Members BioprofileSIDDHARTHA, SMT. D.K. THARA DEVI

[Cong. (I) – Chikmagalur (Karnataka)]

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1974-75

1978-81

1981-85

1984

1990

1991

25 June, 1991

Other Positions held

Social and Cultural Activities

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime
and Recreation

Sports and Clubs

Countries visited

Mudigere in Distt. Chikmagalur (Karnataka)

Married

Shri Siddhartha Reddy

B.A.,

Agriculturist, Coffee Grower, Political Activist and Social Worker

P.O. Mudigere, Distt. Chikmagalur (Karnataka)

151, South Avenue, New Delhi-110011. Tel. 3010459, 3792588

Chairman, Family and Child Welfare Project, Mudigere

President, Mudigere Taluka Development Board

Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Elected to Rajya Sabha

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Union Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare

Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

President, Municipal Council, Mudigere

Vice-president, D.C.C., Chikmagalur

General Secretary, P.C.C., Karnataka

Joint Secretary, A.I.C.C.

Convenor, Women’s Wing of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee

Member, Board of Directors, Coffee Board,

Member, Board of Directors, Spices Board.

Founder-President, Mahila Kaigarika Sahaka-Sangha Mudigere; organised students lo collect funds and materials for the war widows of China and Pakistan war; working for the upliftment of women, child welfare and the betterment of Tribals and Scheduled Castes; working for the welfare of destitutes and widows and for the elimination of untouchability; courted arrest during 1977-78

Protection of Environment, Welfare of Coffee Spices and Coconut Growers and Labourers; Alleviation of women’s exploitation

Gardening, music, reading, astronomy, ornothology and watching historical movies

Yoga, badminton and carrom

Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, North Korea, Sri Lanka, USA and USSR; Chairman, Delegation to Sri Lanka; Member, Delegation to Special Youth Congress Afghanistan 1989; United Nations 41st General Assembly Session, Indo-Soviet Friendship to USSR 1985, Parliamentary Delegation to North Korea 1986, International Coffee Organisation, London, 1988.