Aparajita Sarangi

Aparajita Sarangi (née Mishra; born 8 October 1969[1]) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Bhubaneswar.

Aparajita joined the Indian Administrative Service from 1994 batch of Odisha cadre.

[citation needed] In 1996 she served as Sub-Collector of three Sub-Divisions and Additional District Magistrate.

In 2009 she was appointed Secretary in various departments like School Education, Panchayati Raj and Textile in Government of Odisha.

[12][13] After taking retirement as a civil servant, Aparajita Sarangi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and later contested elections.