title: Sarat Pattanayak
text: # Sarat Pattanayak
  
  Sarat Pattanayak 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 is currently serving as President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.
  
  ## Early life, education and career
  
  Son of Jugul Pattanayak, born on 15 August 1956, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak and together they have two daughters and a son. He has completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later on pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.
  
  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 is currently serving as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee's president.
  
  