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Achyutananda Samanta(born 20 January 1965) is an Indian educationist and philanthropist.
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Achyuta Samanta | |
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ଅଚ୍ୟୁତ ସାମନ୍ତ | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 25 May 2019 – June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh |
Succeeded by | Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi |
Constituency | Kandhamal |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Kalarabanka, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India | 20 January 1965
Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
Residence(s) | Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
Alma mater | Utkal University |
Occupation | Social Worker & Entrepreneur |
Known for | Founder of KIIT Group of Institutions |
Website | www.achyutasamanta.com |
He is currently the Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Kandhamal, Odisha and also the President of Volleyball Federation of India.
Samanta was born to Anadi Charan Samanta and Nilima Rani Samanta in the village of Kalarabanka in Cuttack District of Odisha in 1965.[2] His father died when Samanta was four, and he grew up in abject poverty with his widowed mother and seven siblings.[3]
Samanta received an M.Sc. in Chemistry from Utkal University. He started his career as a Chemistry lecturer in a college in Bhubaneswar.
Samanta received a number of awards, and created new records in the field of social entrepreneurship. He was mentioned among the Top 15 Social Entrepreneurs of the World by the American Edge Foundation.[4] Samanta appears in The Limca Book of Records as the youngest chancellor of any University in India.
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