Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha






PANIGRAHI, SHRI SRIBALLAVA
CONGRESS (I) - DEOGARH (ORISSA)
Father's Name: Late Shri Narasingh Panigrahi Date of Birth: 2 September 1940 Place of Birth: Vill. Bargaon in Distt. Sambalpur (Orissa) Marital Status: Married on 4 February 1975 Spouse's Name: Smt. Sunanda Panigrahi Children: Two sons Educational Qualifications :
B.A., LL.B. Educated at G.M. College, Sambalpur and M.S. Law College, Cuttack (Orissa) Profession :
Political and Social Worker, Advocate, Agriculturist, Journalist and Trade Unionist Permanent Address :
Vir Surendra Sai Nagar (Bhutapara), P.O. & Distt. Sambalpur-768001 (Orissa) Tel. (0663) 31155 Positions Held :
1967-69President, D.C.C., Sambalpur 1969-71,1973-74 General Secretary, P.C.C., Orissa and 1977-80 1971-77Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly 1971-72Member, Estimates Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly 1972-73Minister, Education, Cultural Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Orissa 1974-77Minister, Food and Civil Supplies, Commerce, Irrigation, Power, Law, Revenue and Education, Orissa 1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1985-89Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit 1986-87Chairman, Probe Committee of the Energy 1987-89Member, Hindi Salahakar Committee Member, Consultative Committees, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Energy 1988-89Member, Rules Committee 1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) 1991-92Member, Estimates Committee 1992-93Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam 1992-96Vice President, P.C.C., Orissa 1993-95Chairman, Standing Committee on Petroleum & Chemicals 1993-96Member, General Purposes Committee 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Contributes articles to newspapers and journals; Social and Cultural Activities :
Associated with several educational, social and cultural organisations; President, Sir Aurobindo Mandir Sabha, Sambalpur Special Interests :
Establishment and management of educational and spiritual organisations; cultural heritage and yoga movement Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading, travelling, gardening, sightseeing and writing articles Sports and Clubs :
Member, Sambalpur Club Countries Visited :
China, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, U.K. and U.S.S.R. Other Information :
Chairman, I.N.T.U.C. Parliamentary Forum; Member (i) Senate and Syndicate, Sambalpur University, 1971-74; (ii) National Waste and Development Board; (iii) Parliamentary Farmers' Forum; and (iv) C.P.A. and I.P.G. Election Result :
Deogarh Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate10,81,508 Total votes polled 5,80,176 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri Sriballava Panigrahi (I.N.C.)2,20,648 (2) Shri Debendra Pradhan (B.J.P.)1,73,266 (3) Shri Rabinarayan Pani (J.D.)1,52,647 (4) Shri Pascal Barla (J.M.M.) 5,677