Sushila Tiriya, is a social worker and a politician from the Indian National Congress party, who was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha(on year 1986 and again on year 2006) the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
Her father, Shri Rupnarayan Tiriya, opened a school and took keen interest in educating the tribal community.
[2] At the age of 24, Sushila Tiriya joined the Youth Congress (I) and became its President and Vice-president in 1983 and 1984 respectively, from Mayurbhanj District, Odisha.
[1] From 1995 onwards, she served as the Joint Secretary of All India Congress Committee, along with getting re-elected as a Lok Sabha member in 1996.
[1] Sushila Tiriya has special interests in the upliftment of rural poor tribals as well as the unemployed youth.