Srikant Kumar Jena

Srikant Kumar Jena (born 18 June 1950), is an Indian politician hailing from Ratnagiri, Jajpur district, Odisha. He was the Union Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Tourism in the Gujral ministry and Deve Gowda ministry He was the Minister of State(Independent charge) for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Statistics & Programme Implementation in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. He was Union Minister of State, Small Scale Industry, Agro and Rural Industries in the V. P. Singh ministry[1][2][3] [4] He represented the Balasore parliamentary constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Srikant Kumar Jena
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Kharabela Swain
Succeeded by	Rabindra Kumar Jena
Constituency	Balasore, Odisha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Rabi Ray
Succeeded by	Prabhat Kumar Samantaray
Constituency	Kendrapara, Odisha
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	Jayanti Patnaik
Succeeded by	Anadi Sahu
Constituency	Cuttack, Odisha
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–1989
Preceded by	Prahlad Malik
Succeeded by	Kulamoni Rout
Constituency	Bari
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-18) 18 June 1950 Jajpur, Odisha, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal
Spouse(s)	Subrata Jena
Children	One son, one daughter
Residence	New Delhi, India
As of 15 January, 2012 Source: india.gov.in

He had been elected as MLA in Odisha Legislative Assembly, three times between 1977 and 1989. In 1979–80, he held the post of Minister of State, Industry and Urban Development, Govt. of Odisha. He got elected to Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 and then subsequently three more times to 9th Lok Sabha, 10th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 2001 respectively.[5] Before joining Indian National Congress, he was party member of Janata Dal.

He did his B.A. from at Kendrapara College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.