Kunal Sarangi

Kunal Sarangi is a technocrat turned young politician from the state of Jharkhand. He is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Baharagora,[1] whip and central spokesperson of the ruling partyJharkhand Mukti Morcha and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Kunal Sarangi speaking at the Young Legislators Conference, New Delhi

He represented Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in CPA conference, Goa, Whips's conference in Vizag and Udaipur, and National Legislature Conference in New Delhi. He assumed office on 23 December 2014 and belongs to JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha).

Education
Kunal Sarangi during an official visit to the UK Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London in 2016

Kunal did his schooling in Baharagora in local vernacular medium government schools and later graduated from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur. He finished his MBA from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), United Kingdom and also attended Harvard University for an executive program on leadership. He was also one of the 12 young Indian political leaders[2] selected for a study tour of Great Britain by the British High Commission in 2016.

Constituency

Baharagora is the trijunction of Odisha, West Bengal, and Jharkhand, and is one of the most literate blocks of Jharkhand. Baharagora is called the rice bowl of the state with maximum paddy production in Jharkhand. Baharagora have many tourist sites, such as Chitreshwar Siva temple and Pahari Mandir Ichrashole.

Recognition

He was honoured with the 'Ideal Youth MLA award'[3] in 2016 by MIT, Pune in one of the largest Students' conferences - Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad ( BCS). He is the first MLA from Jharkhand to get this award.

He represented Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in the National CPA conference (2016) in Goa, National Whips' conference (2017) in Vizag and National Whips' conference (2018) in Udaipur, and National Legislature Conference (2018 ) in New Delhi.

Kunal Sarangi with other IVLP delegates in Washington DC
Kunal Sarangi in front of Capitol House, Washington DC during his time at IVLP programme -November 2018
Kunal speaking at the Harvard University India Conference 2019

He was also chosen for the 'International Visitor Leadership Program- 2018', one of US Government's most prestigious professional exchange programs for international opinion leaders. He is the first ever legislator of Jharkhand[4] to be selected for this internationally recognised program in Washington DC. During his time at IVLP, he actively engaged with his counterparts and exchanged views on contemporary political and socio-economic scenario in Jharkhand. Kunal was also chosen as a goodwill brand ambassador of Arkansas state by Asa Hutchinson, Governor of Arkansas & Mark Martin, Secretary of State of Arkansas. In February 2019, Harvard University invited him to speak at the I ndia Conference 2019 on the relevance of 'Regional Political parties in Indian Politics and their role as king-makers or game-changers'. Kunal shared his views on the journey of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, separate statehood movement for Jharkhand, the party's deep association with representation of local aspirations of Jharkhand and its policy and governance issues.

Kunal Sarangi addressing local community leaders and students in Bahargora about the need to end Child Marriage through community awareness
Kunal Sarangi with UNICEF India Country Head to launch the Generation Unlimited programme in Bahargora

Early in 2019, he also collaborated with UNICEF India to champion it's Child Reporters Initiative in Baharagora to make it a Child-Marriage Free Assembly constituency. He has been actively encouraging young school students, local elected representatives and other grassroots organisations in Baharagora to join the programme and bring effective changes in their community and families.[5] UNICEF has also decided to actively work with Kunal to successfully implement Generation Unlimited, a youth skills programme to ensure an effective transition for the youth in Baharagora from education to employment.

Movement

He has started an online signature campaign to pay tribute after a pregnant Elephant was killed in Kerala. For this, he asked Jharkhand based artist Suman Prasad to make a painting of Elephant with her child.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Kunal Sharangi MLA Jharkhand, Kunal Sharangi Biography, Kunal Sharangi , Kunal Sharangi BAHARAGORA MLA, Who is Kunal Sharangi , About Kunal Sharangi MLA Jharkhand, Jharkhand MLA details, Jharkhand MLA, Address Mobile Contact Details Kunal Sharangi , Asset". infoelections.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. "UK calling young MLA". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. Deepak Patel (21 November 2016), Kunal Sarangi Adarsh vidhayak Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, retrieved 21 March 2018
  4. "JMM MLA part of US exchange programme". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  5. Automation, Bhaskar (28 June 2019). "युवाओं को ट्रेनिंग दे रोजगार से जोड़ेगी यूनिसेफ". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. Automation, Famepublish. "Suman Prasad pays tribute to pregnant Elephant and her child". Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  7. https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/mIndex?htepaper=mobile&tstmp=1204202004&eid=58&edate=06/06/2020&sedId=0
  8. https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/MShareArticle?OrgId=66c34abffa
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