Name of Member: Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Mayiladuturai (Tamil Nadu)
Lok Sabha Experience: 10,13,14
Fourteenth Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile
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Constituency : |
Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu) |
Party Name : |
Indian National Congress (INC) |
Email Address : |
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Father’s Name |
Late Shri V. Sankar Aiyar |
Mother’s Name |
Late Smt. Bhagyalakshmi Sankar Aiyar |
Date of Birth |
10 Apr 1941 |
Place of Birth |
Lahore (now in Pakistan) |
Marital Status |
Married |
Date of Marriage |
14 Jan 1973 |
Spouse’s Name |
Smt. Suneet Mani Aiyar |
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No.of Daughters |
3 |
Educational
Qualifications |
B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Economics)
Educated at the Doon School, Dehradun, St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi (Delhi) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (U.K.) |
Profession |
Writer
Social Worker, Trade Unionist |
Permanent Address |
12, Avaiyambalpuram, |
Mayiladuturai, Nagapattinam Distt. – 609 001(Tamil Nadu) |
Tels. (04364)29500, 21234, 28678 |
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Present Address |
14, Akbar Road, |
New Delhi – 110 011 |
Tels. (011) 23015538, 23015548 |
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Positions Held |
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1991 |
Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
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1991-92 |
Member, Committee on Environment and Forests |
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1992 |
Elected to All India Congress Committee (AICC) |
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1992-96 |
Member, Committee on Human Resource Development |
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Member, Committee on External Affairs |
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1998 |
Secretary, All India Congress Committee |
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1999 |
Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1999-2004 |
Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development |
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2002-2004 |
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term) |
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23 May 2004-28 Jan. 2006 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj |
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29 January 2006- onwards |
Union Cabinet Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
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6 April 2008 onwards |
Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region |
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Books Published |
(i) “Remembering Rajiv”, Rupa, New Delhi, 1992; (ii) “One Year in Parliament”, Konark, New Delhi, 1993; (iii) “Pakistan Papers”, UBSPD, New Delhi,1995; and (iv) “Rajiv Gandhi`s India”, 4 vols. (General Editor), UBSPD, New Delhi, 1997 |
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
Eminent columnist and contributor to various newspapers and periodicals, in India and abroad |
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Special Interests |
Reading, writing and music |
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Sports and Clubs |
Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club and India International Centre, New Delhi |
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Countries Visited |
Widely travelled, went on several delegations abroad while in the Indian Foreign Service |
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Other Information |
Founder President, Society for Secularism; Member, Indian Foreign Service, 1963-89; Consul-General, Karachi, 1978-82; Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, 1982-83; Special Assistant to former Congress (I) President, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, 1989-91; Trustee, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; Member, Governing Council, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies; Member, Court, Visvabharati, 1991-96; Member, Court, Aligarh Muslim University, 1991-96; Member, Court, Pondicherry University, 1995-96; Member, Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1999-2000; Has been awarded ” Outstanding Parliamentarain Award” for 2006 by President Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil; |
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