Mukherjee, Smt. Geeta Constituency   : Panskura (West Bengal) Party Name     : Communist Party of India (CPI)

Father’s Name Late Shri Prafulla Kumar Roychowdhury Mother’s Name Late Smt. Shaila Bala Roychowdhury Date of Birth 08 Jan 1924 Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 08 Nov 1942 Spouse’s Name Late Shri Biswanath Mukherjee Educational Qualifications B.A. Educated at Ashutosh College, Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession Writer Social Worker Permanent Address Flat-12, Block-D, 18, Bow Street, Calcutta-700012 (West Bengal) (033) 2254488 Positions Held

1946 Member, State Committee, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.), Bengal

1967-77 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Member, Various Committees, West Bengal Legislative Assembly

1978 onwards Member, National Council, C.P.I.

1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha

1980-83 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1981-82 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

1981-84 Member, Joint Committee on Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 1980

1981 onwards Member, National Executive Committee, C.P.I.

1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1985-86 and 1987-89 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1989-91 Member, Panel of Chairmen

Member, House Committee

1990-91 Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1991-92 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

1993-96 Member, Panel of Chairmen

1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1993-97 Member, Committee on External Affairs

1993 onwards Member, Joint Select Committee on Bills relating to Women

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)

1996-97 Chairperson, Joint Select Committee on Reservation of Seats for Women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies

Chairperson, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

Member, Panel of Chairmen

Member, Committee on Communications

Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)

1998 onwards Member, Secretariat, C.P.I.

1998-99 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I

Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal Laws

Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development

Expired on 4 March, 2000

Books Published (i) Bharat Upakatha; (ii) Chotader Rabindranath; (iii) He Atit Katha Kao (all in Bengali); and (iv) Bengali translation of `Naked among Wolves` Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Regularly contributing articles to various newspapers and weeklies Social And Cultural Activities Women`s employment, women`s movement, student movement, peasant movement and eradication of illiteracy; working for womens` empowerment and also for building communal harmony Special Interests Theory and practice of Marxism and Leninism Favourite Pastime and Recreation Poetry, songs and socialising with rural women and younger generation Countries Visited Widely travelled (Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Germany, U.A.E., U.K., U.S.A., former U.S.S.R., etc.) Other Information Participated in the Freedom Struggle; imprisoned several times for participation in mass movements during pre-independence and post-independence periods; Associated with C.P.I. as a student since 1939; General-Secretary, Bengal Provincial Students` Federation, 1947-51; Vice-President, National Federation of Women; Secretariat Member, Women`s International Democratic Federation, Berlin, 1958; Executive Member, National Federation of Indian Women since 1965; Member, (i) National Commission on Rural Labour, 1986, (ii) National Commission on Women, 1988; (iii) National Children`s Board, 1990; (iv) Press Council; and (v) Court of Visva Bharati, 1998-99

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