Party Name : Biju Janata Dal
Constituency : Kendrapara
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Suryamani Samantaray
Mother's Name : Smt. Shailabala Samantaray
Date of birth : 22 Apr 1950
Profession : Trade Unionist Social Worker
Positions held :
Vice-President, Janata Dal, OrissaMember, National Executive, Janata Dal1990-96 Member, Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface TransportMember, Executive, Janata Dal Parliamentary Party1996 onwards General-Secretary, All India, Janata DalMember, Working Committee, Biju Janata Dal1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Accounts and its Sub-Committee on Stationery and Printing OfficesMember, Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Committee on RailwaysMember, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Contributed articles in English and Oriya dailies and periodicals; won State Award for best essay on Gandhi Centenary for college students in 1969 conducted by Gandhi Centenary Committee, Orissa; established several educational and technical Institutions in rural areas
Special Interests
Workers’ movement, sports, gardening and travelling.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and listening to music
Sports and Clubs
Represented University team in football and volleyball
Countries Visited
Germany and Nigeria; selected by World University Service National Assembly, and represented India in International General Assembly, Nigeria, 1973 and Munich, 1975
Other Information
Arrested in students’ movement in 1964, 1967, 1969 and 1971; remained engaged in underground publication during emergency; organised relief work in 1971 cyclone and 1982 floods and organised industrial and agricultural labourers’ cooperative movement; President, (i) Utkal Port and Dock Workers’ Union; (ii) Taxi Drivers’ Association; (iii) Paradip Taxi Driver Credit Cooperative Society Ltd.; (iv) Paradip Port and Dock Workers’ Credit Cooperative Society; (v) Paradip Phosphate Employees’ Union; and (vi) Kendrapara College Students’ Union, 1968-69; Working President, Indian National Port and Dock Workers’ Federation; Chairman, Students’ Council Utkal University; Co-Chairman, Distt. Development Board, Malkangiri; Vice-Chairman, Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh, Orissa; General-Secretary, World University Service, Indian National Committee, 1972-76; Advisor, J.K. Paper Mill Employees’ Union and several other social organisations; Member, (i) E.S.I.C. (Headquarters) and its Standing Committee; (ii) Sarbani Sahitya Sansada; (iii) Consultative Committee, Deptt. of Higher Education, Deptt. of Works and Deptt. of Labour, Government of Orissa; (iv) Distt. Development Boards, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack; (v) Notified Area Council, Paradip; Patron, All India Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan; and Returning Officer, Janata Dal, 1996-97
