Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bastar
State : Chhattisgarh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Baliram Kashyap
Mother's Name : Smt. Manki Kashyap
Date of birth : 18 Nov 1962
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
National Secretary, BJP ST Morcha1985 - 1990 General Secretary, Yuva Morcha, Bastar Chhattisgarh1990 -1993 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1995 Member, Zilla Panchayat, Bastar, Chhattisgarh1998 - 2004 District President, BJP ST Morcha, Chhattisgarh2004 - 2010 State President, BJP ST Morcha, Chhattisgarh2007 - 08 Nominated President of District Central Co-operative Bank, Distt. Bastar2008 - 2013 Elected President of District Central Co-operative Bank, Distt. Bastar13 May 2011 Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a bye-electionMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Panchayati Raj31 Aug. 2011 - 18 May 2014 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the HouseMember, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public DistributionMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines
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Social And Cultural Activities
Worked for the upliftment of Tribal Community alongwith his Father, Late Shri Baliram Kashyap in tribal dominated Bastar region. Actively associated with programmes aimed at addressing the issues of malnutrition, illiteracy in the region, promoting cultural activities; and also associated with various social awakening programmes
Special Interests
Tribal development, agriculture and co-operatives
Sports and Clubs
Interest in Sports like Volleyball, Football and Kabaddi since childhood. There is great enthusiasm towards Kabaddi in Bastar and his team always stood first.
Other Information
Chairman, Central Cooperative Bank, Jagdalpur, Distt. Bastar, since 2007; President, District Co-operative Bank, Distt. Bastar; Member, Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh; Set up, operated and guided various organizations in the co-operative sector
