Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress
Constituency : Dum Dum
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Debesh Chandra Roy
Mother's Name : Smt. Anila Roy
Date of birth : 06 Aug 1947
Profession : Educationist
Positions held :
1968-1970 General Secretary, West Bengal Chhatra Parishad, Students Wing of the Congress1973-1977 General Secretary, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee1977 Elected to 6th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Government Assurances1979 Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals1987-2009 Member, West Bengal Legislative assembly (five terms)2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)2009 - 22 Sept. 2012 Union Minister of State, Urban DevelopmentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence11 Dec. 2014- 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit29 April 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex1 May 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Public UndertakingsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Public Undertakings13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Active trade unionist; connected with over hundred trade unions; connected with slum improvement and anti-illiteracy work
Special Interests
Anti-illiteracy work; drama
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books; listening to Rabindra Sangeet; watching plays
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, hockey, swimming, table tennis Constitution Club, Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Countries Visited
Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Singapore, Srilanka, South Koria, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
Lecturer in Physics, Ashutosh College, Kolkata (1974 - 2007); Officer in the State Bank of India 1970-72; Presently President: (i) Rashtriya Chatkal Mazdoor Union (ii) National Union of Waterfront Workers (I); Registered as Advocate, Calcutta High Court
