Bhubaneswar Kalita | |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1951 |
Birth Place: | Rangiya, Assam, India |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Constituency: | Assam |
Term Start: | 10 April 2020 |
Constituency1: | Assam |
Term1: | 10 April 2014 - 5 August 2019 |
Constituency2: | Assam |
Constituency3: | Assam |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-Present) [1] |
Profession: | Politician |
Term Start2: | 2008 |
Term End2: | 2014 |
Term Start3: | 1990 |
Term End3: | 1996 |
Term Start4: | 1984 |
Term End4: | 1990 |
Office5: | Member of Parliament In Lok Sabha |
Term Start5: | 1998 |
Term End5: | 1999 |
Office6: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start6: | 2001 |
Term End6: | 2006 |
Constituency6: | Rangiya |
Predecessor5: | Prabin Chandra Sharma |
Successor5: | Bijoya Chakravarty |
Constituency5: | Gauhati |
Office7: | Minister of Commerce, Industry and Information Technology, Government of Assam |
Term Start7: | 2002 |
Term End7: | 2004 |
Office8: | President, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee |
Term Start8: | 2004 |
Term End8: | 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Dwijendra Nath Sharmah |
Successor3: | Prakanta Warissa |
Predecessor8: | Paban Singh Ghatowar |
Successor8: | Anjan Dutta |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress |
Alma Mater: | Gauhati University |
Constituency4: | Assam |
Bhubaneswar Kalita (born 1 April 1951) is an Indian social worker, politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Assam since 2020,from 2014 to 2019,2008 to 2014,1990 to 1996 and 1984 to 1990.[2] He was member of Lok Sabha From 1998 to 1999. Earlier, he was member of Indian National Congress.He was also MLA of Assam from Rangiya from 2001 to 2006 and a minister in the Government of Assam from 2002 to 2004 and president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee from 2004 to 2014.
He has completed Masters in Arts in 1974 and L.L.B. in 1978 from Gauhati University. Earlier he had studied B.A. from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1971 and had done Matriculation from Rangia High School at Rangia in 1967.[3]