Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad political profile

AZAD, SHRI GHULAM NABI, M.Sc., (Zoology) [Congress (I) — Maharashtra, Washim, 1984]  s. of Shri Rahamatullah Butt; b. at Soti Village, Gundu Taluk, Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, May 10, 1948; ed. at (i) High School, Kilhotran, Doda (J&K), (ii) G.G.M. Science College, Jammu and (iii) Kashmir University, Srinagar; m. Smt. Shameem Dev Azad, March 27, 1980; 1 s.; Political and Social Worker; Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs since December 31, 1984; Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, September 3, 1982—February 8, 1984; Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, February 8, 1984—October 31, 1984 and again from November 4, 1984—December 31, 1984; Secretary, Block Congress Committee; President, District Congress Committee, Doda; President, J&K Pradesh Youth Congress Committee, 1975-77; Member, Congress Working Committee, Jammu and Kashmir since 1975; General Secretary, All India Youth Congress, 1977-80; President, All India Youth Congress, 1980-82; Member, (i) Central Haj Committee, since 1981, (ii) Governing Council, Rajaji International Institute of Public Affairs and Administration, (iii) Special Organising Committee, IX Asian Games, (iv) Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence, (v) Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and (vi) News Print Advisory Committee; Chairman, Youth Services, IX Asian Games; Member, Seventh, Lok Sabha, 1980-1984; Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, 1981-82; Leader, Indian Delegation of Sarvodaya to Sri Lanka, 1973; Delegate to the Eleventh World Youth and Student Festival, Havana, 1978. 

Social activities:  As Member and Organiser of Jammu & Kashmir Gandhi Smarak Nidhi organised hundreds of camps in the States, Roads and Wells were built by the camp participants in different parts of the State.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Gardening and meeting people; taking part in dramas, cultural activities and N.C.C.

Sports and dubs:  Football and Badminton.

Travels abroad:  Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cuba, USSR, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, West Germany, U.K., Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Switzerland, France, Kuwait.

Permanent address:  No. 56, Gujjar Nagar, Jammu, (Jammu & Kashmiri).