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BaijayantPanda

Member of Parliament — Kendrapara, Odisha

Bharatiya Janata Party

Parliamentary record Biographical dossier
Official portrait of Baijayant Panda smiling with arms folded, wearing glasses and a light linen shirt with a BJP lotus badge, against a slate-grey background
Plate 01Official portrait.
Born
12 January 1964
Constituency
Kendrapara, Odisha
House
Lok Sabha
Current House
18th Lok Sabha
Current committee role
Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings2026–27 · 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2027

Checked against the Lok Sabha member record (Digital Sansad) and the 2026–27 committee reconstitution notice · September 2026

Section 01 · Ledger

The Record

A public career in entries, taken from the official “positions held” record and other cited sources.

  1. R-012000

    Elected to the Rajya Sabha

    First term in Parliament’s upper house, representing Odisha. From 2002 to 2009 he was Leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Parliamentary Party in the Rajya Sabha.

    Lok Sabha record · Positions held
  2. R-022006

    Re-elected to the Rajya Sabha

    Second Rajya Sabha term.

    Lok Sabha record · Positions held
  3. R-032009

    Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha — Kendrapara

    Moved to the lower house as the BJD candidate from Kendrapara. Committee work that term included the Committee on Public Undertakings and the Standing Committee on Urban Development.

    Lok Sabha record · Committee membership
  4. R-042014

    Re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha

    Second Lok Sabha term from Kendrapara. Committees that term included Public Undertakings, Home Affairs and, briefly, Industry.

    Lok Sabha record · Positions held
  5. R-052018

    Resignation from the Lok Sabha

    The official record gives his resignation as 18 July 2018. He had left the BJD in May 2018, after being suspended from the party in January.

    Lok Sabha record · news reports
  6. R-062019

    Joined the Bharatiya Janata Party

    Joined the BJP on 4 March 2019 and was named a National Vice-President and spokesperson days later. He contested Kendrapara in the 2019 general election and was not elected.

    BJP press release · news reports
  7. R-072024

    Elected to the 18th Lok Sabha — Kendrapara

    Returned to the Lok Sabha as the BJP member for Kendrapara. Named Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings on 14 August 2024.

    Lok Sabha record · Committee membership
  8. R-082025

    Chaired two Select Committees

    Chaired the Select Committee on the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, whose report was presented on 21 July 2025, and the Select Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2025, whose report was presented on 17 December 2025.

    Lok Sabha record · PRS Legislative Research
  9. R-092026

    Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings, 2026–27

    Appointed chair for the term running from 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2027, his third consecutive term in the role. On 17 August 2026 he was retained as a BJP National Vice-President in the party’s newly announced team.

    Lok Sabha record · All India Radio News

Full references for every entry are in Parliament, Committee Work and About.

Section 02 · Current file

Current responsibilities

Current roles as of September 2026. Party offices and committee memberships change, and each entry shows the latest date checked.

Committee archive

  • Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings

    Current

    2026–27 term, 1 May 2026 – 30 April 2027. The committee examines the reports and accounts of central public-sector undertakings and the CAG’s reports on them.

  • Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha — Kendrapara

    Current

    18th Lok Sabha, elected June 2024. Listed as a sitting member.

  • Joint Committee on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024

    Member

    Examining the Bill together with the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (simultaneous elections).

  • Business Advisory Committee

    Member

    Member from 18 July 2024, as listed in the Lok Sabha record.

  • National Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party

    Party office

    Held since 2019. He was retained in the national office-bearers list announced on 17 August 2026.

Section 03 · Contents

Chapters of the record

Index16 chapters

  1. 02AboutBiographical dossier: background, education, career and current responsibilities.
  2. 03Early Life & EducationBorn in Cuttack; dual degree from Michigan Technological University.
  3. 04Professional JourneyEngineering, management and industry before and alongside public life.
  4. 05ParliamentTwo Rajya Sabha terms and three Lok Sabha terms, 2000 to the present.
  5. 06Committee WorkCommittee on Public Undertakings, select committees and joint committees.
  6. 07KendraparaThe constituency: geography, representation and parliamentary questions.
  7. 08Policy & IdeasDocumented views, parliamentary actions and legislation, kept distinct.
  8. 09Public IssuesDigital rights, privacy, governance and accountability, with sources.
  9. 10Social InitiativesChild nutrition advocacy and documented field engagement.
  10. 11International EngagementsParliamentary delegations, forums and dialogues.
  11. 12Speeches & InterviewsA searchable archive of speeches, debates and interviews.
  12. 13WritingsThe book Lutyens’ Maverick and a selection of op-eds and columns.
  13. 14DocumentsParliamentary questions, reports and bills, linked to official sources.
  14. 15MediaNews reports, official statements and opinion, clearly labelled.
  15. 16GalleryA photographic archive of public life.
  16. 17ContactCorrespondence with the office.
Baijayant Panda smiling, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a multi-coloured ceremonial stole, surrounded by a crowd at a public event
Plate 02At a public engagement, wearing a ceremonial stole. Date and place not recorded.

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