Jayanti Patnaik
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]
Jayanti Patnaik | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1980-1989 and 1998-1999 | |
| Preceded by | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| Succeeded by | Srikant Jena |
| Constituency | Cuttack and Berhampur |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | Anadi Charan Sahu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1932 Aska, Ganjam district, Orissa, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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.
gollark: If time travel requires "fixed history", then you can use the universe's built in paradox resolver magic thing to either do your computation for you, or cause bizarre failure modes.
gollark: Actually, it's even better.
gollark: Different parts of it will be simulated at different times, but that's not detectable since the simulation of it outputs the same stuff.
gollark: * designed to be
gollark: Or, to avoid any weird brain weirdness, a dual-core computer or something, which we know are designed to deterministic.
References
- Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Parliament of India
- "Jayanti Patnaik" (PDF). School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- "Brief History". National Commission for Women. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- "List of chairpersons of NCW". National Commission for Women. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.