Srikant Kumar Jena

Srikant Kumar Jena
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	18 June 1950 (age 74); Jajpur, Odisha, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Other political; affiliations	Janata Dal
Residence(s)	New Delhi, India
	As of 15 January, 2012Source: india.gov.in

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. During his tenure as the MP of Balasore, many developmental works were done for overall development of Balasore in all sectors like infrastructure, education, health and communication. His developmental works for Balasore include establishment of units of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology, AIIMS Satellite Centre, Software Technology Park of India and the North Odisha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, upgradation of the national highway 60, and the grant of Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital.

He had been elected as MLA to Odisha Legislative Assembly, three times between 1977 and 1989. In 1979–80, he was the 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, 10th and 15th Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996 and 2001 respectively.^[5] Between 2019 and 2024, he was out of the party and launched the Samajika Nyay Abhiyan, a non-political social justice movement platform. He rejoined in 2024 and was fielded as the Congress candidate from Balasore.^[6]^[7]