Kusmaria, Dr. Ramkrishna Constituency   : Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Email Address : kusumaria[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Kanhaiyalal Kusmaria Mother’s Name Late Smt. Nauni Bahu Date of Birth 30 Jul 1942 Place of Birth Sakor, Distt. Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 01 Jun 1965 Spouse’s Name Smt. Geeta Devi Kusmaria No. of Sons 3 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Agriculture), Ph.D. Educated at Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur and Rani Durgawati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist Permanent Address Kanhaiakunj, Vill. Sakor, P.O. Hinota Kala Tehsil Hatta, Distt. Damoh -470661 (Madhya Pradesh) (07604) 263563 Present Address 203-204 South Avenue, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels. (011) 23792363, 23794069 Fax : (011) 23792155 Positions Held

1972-75 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Distt. Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

1977-80, 1985-90 and 1990-91 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (three terms)

1985-86 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-93 President, Kisan Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Madhya Pradesh

1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources

1993-95 National Secretary, Kisan Morcha, B.J.P.

1993-96 Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests

Member, Committee on Government Assurances

Member, Committee of Privileges

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99 Member, Committee on Agriculture

Member, Railway Convention Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resoures

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member, Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill, 1999

1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Member, Committee on Estimates (two terms)

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Member, Committee on Official Language

Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture

December 2008 Resigned w.e.f. 19 December, 2008.

Social And Cultural Activities Organising curltural and religious functions for personal and social upliftment through Yug Nirman Yojna; service of the handicapped by providing them tri-cycles, wheel chairs, hearing – aids, crutches and employment opportunities and abolition of child marriage and dowry sysytem Special Interests Horticulture Favourite Pastime and Recreation Watching religious and historical plays, Ram Leela, Mahabharat and programmes of Aastha and Sanskar T.V. channels Sports and Clubs Kabaddi and volleyball Countries Visited France, Panama and U.S.A. Other Information Secretary, Music Association, J.N. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, 1963-64; imprisoned for eighteen months under M.I.S.A. during the Emergency, 1975; Chief, Sambhagiya Kisan Morcha, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh, 1980-85; Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society, 1998-99; Executive Board, J.N. Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur; General Secretary, B.J.P., M.P., 2004; Vice-President, B.J.P., M.P., 2005

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