Dasgupta, Shri Gurudas Constituency   : Ghatal (West Bengal) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (CPI)

Father’s Name Late Shri Durga Prosanna Das Gupta Mother’s Name Smt. Nihar Devi Date of Birth 03 Nov 1936 Place of Birth Barisal (Now in Bangladesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 18 Jun 1965 Spouse’s Name Smt. Jayasri Das Gupta No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications M. Com Educated at Asutosh College and University College of Arts & Commerce, Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address 78,Chetla Road, Kolkata-700 027 West Bengal Tels. (033) 24793434, 24796565 Present Address 15, Canning Lane, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23388701, 9868180640 (M) Positions Held

1985 Member, Rajya Sabha

1986 Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on the Conditions of Agricultural Workers

1988 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)

1992-93 Member, National Council, Communist Party of India

Member, National Commission of Rural Labour

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam

Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha

Member, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on Sick Public Sector Units

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour

Member, Ethics Committee

1993 Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour on provident Fund and ESIC default

Chairman, Sub Committee, on the service condition of Private School Teachers

Chairman, Sub-Committee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of labour on Safety in Mines

1994 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (3rd term)

2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Finance

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Finance

1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

Leader, Communist Party of India Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Finance

23 Sep. 2009 Member, Committee on Petitions

7 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Ethics

Member, Consultative Committee on Labour

Books Published `Securities Scandal and a Report to the Nation`; contributes to a number of leading English and vernacular dailies and many other booklets on economic problems Special Interests Cricket and Rabindra Sangeet Favourite Pastime and Recreation Drama Sports and Clubs Member, Cricket Association of Bengal Countries Visited Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, South Africa, U.K. and U.S.S.R. Other Information Detained under Defence of India Rules in 1965 and went underground on a number of occasions during Congress rule in West Bengal; President and General Secretary, Undivided Bengal Provincial Students` Federation, 1958-60; Vice President, (i) All India Trade Union Congress; and (ii) Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union; General Secretary, (i) Asutosh College Students` Union, 1957; (ii) West Bengal Committee of All India Youth Federation, 1967-77, and (iii) West Bengal Youth Festival Preparatory Committee, 1968, 1970 and 1973; attended World Youth Congress in Budapest as leader of the Indian Delegation in 1970; Elected General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress in 2001; Elected Member, National Secretariat, Communist Party of India, 2004

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