Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Deogarh
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Debendra Pradhan
Mother's Name : Smt. Basant Manjari Pradhan
Date of birth : 26 Jun 1969
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
2000-2004 Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly2001 President, BJP Youth Wing (BJYM), Orissa2002 National Secretary, BJP2004 National President, BJYM2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on EnergyMember, Committee on Petitions5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Energy
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Social And Cultural Activities
Deeply involved in the socio-cultural activities of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood; worked with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad - the premier nationalist student organisation, for the student community, organizing them for national reconstruction
Special Interests
Linking aspiration of common man with administration; studying and exploring the reasons behind poverty and lack of development in general and of SC/ST and other weaker sections of the society in particular; striving for their upliftment by taking up their cause in all possible forums and by promoting various models of development through NGOs and other co-operative activities
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Interacting with different sections of the society, particularly the youth, motivating them for social work for social reconstruction
Other Information
Started as an A.B.V.P. activist as a higher secondary student in Talcher College, Orissa, 1983; President, Talcher College Students` Union, 1985; State Secretary, ABVP, 1993; National Secretary, ABVP, 1995; joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 1998; Conferred with Utkalmani Gopabandhu Pratibha Sanman, the best Lgislative Award of Orissa Legislative Assembly
