6th Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile

SAMANTASINHAR, SHRI PADMACHARAN, Janata, (Orissa—Puri—1977):  s. of late Shri Madhusudan  Samantasinhar; b. in December, 1917; m. Smt. Sailbala Samantasinhar; 1 s. and 1 d.; Political and Social worker; Previously associated with Congress, 1937—70; Utkal  Congress, Lokdal; Chairman,  (i) Local Board, Puri  Subdivision, (ii) Zilla Parishad, Puri; Vice-Chairman, District Board, Puri; President, (i)  Orissa State Cooperative Bank, Cuttack, (ii) Centra United Nimapara-Puri Central Cooperative Bank; Vice-President, All-India State Cooperative Banks’ Federation, Eastern Zone; President, (i) Nimapara Regional Cooperative Marketing Society, (ii) Cold Storage Cooperative Society, Satasqukha Pipli, Puri; Board Member, (i) State Cooperative Marketing Society, Orissa, (ii) Orissa State Cooperative Union, (iii) Tribal Development Cooperative Society, Orissa (iv) Market Central Cooperative Bank, Orissa, (v) Central Cooperative Bank, Cuttack, Berhampur and Khunda; Member, (i) Managing Committee for High Schools, and Z.M.E. Schools, (ii) Governing Body, Nimapara College, Puri, (iii) Orissa State Relief Committee, (iv) Orissa State Bhoodan Yajna Samiti, (v) Advisory Committee, Gandhi-Peace Foundation Centre, Puri; Trust Member, Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri; Member, Legislative Assembly, Orissa, 1957—62; presently Member, Committee on Public Undertakings. 

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Farming.

Special interests:  Agricultural Cooperative Banking, Small Scale Industries, Social and Tribal Welfare.

Permanent address:  Sadar, Thana Chhaka, Puri District (Orissa).