Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Jorhat
State : Assam
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Krishna Kanta Handique
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 01 Dec 1934
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1972-76 Member, Assam Legislative Assembly1973-78 President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Jorhat1973 Member, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]1974-77 Chairman, Estimates Committee, Assam Legislative AssemblyChairman, Inquiry Committee on Assam State Electricity BoardMember, Committee on Government Assurances, Assam Legislative Assembly1980-85 Member, Rajya Sabha1980-90 Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], Assam1982-84 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1984-85 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Government Assurances Committee1980-90 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Education and Sports Affairs1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Committee on External AffairsMember, Committee on Food and Civil Supplies1992 Member, All India Congress Committee [A.I.C.C. (I)]1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1997-98 Member, Committee on External Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1998-99 Chairman, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals1999-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs2002 Member, Congress Working Committee, AICCMember, Rules Committee, Lok Sabha2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)May 2004 - Jan. 2006 Union Minister of State, Ministry of DefenceMay 2004-Apr. 2007 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Parliamentary AffairsJan. 2006-May 2009 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals & FertilizersApr. 2007-May 2009 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Mines2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)31 May 2009 - 18 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Mines; Development of North Eastern Region19 Jan 2011-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Development of North Eastern Region3 May 2013 Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Published poems in Anthology of American poetry entitled “The Other Side of the Mirror” and “American Poetry Anthology” (Vol. IX, No. 4)
Social And Cultural Activities
Promotes crafts skills among women and set up community halls for tea plantation workers and the minority population; organises relief work after natural calamities;and involved in preservation of Tai cultural heritage, language and literature
Special Interests
Developmental work, environment and foreign affairs
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, poetry and bird-watching
Sports and Clubs
Organised sports events for the local youth in rural areas of Jorhat and Sivasagar.
Countries Visited
Bangladesh, Chile, China,Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mauritius,Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco,Poland, Philippines, Russia, South Africa,South Korea,Switzerland, The Netherlands, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Founder member and active participant in the management of following instructions; Chairman, (i) Kushal Konwar Indoor Stadium Committee; (ii) Jyoti Chitrobon-Film Studio Society (a Government Undertaking–the first film studio in public sector in the country), 1973-78; (iii) North-Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (a Government of India Undertaking); and (iv) Inquiry Committee on Assam State Electricity Board; Member, (i) Executive Council, Dibrugarh University; (ii) Court of North-Eastern Hill University, 1980-84; (iii) Tea Board; (iv) E.S.I. Corporation, 1980-84; (v) Wild Life Board of India, 1985; (vi) Indian Council of Cultural Relations (I.C.C.R.), 1985; and (vii) Trade delegation sponsored by the Trade Development Authority
