Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Shillong
State : Meghalaya
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri John Dkhar
Mother's Name : Smt. Hermelinda Pala
Date of birth : 14 Feb 1968
Profession : Engineer
Positions held :
2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha28 May 2009 - 27 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Water Resources19 Jan 2011 - 27 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Minority Affairs (Additional Charge)May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice15 Sept. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Member of Parliamant Local Area Development Schemes (MPLADS)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Development of North Eastern RegionMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
More Information :
Special Interests
Sports and Construction Driving, Singing
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Travelling all over the world
Sports and Clubs
Athletics,driving music and reading Football and Golf
Countries Visited
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People`s Republic of China), Holland, Italy, Iran, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, U.A.E. U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Served as (i) Asst. Chief Engineer, Public Works Department,Govt. of Meghalaya;(ii) Chief Coordinator, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee; and (iii) Treasurer, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee; (iv) General Secretary, North East Congress Coordination Committee (v) Ex-Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development and Commerce and Industry (vi) Ex-Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee Ministry of Science and Technology and Environment and Forest (vii) Ex-Member, General Council of the School of Planning and Architecture, Ministry of Human Resource Development (viii) Ex-Member, Court of Manipur University, Member, Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Public Grievances; Member, Consultative Committee Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regin (DoNER); Member, Committee of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
