Name of Member: Shri Iswar Prasanna Hazarika
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Tezpur (Assam)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI LOK SABHA
HAZARIKA, SHRI ISHWAR PRASANNA
CONGRESS (I)- TEZPUR (ASSAM)
Father's Name: Shri Tirtheswar Hazarika
Date of Birth: 22 January 1937
Place of Birth: North Lakhimpur in Distt. Lakhimpur (Assam)
Marital Status: Married on 11 December 1962
Spouse's Name: Smt. Chhaya Hazarika
Children: Two sons and one daughter
Educational Qualifications :
M.A. (Incomplete), B.L.
Educated at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Delhi School of Economics,
Delhi and Lincoln's Inn, London (U.K.)
Profession :
Civil Service, Management Consultant and Lawyer
Permanent Address :
Ward No. 7,
North Lakhimpur Town-787001 (Assam)
Tel. (03752) 22572
Positions Held :
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Special Interests :
To facilitate accelerated development of Assam and North East India as a solution to the insurgency problem; foreign trade and development of Indian exports; economic relations with former Communist countries and development of India's Power Sector
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading and travelling
Countries Visited :
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Delegation to (i) I.L.O. Conference, Geneva, 1982; (ii) World Diamond Congress, Antwerp, 1984; (iii) Association of State Trading Organisation, Belgrade, 1986; (iv) International Fertiliser Conference, Budapest, 1989 and New York 1990; and (v) Trade Delegations to DPRK, Brazil, Romania, Thailand, USSR, Zimbabwe, etc.
Other Information :
Executive Vice-Chairman, Standing Conference on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and Member, Executive Board of SCOPE, 1981-89; Director, Boards of NTPC, STC and MMTC of India, 1981-88; Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 1987-94; President, Bharat Diamond House Bourse, Bombay, 1988-89; Chairman and Managing Director, M.M.T.C. of India, 1988-90; Member, State Planning Board, Assam, 1994-96; Chairman, Assam State Electricity Board, 1995-96
Election Result :
Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 8,53,710
Total votes polled 6,77,449
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Iswar Prasanna Hazarika (I.N.C.) 2,07,071
(2) Shri Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma (A.G.P.) 2,00,352
(3) Shri Dhruba Prasad Baishya (B.J.P.) 82,893
(4) Shri Rana Deuri (Ind.) 40,908
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