steel & Mines (1997)
Member,
General Purpose Committee (1998-99)
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ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE
Chairman,
Subject Committee on Agriculture 2000- 2001, 2001- 2002, 2003- 2004
Chairman,
Subject Committee on Water Resources 2000- 2001, 2001- 2002, 2002- 2003,
2004-2005, 2005-2006
Chairman,
Subject Committee on Rural Development 2001- 2002, 2002- 2003
Member,
Speaker Advisory Committee 2003- 2004
Member,
Business Advisory Committee 2003-2004
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Member,
Standing Committee of Inter-State Council July 2004
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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
(INTACH)
Literary
Activities: Writes articles on culture and environment
Book Written:
A Second Paradise, A Desert Kingdom, The Garden of Life
Country
Visited: Widely traveled
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.
Permanent
Address: At- Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Gate, P.O.-Bhubaneswar-751001 Dist.-Khurda
(Orissa)
Tel.
No.(O) 2531100, 2531500 Tel. No.(R)
2590006, 2591099
Present
Address: At- Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Gate,
P.O.-Bhubaneswar-751001,
Dist.-Khurda (Orissa)
Tel.
No.(O) 2531100, 2531500 Tel. No.(R)
2590006, 2591099