Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar Constituency   : Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC) Email Address :

Father’s Name Late Shri V. Sankar Aiyar Mother’s Name Late Smt. Bhagyalakshmi Sankar Aiyar Date of Birth 10 Apr 1941 Place of Birth Lahore (now in Pakistan) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 14 Jan 1973 Spouse’s Name Smt. Suneet Mani Aiyar No.of Daughters 3 Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Economics) Educated at the Doon School, Dehradun, St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi (Delhi) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (U.K.) Profession Writer Social Worker, Trade Unionist Permanent Address 12, Avaiyambalpuram, Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam Distt. – 609 001(Tamil Nadu) Tels. (04364)29500, 21234, 28678 Present Address 14, Akbar Road, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels. (011) 23015538, 23015548 Positions Held

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-92 Member, Committee on Environment and Forests

1992 Elected to All India Congress Committee (AICC)

1992-96 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development

Member, Committee on External Affairs

1998 Secretary, All India Congress Committee

1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1999-2004 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

2002-2004 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)

23 May 2004-28 Jan. 2006 Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj

29 January 2006- onwards Union Cabinet Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

6 April 2008 onwards Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

Books Published (i) “Remembering Rajiv”, Rupa, New Delhi, 1992; (ii) “One Year in Parliament”, Konark, New Delhi, 1993; (iii) “Pakistan Papers”, UBSPD, New Delhi,1995; and (iv) “Rajiv Gandhi`s India”, 4 vols. (General Editor), UBSPD, New Delhi, 1997 Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Eminent columnist and contributor to various newspapers and periodicals, in India and abroad Special Interests Reading, writing and music Sports and Clubs Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club and India International Centre, New Delhi Countries Visited Widely travelled, went on several delegations abroad while in the Indian Foreign Service Other Information Founder President, Society for Secularism; Member, Indian Foreign Service, 1963-89; Consul-General, Karachi, 1978-82; Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, 1982-83; Special Assistant to former Congress (I) President, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, 1989-91; Trustee, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; Member, Governing Council, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies; Member, Court, Visvabharati, 1991-96; Member, Court, Aligarh Muslim University, 1991-96; Member, Court, Pondicherry University, 1995-96; Member, Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1999-2000; Has been awarded ” Outstanding Parliamentarain Award” for 2006 by President Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil;

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