Pratap Chandra Sarangi | |
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Minister of State, Government of India | |
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minister | Nitin Gadkari |
Ministry | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Minister | Giriraj Singh |
Ministry | Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rabindra Kumar Jena |
Constituency | Balasore |
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2004–2014 | |
Preceded by | Pradipta Panda |
Succeeded by | Sukanta Kumar Nayak |
Constituency | Nilagiri |
Personal details | |
Born | Gopinathpur, Odisha, India | 4 January 1955
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Alma mater | Fakir 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]