Member of Parliament (MP) Shri Mohammad Salim

Constituency :	Raiganj (West Bengal )
Party Name :	Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))
Email Address :	md[DOT]salim[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name

Late Shri Azizul Haque

Mother’s Name

Smt. Ladly Haque

Date of Birth

05 Jun 1957

Place of Birth

Kolkata (West Bengal)

Marital Status

Married

Date of Marriage

15 Nov 1987

Spouse’s Name

Dr. (Smt.) Rosina Khatun

No. of Sons

Educational
Qualifications

M.A. (Philosophy )
Educated at St. Barnabas High School, Maulana Azad College, Calcutta, Jadavpur University and Calcutta University College of Law

Profession

Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address

7-C, New Amrapali, 10/2,
Diamond Harbour Road,

Kolkata-700027, West Bengal

(ii) Netaji Pally, Raiganj,
Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal-733134

Present Address

408, V.P. House, Rafi Marg

New Delhi – 110 001

Positions Held

1990-2001

Member, Rajya Sabha (Two terms)

1991-1993

Member, Committee on Sub-ordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha

1991-97

Member, Consultative Committee for the Department of Tourism

Member, Board of Tourism and Travel Industry

1992,1994 & 1996

Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha

1993-1996

Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource Development

1996-97

Member, Standing Committee on Communications

Member, JPC on (WAKF)

1998-1999

Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajya Sabha
Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha

Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs

2000 onwards

Chairman, Committee on National Perspective Plan for Youth (2000 – 2010)

2000-2001

Chairman, Standing Committee on Tourism & Transport

Member, Commitee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General Revenue

2001-2004

Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Minister, Dept. of Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal

2004	Elected to 14^th Lok Sabha

Chairman, Standing Committee on Urban Development

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance

Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha

2 Jan. 2006

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on (WAKF)

5 Aug. 2007

Chairman, Standing Committee on Urban Development

May, 2014

Re-elected to 16^th Lok Sabha (2^nd term)

14 Aug. 2014 – 30 April 2017

Member, Committee on Estimates

1 Sep. 2014 onwards

Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping

13 May 2015 onwards

Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015

3 July 2015

Member, Sub Committee-III, Committee on Estimates

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments

Ex-Member, Editorial Board “Chhatra Sangram” (A student journal, 1980-83), “Yuba Shakti” (Youth Magazine, 1984-87); Member, Editorial Board, “Youth Stream” (English youth magazine from Delhi) and “Naujawan” (Hindi youth magazine)

Social And Cultural Activities

Associated with several social and cultural initiatives particularly aimed at promoting understanding among various ethnic linguistic groups having diverse cultural heritage and identities; engaged in organising students and youth and founded educational institutions, library, youth clubs, cultural and literary societies for the promotion of communal harmony

Special Interests

Promoting self employment; motivating young people to become more enterprising

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading, Music, watching movies, folk culture and social gathering

Sports and Clubs

Patronising and encouraging Football and other indigenous low cost games and sports

Countries Visited

Widely travelled (22 countries) visited Algeria, Cuba, D.P.R. Korea (North Korea), Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Switzerland and U.S.S.R.

Other Information

President, Calcutta Muslim Orphanage; Chairman, (i) West Bengal Minorities Development and Finance Corporation, 1996-2011; (ii) Society for self employment for Urban Youth, West Bengal; (iii) Chairman, West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board, 2007-2011; Director, West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation, 1997-2001; General Secretary, (i) Maulana Azad College Students’ Union, 1978; (ii) Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.), Calcutta District Committee, 1983-89; (iii) Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.) since 1991; Secretary, Democratic Forum for National Integration, 1988-89; Joint Secretary, D.Y.F.I., West Bengal State Committee, 1987-91; Member, (i) Mohammedan Burial Board, West Bengal, 1982-91; (ii) Governing Body, West Bengal Urdu Academy since 1987; (iii) Press Council of India, 1998-99; (iv) Central Committee, C.P.I. (M), (v) Court of Aligarh Muslim University, 1998-99 and (vi) Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998-99
Visited Cuba, USSR, DPR Korea and Algeria to attend the World Festival of Youth and Students; Attended (i) Round Table Discussion on youth held in Mongolia in 1988; (ii) SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians Conference 1997 held in Pakistan; (iii) World Assembly of Youth held in Portugal; (iv) IPU Conference/Specialized Meeting/Regional Seminar held in Philippines and Switzerland.

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