Smt. Maragatham Chandrasekhar

[Cong. (I) – SriperumbudurSC (Tamil Nadu)]

Place of Birth

Marital Status

Spouse’s Name

Children

Educational Qualifications

Profession

Permanent Address

Present Address

Positions held

1952

Aug., 1952 to April, 1957

1962

May, 1962 to May, 1964

1964-67

1970

1972

1976

1978-80

1982

Sept. 1983 to Jan. 1985

1984

Jan. 1985 to Sept. 1985

1989

1990

1991

Special Interests

Favourite Pastime
and Recreation

Countries visited

Other Information

Madras (Tamil Nadu)

Married on 23rd October, 1950

Late Shri R. Chandrasekhar

One son and one daughter

B.Sc, L.T., H. and S.S., Dip. in Journalism, Dip. in Domestic Science and Dip. in Dietetics Course
Educated at Queen Mary’s College, Presidency College, Lady Willington Training College, Madras, Westminster Training College, National Training College of Domestic Science, London School of Journalism, King’s College and Middlesex Hospital, London

Teacher, Political and Social Worker

14, Crescent Road, Shenoy Nagar, Madras-600030 (Tamil Nadu). Tel, 614161, 614100

8, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782424

Elected to Lok Sabba (First)

Union Deputy Minister, Health

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Third)

Union Deputy Minister, Home Affairs

Union Deputy Minister, Social Welfare

Elected to Rajya Sabha

General Secretary, A.I.C.C. (I)

Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Treasurer, A.I.C.C. (I)

Elected to Rajya Sabha for the third time

Interim President, P.C.C. (I), Tami! Nadu

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the third time

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Women and Social Welfare

Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the fourth time

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals
Member, Committee of Privileges

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fifth time Member, Committee on Science and Technology
Member, Cong. (I) Parliamentary Board
Member, Central Disciplinary Aciion Committee, AICC(I)
Member, Appeals Committee, AICC(I) Organisational Elections, 1991

Upliftment of women, children, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Reading and Gardening

Widely travelled; Member, Indian Cultural Delegation to USSR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, 1954; Member, Trade Union Delegation to Sri Lanka, 1957; Delegate to UN Seminar on Human Rights in Developing Countries at Kabul, 1964; Delegate to the 13th International Conference of Social Work at Washington, September, 1966 and to International Women’s Conference at Mangolia and at Nairobi, 1985; and Member, Delegation to 25th Anniversary of IRRI, Manila, 1985

Participated in freedom struggle; Member, National Union of Students (YMCA) London, 1946-50; Indian Students Bureau, London, 1946-50; Central Family Planning Board, 1952-57; Convenor, Bharat Sewak Samaj, Madras State 1957-59; South Indian Women Legislative Conference, Bangalore, 1957; Member, Central Second Pay Commission, 1957-59; Central Committee of State Film Awards, 1961-62; First Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Governing Council, Indo-German Social Service Society; Standing Committee, I.C.C.W.; Gandhi Sadan Committee; National Shipping Board; Life Member; British University Society of South India; Indian Council of Child Welfare; President, All India De-notified Tribes; Chairman, Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; National Small Industries Corporation, 1959-61; Commission for Linguistic Minorities of India, 1967-70.