Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress
Constituency : Jadavpur
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Charu C. Chaudhuri
Mother's Name : Smt. Chhaya Devi Chaudhurani
Date of birth : 26 Dec 1930
Profession : Educationist Writer, Social Worker
Positions held :
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha1996-97 Member, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and BroadcastingMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External AffairsMember, Committee on the Empowerment of Women1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-committee on Preservation of MonumentsMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Rules CommitteeMember, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of WomenMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2000 Chairperson, Committee on External AffairsMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999Member, Committee on Official Language2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
More Information :
Books Published
(i) Itihasher Sandhane (In Search of History); (ii) Charana Rekha Tabo (In His Footsteps); (iii) Prasanga Subhas Chandra (Subject Subhas Chandra); (iv) 1947: Samriti Bismriti (1947 : Memories); (v) Ek Nambar Bari (all in Bengali); and (vi) Netaji : a biography for the young (in English)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Columnist for distinguished journals in English and Bengali, e.g. Desh, Anandabazar Patrika, Jugantor, Amrit Bazar Patrika, Statesman, Telegraph, Illustrated Weekly of India; Member, P.E.N. (International Organisation of Writers), 1953 onwards
Social And Cultural Activities
Women and child development and welfare of the handicapped; organised seminars and international conferences on history, politics and current affairs
Special Interests
Music and art; research on Netaji, Freedom Struggle of India and art critic
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing, music and visiting art galleries
Sports and Clubs
Member, Bengal Club and Tolly Club, Calcutta
Countries Visited
Widely travelled, Europe, U.S.A. and South East-Asia (16 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Morocco, 1998
Other Information
Daughter of a well-known constitutional expert, Shri Charu C. Chaudhuri and one of the Secretaries of West Bengal Legislative Assembly; Her husband Dr. Sisir Bose, a well known freedom fighter was imprisoned in Lahore Fort and Red Fort for his role in Netaji’s escape from Calcutta in 1941 and during Quit India Movement and World War-II; Professor (English), Sivanath Sastri College, Calcutta, 1955-95; Head, Deptt. of English, Sivanath Sastri College, Calcutta, 1962-90; Principal, Sivanath Sastri College, Calcutta, 1983-90; Founder Member, Institute of Child Health, Calcutta, 1954 onwards; As member of Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta, (1965 onwards) organised at least a dozen International Conferences on history, politics and current affairs; President, Vivek Chetna (Women’s Organisation), Calcutta, 1994 onwards
