Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Sundargarh
State : Odisha
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Teria @ Dilga Oram
Mother's Name : Smt. Bhutuki Oram
Date of birth : 22 Mar 1961
Profession : Agriculturist Engineer, Trade Unionist, Political Worker
Positions held :
1989 Joined Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.)1990-98 Member, Odisha Legislative Assembly (two terms)1991 - 93 District President, B.J.P., Sundargarh, Odisha1993 - 95 National Vice-President, S.T. Morcha, B.J.P.1995 - 97 National Secretary, B.J.P.1997 - 99 President, Odisha State, B.J.P.1998 Elected to 12th Lok SabhaWhip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party (Odisha Group), Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)13 Oct. 1999 - May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Tribal Affairs2004 - 2006 President, Odisha State, B.J.P. (2nd Term)2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMember, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment2006 - 2009 National Vice-President, B.J.P.2009 - 2011 President, Odisha State, B.J.P. (3rd Term)2012 - 2014 National Vice-President and Member, Central Election Committee, B.J.P.2014 onwards Member, National Executive Committee, B.J.P. and Member, Central Election Committee, B.J.P.May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)27 May 2014 - 25 May 2019 Union Cabinet Minister, Tribal AffairsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Defence23 Oct. onwards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal and Mines21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Working for the upliftment of Tribals and downtrodden people
Special Interests
Farming and helping to poor
Countries Visited
Australia, Botswana (Southern Africa) and Nepal
Other Information
Worked in the capacity of Assistant Foreman, Power Group Construction Division, BHEL for six years; Founder President, Baba Baneswar+2 College, Chandali Vihar and Lahunipara College; Founder General Secretary, Bonai Mazdoor Sangh; Patron, Association of All India Diploma Engineers Federation; Founder, Samara Orama Education Trust
