SHASTRI, SHRI HARI KRISHNA,  Mech. Engineer [Congress (I)—Uttar Pradesh, Fatehpur, 1984]  s. of late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri; b. at Allahabad, February 21, 1938; ed. at Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.; m. Smt. Vibha Shastri, July 4, 1961; 2 s.; Technical Consultant and Social and Political Worker; Secretary, Cong.-I Party in Parliament; Joint Secretary A.I.C.C. (I) in 1977; Member, Executive Committee, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party; Member, (i) National Shipping Board, 1967-70, (ii) Coffee Board, 1967-70, (iii) Posts & Telegraphs Board, 1967-70, (iv) National Stadium Committee, 1967-70 (iv) All India Council of  Sports, 1967-70, (vi) Special Organising Committee, ASIAD, 1982, and (vii) Executive Committee, Prime Minister’s Relief Fund one day cricket match between India and Pakistan; Member, Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967-70; Member, Informal  Consultative Committee, (i) Ministry of Industrial  Development, (ii) Department of Company Affairs, (iii) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, (iv) Ministry of Atomic Energy, Science and Technology, and (iv) Ministry of Railways; Member, Seventh Lok Sabha, 1980-84; Member, Public Accounts Committee for two years.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Social work, studies and sports.

Special interests:  Promotion of sports, industrial development and upliftment of downtrodden.

Sports and clubs:  Cricket, Badminton, Football and Cycle Polo; Patron, (i) Shastri Football Club, (ii) Shastri Basketball Tournament and (iii) Football Tournament; President, B. B. Star Football Club.

Travels abroad:  U.K., U.S.S.R., West Germany, Switzerland, France, U.A.R., and U.S.A.

Permanent address:  1, Moti Lal Nehru Place, New Delhi.