Party Name : Biju Janata Dal
Constituency : Jagatsinghpur
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Premananda Kanungo
Mother's Name : Smt. Kshetramani Kanungo
Date of birth : 12 Sep 1940
Profession : Economist Horticulturist, Journalist, Writer
Positions held :
1971-77 Member, Orissa Legislative AssemblyMember, Panel of Chairman, Orissa Legislative Assembly Chairman, Library Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly1979-80 Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Cuttack, Orissa1985-89 Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly1985-89 Member, Panel of Chairman, Orissa Legislative Assembly Chairman, Library Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly1992-95 Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Cuttack, Orissa1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Energy
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Wrote several articles in Newspapers and Journals in English and Oriya
Social And Cultural Activities
Served the distressed people in Kalahandi during Famine in 1966; and also served the affected people during cyclones (in 1967 and 1971) and floods (in 1980 and 1982)
Special Interests
Development Economics, Planning, Public Finance, Astrology and Indology; strong proponent of sincerity, honesty and probity in public life
Sports and Clubs
Football, volleyball and badminton; Member, Swimming Club, Cuttack
Other Information
President, (i) Ravenshaw College Students Union; and (ii) Utkal Students Union during sixties; Member, (i) Senate, Utkal University, Orissa; (ii) Syndicate, Utkal University, Orissa; (iii) Member, Planning Board, Government of Orissa; and (iv) Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
