Srikant Kumar Jena (born 18 June 1950), is an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

hailing from Ratnagiri, Jajpur district,

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. He was the Union Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism in the Gujral ministry and Deve Gowda ministry. He was the Minister of State (Independent charge) for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Statistics & Programme Implementation in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. He was Union Minister of State, Small Scale Industry, Agro and Rural Industries in the V. P. Singh ministry.Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on IIP Data
/ref>Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation Releases IIP Data for November 2011
under UPA IISrikant Jena Presents Annual AMAI Awards
/ref> He represented the

Balasore Balasore, also known as Baleswar, is a city in the state of Odisha, about from the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore district and the largest city as well as heal ...

parliamentary constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha. During his tenure as the MP of Balasore, many developmental works were done for overall development of Balasore in all sectors like infrastructure, education, health and communication. His developmental works for Balasore include establishment of units of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology, AIIMS Satellite Centre, Software Technology Park of India and the North Odisha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, upgrading the national highway 60, and the grant of Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital. He had been elected as MLA to

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises List of constituencies of Odisha ...

, three times between 1977 and 1989. In 1979–80, he was the

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, Industry and Urban Development, Govt. of Odisha. He got elected to

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for the first time in 1989 and then subsequently three more times to 9th, 10th and 15th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 2001 respectively.Lok Sabha MP Profile
Retrieved on 15 January 2012 Between 2019 and 2024, he was out of the party and launched the Samajika Nyay Abhiyan, a non-political social justice movement platform. He rejoined in 2024 and was fielded as the Congress candidate from Balasore.

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 2009–2014 1950 births Living people Lok Sabha members from Odisha State cabinet ministers of Odisha Janata Dal politicians India MPs 1989–1991 People from Balasore district People from Cuttack district People from Jajpur district People from Kendrapara district India MPs 1996–1997 Janata Party politicians Janata Party (Secular) politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha {{Odisha-JD-politician-stub

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