| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
| Suryakanta Patil | |
| Native Name: | सुर्यकांता पाटील |
| Birthname: | Suryakanta Jayawantrao Patil |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Yeotmal, Maharashtra |
| Residence: | Bhagya Nagar, Nanded |
| Office: | Minister of State in Ministry of Rural Development & Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Government of India |
| Primeminister: | Manmohan Singh |
| Predecessor: | M. Venkaiah Naidu |
| Term: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term1: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Predecessor1: | Shivaji Mane |
| Successor1: | Subhash Wankhede |
| Constituency1: | Hingoli |
| Term2: | 1998 - 1999 |
| Predecessor2: | Shivaji Mane |
| Successor2: | Shivaji Mane |
| Constituency2: | Hingoli |
| Term Start3: | 1991 |
| Term End3: | 1996 |
| Predecessor3: | Venkatesh Kabde |
| Successor3: | Gangadharrao Deshmukh-Kunturkar |
| Constituency3: | Nanded |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term4: | 1986–91 |
| Successor4: | Rajni Patil |
| Constituency4: | Maharashtra |
| Office5: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Term5: | 1980–85 |
| Predecessor5: | Nivruttirao Pawar-Jawalgaonkar |
| Successor5: | Bapurao Shinde |
| Constituency5: | Hadgaon-Himayatnagar |
| Party: | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) (2024–present) Bharatiya Janata Party (2014–2024) Nationalist Congress Party (2004–2014) Indian National Congress (until 2004) |
| Spouse: | R. B. Maske |
| Children: | 1 Son and 1 Daughter |
| Date: | 16 September |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Source: | http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3561 |
Suryakanta Patil (born 15 August 1948) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is a former member of the Lok Sabha. She represented the Hingoli & Nanded of Maharashtra.
She was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Later in 2014, resigned from party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party along with Dr. Madhavrao Kinhalkar.[1]
She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.Place of Birth: Waiphana, Nanded, Maharashtra.Marital Status: Married on 2 January 1966.
1971: President-District Congress Committee (women's Wing), Nanded.
1972–74: General Secretary-District Youth Congress
1977–78: Founder- Member D.C.C. (India) Nanded
1980: Member- Municipal Council Nanded
1980–85: Member- Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Hadgaon)
1981–82: Chairperson- Committee of Subordinate Legislation
1981–85: General Secretary- Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra
1991–96: Executive Member-CPP Congress Parliamentary Party (I)
1997–98: Vice President- Pradesh Congress Committee
1986–91: MP-(Rajya Sabha) elected from Maharashtra from Indian National Congress party.[2]
1988–89: Member- Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals
1988–90: Member,Committee of Rules
1991: Elected to 10th Loksabha from Nanded Loksabha constituency
1998: Re-elected on 12th Loksabha (2nd term)
1998–99: Member Committee of Defense and its Sub-Committee-IMember Joint Committee of Empowerment of women and its Sub Committee on Appraisal of laws relating to women -Criminal Laws
1999–2004: Vice Chairperson- of Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education and Research (MCAER), Pune
2004–2009 – MP & Minister of state in Ministry of Rural Development from NCP Quota.
Solving problems of women, Labour Movements, rural Development and Upliftment of poor and downtrodden
Favorite Pastime Recreation: Reading, listening to music and enjoying nature
Sports and Clubs: Swimming, shooting and table-tennis
Political and social worker, Trade Unionist
Japan, U.S.A., China, Egypt, U.K., Germany, New Zealand, U.A.E, Guatemala, Nicaragua.
Imprisoned thrice during Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission.