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