WASNIK, SHRI BALKRISHNA, B.A.  [Congress (1)—Maharashtra, Buldhana (Res. Sch. Castes), 1980]  s. of Shri Ramachandra Wasnik; b. at Kamptee Village, Nagpur Tahsil and District, Maharastra; August 12, 1929; ed. at Nagpur University; m. Smt. Sumon Wasnik, May 1, 1956; 1 s. and 2 d.; Journalist; Secretary, Bharatiya Depressed Classes League, 1956-60: President (i) Nagpur Pradesh Depressed Classes League, 1957, (ii) Madhya Pradesh Independent Labour Party (dissolved) and (iii) Various trade unions in different fields in Vidarbha affiliated to the I.N.T.U.C.: Member (i) Maharashtra State Harijan Welfare Advisory Board, 1957, (ii) Committee on Review of Rehabilitation work in West Bengal, (iii) Second Central Wage Board for Cement Industry, (iv) Vidarbha Housing Board, 1956 (v) Nagpur University Court, 1960, (vi) National Railway Users’ Consultative Council, 1960, (vii) Vidarbha Tobacco Advisory Committee and (viii) Minimum Wages Advisory Committee for Bidi Industry in the old Madhya Pradesh; Member (i) Second Lok Sabha, 1957-62 and (ii) Third Lok Sabha, 1962-67; was Member or several advisory and consultative Committees of Parliament for various Ministries; Member, Estimates Committee, 1961-63.  

Social activities:  Social service through active association with trade unions, educational institutions and social organisations.  

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading.  

Special interests:  Welfare of socially and economically down-trodden people.  

Publications:  ‘Mujra’—a representative collection of Marathi poems; Edited ‘lnsan’—a Hindi weekly from Nagpur (now discontinued).  

Permanent address:  ‘Shabnam’ 365, Maulana A.K. Azad Marg, Gandhinagar, Nagpur-440010.