Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Member of Parliament (MP) from Mayiladuturai (Tamil Nadu) Biodata

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
Aiyar, Shri Mani Shankar
Constituency   : Mayiladuthurai (Tamil Nadu)
Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC)
Email Address :
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
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
Present Address
14, Akbar Road,
New Delhi – 110 011
Tels. (011) 23015538, 23015548
Positions Held
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991-92 Member, Committee on Environment and Forests
1992 Elected to All India Congress Committee (AICC)
1992-96 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
Member, Committee on External Affairs
1998 Secretary, All India Congress Committee
1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1999-2004 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
2002-2004 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)
23 May 2004-28 Jan. 2006 Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum & Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj
29 January 2006- onwards Union Cabinet Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
6 April 2008 onwards Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
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
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Eminent columnist and contributor to various newspapers and periodicals, in India and abroad
Special Interests
Reading, writing and music
Sports and Clubs
Member, Delhi Gymkhana Club and India International Centre, New Delhi
Countries Visited
Widely travelled, went on several delegations abroad while in the Indian Foreign Service
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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