Sarat Pattanayak

Sarat Pattanayak (born 15 August 1956) is an Indian politician hailing from Balangir in Odisha. He was elected to the 10th and 11th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of Parliament of the Indian National Congress party. He has served as the President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.

Early life He was born to Jugul Pattanayak on 15 August 1956, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak. They have two daughters and a son.

Education He completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.

Career Having served as an elected Member of Lok Sabha in the then ruling P V Narasimha Rao government which gave him a close quarter view of the 1992 economic liberalisation in India, Sarat also served as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee's president in the Indian state of Odisha. He unsuccessfully contested on an Indian National Congress MLA ticket from Nuapada Assembly Constituency during the 2024 state legislative assembly elections and lost. Though having performed miserably during his tenure the party did increase its tally of MLAs in the house.