Sushila Tiriya, is a social worker and a politician from the

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party, who was a Member of the

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representing

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in the

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(on year 1986 and again on year 2006) the upper house of the

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. She was elected in the

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, the lower house, in 1994 (

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) and re-elected in 1996 (

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Family and education

Sushila Tiriya belongs to a freedom fighters family. Her father, Shri Rupnarayan Tiriya, opened a school and took keen interest in educating the tribal community. She graduated from

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with a B.A. degree.

Political career

At the age of 24, Sushila Tiriya joined the Youth Congress (I) and became its President and Vice-president in 1983 and 1984 respectively, from Mayurbhanj District, Odisha. In 1986, she was elected to Rajya Sabha. During her term, she served as Member in the Consultative Committees of Ministry of Science and Technology,

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and tp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0001/9900162/2.2/data/0-data/jgofscd/Files/dod.html Ocean Developmentin 1986–87, Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1987–88, and

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in 1988–89. From 1987 to 1993, she served as the General Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress. She was a member of the committees o
Government Assurances
(1988–89) an
Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
(1989-92). In 1994, she contested in the tenth Lok Sabha elections for an ST seat and won from

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. During that term, she served as Member of Consultative Committees of Ministry of Science and Technology, Forest and Environment, and Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, from 1994 to 1996. From 1995 onwards, she served as the Joint Secretary of

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, along with getting re-elected as a Lok Sabha member in 1996.

Social work

Sushila Tiriya has special interests in the upliftment of rural poor tribals as well as the unemployed youth. She is associated with tribal organisations, namely, `SUGAR'; `Swayan Vikas Samity' and Rural Youth Tribals Development Association. She also organises two sports events in village Kaluakhaman through tribal association every year to encourage the tribal youth to improve their ability in sports field in Distt. Mayurbhanj.

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website

Profile of Lok Sabha members
1956 births Living people People from Mayurbhanj district Rajya Sabha members from Odisha India MPs 1991–1996 Lok Sabha members from Odisha Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Women in Odisha politics 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians India MPs 1996–1997 Women members of the Lok Sabha Women members of the Rajya Sabha {{Odisha-INC-politician-stub