| Sisir Adhikari | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency: | Kanthi |
| Predecessor: | Prasanta Pradhan |
| Successor: | Soumendu Adhikari |
| Term Start: | 16 May 2009 |
| Term End: | 4 June 2024 |
| Office1: | Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India |
| Term Start1: | 25 May 2009 |
| Term End1: | 22 September 2012 |
| Primeminister1: | Manmohan Singh |
| Office2: | Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency2: | Egra |
| Term Start2: | 2006 |
| Term End2: | 2009 |
| Predecessor2: | Prabodh Chandra Sinha |
| Successor2: | Samaresh Das |
| Constituency3: | Kanthi Dakshin |
| Term Start3: | 1982 |
| Term End3: | 1987 |
| Predecessor3: | Sailaja Kumar Das |
| Successor3: | Sukhendu Maity |
| Term Start4: | 2001 |
| Term End4: | 2006 |
| Constituency4: | Kanthi Dakshin |
| Predecessor4: | Satyabrata Maity |
| Successor4: | Suvendu Adhikari |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Karkuli, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Gayatri Adhikari |
| Children: | Krishnendu Adhikari Suvendu Adhikari Dibyendu Adhikari Soumendu Adhikari |
| Residence: | Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal |
| Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta |
| Party: | Trinamool Congress (2000–2021) Indian National Congress (until 2000) |
Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2024.[1] He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]
He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Dakshin from 2001 to 2006 and Egra from 2006 to 2009. He was the chairman of Contai Municipality for more than 25 years. Along with his son, Suvendu Adhikari, who was elected from Tamluk, he played a key role in the Nandigram anti-land acquisition stir.
Adhikari was born on 19 September 1941 to father Kenaram Adhikari and mother Kadambini Adhikari in Karkuli, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal in an affluent family of freedom fighters.[3] He studied Intermediate of Science at University of Calcutta and passed in 1960.[4]
Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons including Suvendu Adhikari, who is Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Dibyendu Adhikari, former Member of Parliament from Tamluk and Soumendu Adhikari, Member of Parliament from Kanthi.[5] [6]