Pravati Parida

Pravati Parida
Parida in 2025
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2024
GovernorRaghubar Das
Kambhampati Hari Babu
Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi
Preceded byBasant Kumar Biswal (2000)
Minister of Women & Child Development and Mission Shakti
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2024
Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi
Preceded byBasanti Hembram
Minister of Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2024
Preceded byAswini Kumar Patra
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySamir Ranjan Dash
ConstituencyNimapara
Personal details
Born (1966-05-12) 12 May 1966[1]
Nimapara, Puri district, Odisha, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseShyam Sundar Nayak
EducationLL.B., M.A. (Public Administration)
Alma materUtkal University
ProfessionAdvocate, Social Worker

Pravati Parida (born 12 May 1966) is an Indian politician and advocate from Odisha. She is currently serving as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha (the first woman to hold the post) in the Mohan Charan Majhi ministry since June 2024. She also holds the cabinet portfolios for Women and Child Development, Mission Shakti, and Tourism.[2]

She represents the Nimapara constituency in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, having defeated the Biju Janata Dal candidate in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.[3] Prior to entering active politics, she served as a government employee and practiced law at the Orissa High Court.[4]

Early life and education

Parida is from Nimapara. She married Shyam Sundar Nayak, a former government servant. She completed her LLB at Utkal University in 1995 and enrolled as an advocate in Odisha High Court, in the same year for some time.[5] Later, she also did M.A. in Public Administration in 2005, also from Utkal University.[6]

Career

Parida won the Nimapara Assembly constituency representing Bharatiya Janata Party[7] in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. She polled 95,430 votes and defeated Dilip Kumar Nayak of Biju Janata Dal by a narrow margin of 4,588 votes.[8][9]

On 12 June 2024, she took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha along with Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Mohan Charan Majhi as chief minister at Janata Maidan, Bhubaneswar. Governor Raghubar Das administered their oath. Prime minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh, along with chief ministers of 10 BJP-ruled states were present.[10][11][12][5][13] She became the first female deputy CM of Odisha.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Odisha's first woman Deputy CM Pravati Parida is a lawyer, former govt employee". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Odisha Cabinet portfolios: CM Mohan Charan Majhi keeps Home, Pravati Parida Women and Child Development". The Hindu. 15 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Full list of Odisha Assembly elections 2024 winners". The Indian Express. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Know Your Deputy Chief Minister: Pravati Parida". The Times of India. 12 June 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Meet Pravati Parida, BJP leader set to be Odisha's first female Deputy CM". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Pravati Parida(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)): Constituency- NIMAPARA(PURI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nimapara Assembly Election Result 2024: BJD's Dilip Kumar Nayak to take on BJP's Parvati Parida". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Nimapara Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Nimapara Assembly Election Results 2024: Nimapara Odisha Election Schedule, Vote share and Results". Financialexpress. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Highlights: BJP Tribal Leader, 4-Time MLA Mohan Majhi Sworn In As Odisha Chief Minister". NDTV.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  11. ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (12 June 2024). "Mohan Charan Majhi sworn in as Odisha's first BJP Chief Minister". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Odisha Cabinet portfolios: CM Mohan Charan Majhi keeps Home". India News. 13 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Odisha New CM Live Updates: Mohan Charan Majhi declared new Odisha Chief Minister, KV Singh Deo, Pravati Parida to be Deputy CMs". Financialexpress. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Odisha's first female Deputy CM is Pravati Parida — 5 things to know about the high court lawyer". mint. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
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