Aparajita Sarangi (IAS) Age, Caste, Husband, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Former IAS Officer and Politician
Civil Service
Service	Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Batch	1994
Cadre	Odisha
Major Designation(s)	• Sub-collector of Hindol, Dhenkanal district, Odisha • Collector and District Magistrate in Khurda, Koraput, Nuapada, and Bargarh districts of Odisha. • Municipal Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for three years. • Commissioner-cum-Secretary of state school and mass education department in Odisha.
Retirement	Year, 2018 (voluntary retirement)
Awards/Honours	Shakti Samman (2012)
Politics
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (June 2018 - present)
Political Journey	• 2018: Joined the BJP • 2019: Won the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat • 2024: Won the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat for the second time
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	8 October 1969
Age (as of 2023)	54 Years
Birthplace	Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	India
Hometown	Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Educational Qualification	Bachelor Degree in English
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Reading Books
Controversies	• In 2010, she attracted controversy over a dress code for school teachers in Odisha. She had issued an order for school teachers in Odisha to attend school in a particular dress; teachers expressed their dissent over the dress code and organized a widespread protest across Odisha. • In another controversy related to the dress code for school teachers in Odisha, she differed on the colour of the dress to the one which had been chosen by the Minister Pratap Jena. Aparajita insisted on pink sarees with black blouses, the minister’s choice fell on beige sarees with a navy blue border. • In 2017, the School and Mass Education Minister alleged that Aparajita had announced the ban on admission test from classes I to VIII without consulting him.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Husband/Spouse	Santosh Sarangi (IAS Officer)
Children	Son- Shikhar Sarangi Daughter- Archita Sarangi
Parents	Father- Name Not Known (Teacher) Mother- Name Not Known (Teacher)
Favourites
Actor	Shah Rukh Khan
Actress	Deepika Padukone
Travel Destination	New York

Some Lesser Known Facts About Aparajita Sarangi

• Aparajita was an IAS officer of 1994 batch. She resigned from prestigious administrative service on 15 September 2018 and inducted into BJP.
  

  Dharmendra Pradhan and Amit Shah welcomed Aprajita in BJP

• For the first time, she met her husband during the IAS training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

• Her husband has always guided her, so, she terms her husband, ‘a brilliant officer.’

• When she was a college student, she won the Best Dramatist Award for three consecutive years and was also adjudged the “Best Speaker” at an all-India debate competition organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.

• She was brilliant at the study and cleared the Civil Service exams in her first attempt in 1994.

• If she were not an IAS officer, she would be an interior designer.

• She is often called “Madam Angry” due to her strict nature at work.

• In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP’s Aparajita Sarangi, a former municipal commissioner of Bhubaneswar, defeated BJD’s Arup Patnaik, the former commissioner of Mumbai Police, from the Bhubaneswar Constituency.