Naveen Patnaik Age

BJD leader Naveen Patnaik was born on 16 October 1946 in Cuttack. He is 72 years old.

Naveen Patnaik Education

Patnaik was educated at the prestigious Welham Boys’ School in Dehradun, and later the Doon School. After that he attended Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, and he qualified for Bachelor of Arts degree.

Naveen Patnaik Photo

Naveen Patnaik Book

Ruben Banerjee Wrote the book “Naveen Patnaik”

Navin Patnaik wrote the following

• A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life 1590–1947 – Published in India, England and US
• A Desert Kingdom: The People of Bikaner – Published in India, England and US
• The Garden of Life: An Introduction to the Healing Plants of India- Published in India, England and US.

Naveen Patnaik Family

Patnaik was born in a Karana family to Biju Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha, and his Punjabi wife, Gyan.

Naveen Patnaik Biography

Patnaik is a writer and had for most part of his youth been away from both politics and Odisha. After his father Biju Patnaik’s demise, he entered politics in 1997. A year later founded the Biju Janata Dal, named after Biju Patnaik.

He won the state election with the BJP as its alliance and formed the government in which Patnaik became Chief Minister.

His mild mannerism, “stand against corruption” and “pro-poor policies” have resulted in the development of a huge support base in Odisha, which has voted him to power in the last four consecutive terms.

Like his father, he has managed to control the bureaucracy and transformed it into a machine for the development of the state.

Patnaik spent most of his early days away from Odisha, so he has problems with writing and speaking Odia language. He is the only chief minister of India who does not speak the regional language of his state and because of this he has been facing severe criticism from his opponents.

However, he possesses great mastery over Hindi, French and English. At rallies, he delivers Odia speeches written in Roman alphabet.

Naveen Patnaik Son

Mr Naveen Patnaik is a bachelor and he had never married with any lady.

Naveen Patnaik Party

After the death of his father Biju Patnaik, he became leader of the Janata Dal. People elected him as a member to the 11th Lok Sabha in the by-election from Aska Parliamentary Constituency in Odisha, India.

In 2000 Assembly election, BJD won the majority of seats in alliance with the BJP in the Odisha Assembly elections. Patnaik resigned from the Union cabinet and was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

In the run-up to the polls for the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly of Odisha elections in 2009, BJD walked out of the NDA after severing ties with the BJP and joined the nascent Third Front constituted mainly by the Left Front and few regional parties.

Later the BJD won a resounding victory in both the Vidhan Sabha as well as the Lok Sabha elections in 2009. Soon he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Odisha on 21 May 2009 for the third consecutive term.

Patnaik won a huge victory in both the 2014 Indian General Elections and the Legislative Assembly of Odisha elections in 2014. Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal secured 20 out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats of Odisha and 117 of the 147 Odisha Vidhan Sabha seats.

Naveen Patnaik Caste

Patnaiks belong to Karans who are a part of caste of Scribes and Secretaries or Kayasthas.