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| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Predecessor | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Successor | Srikant Jena
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| Constituency | Cuttack and Berhampur
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| Born | 1932-4-7 (age 94) |
| Born | Aska, Ganjam district, Orissa, India
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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Jayanti Patnaik M.A. (born 1932) is an Indian Parliamentarian and renowned social worker.[1] She was the first Chairperson of the National Commission for Women. Her term of office was from 3 February 1992 to 30 January 1995.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
She was born in 1932 at Aska, Ganjam district of Orissa. Her father is Niranjan Patnaik. She was educated at Harihar High School, Aska. She has studied Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Work from Sailabala Women's College under Utkal University, Cuttack. She pursued advanced studied in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.[1]
She married politician Janaki Ballabh Patnaik in 1953, who later remained Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–89), and the couple had one son and two daughters.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha Template:Webarchive Parliament of India
- ↑ Jayanti Patnaik. School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai..
- ↑ Brief History. National Commission for Women.
- ↑ List of chairpersons of NCW. National Commission for Women.