Omkar Markam

Omkar Markam
Cabinet Minister: Tribal Affairs Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
2018–2020
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2008
ConstituencyDindori
Personal details
Born (1976-05-02) 2 May 1976 (age 48)
Village Barnai, Dindori
NationalityIndia
Political party INC
(Indian National Congress)
SpouseKusum Markam
Children1 son 1 daughter
Parent
  • Nanku Singh Markam (father)
Residence(s)Village Barnai, Dindori
EducationM. A. in Sociology
ProfessionPolitician
Source: ["Biography:Markam, Omkar" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Omkar Singh Markam (born 2 May 1976) is a politician from Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently appointed the state president of Adivasi Congress and general secretary of Madhya Pradesh Congress. He is four term MLA from Dindori having won the elections in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023, and he was the Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs Department in the Government of Madhya Pradesh from 2018 to 2020.[1] In the 2024 election for the Lok Sabha, he was announced as the candidate of Indian National Congress from Mandla (ST). He was also the candidate in the 2014 election.[2] He has done his MA in Sociology and is a farmer by profession, with interest in cultural programmes, social reform and poverty eradication programmes.