Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress
Constituency : Howrah
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Provat Kumar Banerjee
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Bina Banerjee
Date of birth : 06 Apr 1955
Profession : Sportsperson Social Worker
Positions held :
Jun. 2013 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha in a bye-electionMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Youth Affairs and SportsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
More Information :
Sports and Clubs
Moscow Olympic Captain (Pre-Olympic), 1980, Football, All India Football Team "Arjun Awardee" (1979-80) As a footballer, associated with various clubs, viz : George Telegraph (1970), Khidderpore Club (1971-73), Mohun Bagan Club (1974-80), Mohammedan Sporting Club (1981), Mohun Bagan Club (1982-1989)
Other Information
Has the distinction of being the first national level footballer to get elected to the Lok Sabha. At the State level (All India Junior & Senior Football Tournament) Ex Member, Jr. Bengal Football Team (1972), Senior Bengal Football (1974-1983), Was a Captain and Champion of the All University Football Team (Calcutta University) (1972) International Football Career At the international level, played at the Asian Games (3 Times) :- Iran (1974), Bangkok (1978) and New Delhi (1982) Asian Youth Football Tournament 1974 : Bangkok (Joint Champion with Iran) Gold Medalist 1974, 78, 81 : Mardeka Football Tournament, Malaysia 1977, 81 : President Cup, South Korea Friendship Tour U.A.E. and Bahrain 1979 : As a Captain of Indian Football Team Friendship Tour Kenya and Zambia 1979 : Member of the Team Best Day of Football Career Regards 24th September 1977 as the best day in his football career when there was a match between Mohun Bagan Vs. Cosmos (Brazil). The Cosmos team included many world cup players including the extraordinary player, King of Football ‘Pele’. 1983 : Represented Asian All Star Football Team against Brazil XI at Kualalampur and Bangkok and considers this as a great achievement in his football career.
