Topdar, Shri Tarit Baran Constituency   : Barrackpur (West Bengal) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))

Father’s Name Late Shri Pramodakanta Topdar Mother’s Name Smt. Kamalini Debi Date of Birth 05 Mar 1941 Place of Birth Netrokona, Distt. Mymensing (Now in Bangladesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 30 May 1976 Spouse’s Name Smt. Swapna Topdar No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry) Educated at Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession Teacher Educationist, Trade Unionist Permanent Address 30, Barsad Road, P.O. Nonachandanpukur, P.S. Titagarh, Distt. North 24 Parganas – 700 001 (West Bengal) (033) 5601444,5600408 Present Address 152 -154, North Avenue, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23092167, 9868180507 (M) Positions Held

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1989-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-94 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

1993-96 Member, Committee on Commerce

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Commerce

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Commerce

1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

Member, Committee on Energy

Member, Public Accounts Committee

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development

1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

Social And Cultural Activities Participated in the cultural movement through Indian People’s Theatres Association (I.P.T.A.), 1960-67; associated with the activities of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (I.S.C.U.S.), 1959-63; relief works including those for flood; and setting up a Hospital named ‘Newton Cancer Centre’ for research and cure for treatment of cancer and making efforts to develop it as one of the leading hospitals in eastern India Sports and Clubs Working as Joint General-Secretary, Friends of the Stadium at Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta; promoting various disciplines of sports including football, athletics and gymnastics; and conducting training programmes for football, volleyball and table tennis for juniors Countries Visited China, Hong Kong and U.K. Other Information Member, (i) High Power Committee on Handlooms since 1991; and (ii) Sub-Committee on National Textiles Corporation, 1994-96

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