 From July 2011 to May 2014, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs & Panchayati Raj

Kishore Chandra Deo was born in Kurupam to Raja V. Durgaprasad Deo of Kurupam and Rani (now,Late Rajmata) Sobhalata Devi.He is the present Zamindar of Kurupam, Vizianagram District, Andhra Pradesh.He belongs to the Konda Dora scheduled tribe community, and is from a family of tribal hill chiefs.