Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Minister of State, Government of India
In office
31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNitin Gadkari
MinistryMicro, Small and Medium Enterprises
In office
31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterGiriraj Singh
MinistryAnimal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byRabindra Kumar Jena
ConstituencyBalasore
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byPradipta Panda
Succeeded bySukanta Kumar Nayak
ConstituencyNilagiri
Personal details
Born (1955-01-04) 4 January 1955 (age 69)
Gopinathpur, Odisha, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materFakir Mohan College, Utkal University

Pratap Chandra Sarangi (born 4 January 1955), was the Minister of State in the Government of India for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He is a Politician from Balasore, Odisha and serves as a National Executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He won Odisha Legislative Assembly, two times: from 2004 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2014, both times from Nilagiri constituency.[1]

He revolutionalised primary education in rural areas through the innovative concept of community funded Ekal Vidyalaya or single teacher schools.[2]

  1. ^ "Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi Profile". Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha website. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Pratap Chandra Sarangi - Unlikely Politician Who Lives in Mud House". Economic Times. Retrieved 15 August 2019.