Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Tamluk
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Bishnupada Seth
Mother's Name : Smt. Pakhi Bala Seth
Date of birth : 11 Apr 1946
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1982-96 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms)1987-96 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, West Bengal Legislative Assembly1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Transport and TourismMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests2002 Member, Committee on Labour2003-2004 Member, Committee on Finance2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Finance5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Organising various social welfare activities through NGOs namely Unnayan, Bharati, Tamralipta Jan Kalyan Samiti, District Council of Child Welfare and Haldia Service Society; Chairman, (i) Jan Shikshan Sangstha (sponserd by the Government of India); and (ii) Indian Centre for advancement of Education and Research which runs ten educational institutions including an Engineering College, Law College and a Marine College etc.
Special Interests
Social welfare and cultural activities, sports and educational institutions
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Football and cricket; Life Member of Cricket Association of Bengal; President, (i) Country Sports Foundation and (ii) IFA-CSF Residential Football Academy
Countries Visited
Pakistan
Other Information
Chairman, Haldia Development Authority since 1998; manages the educational institutions such as (i) Haldia Institue of Techonolgy ; (ii) Haldia Law College; (iii) International Institute of Maritime Studies and Research; (iv) Indo-Australia Institute of Technology and Management; (v) College of Paramedical Science; (vi) Vidyasagar Primary Teachers` Training Institute; (vii) Institute of Education (B.Ed. Course); (viii) Institute of Management; (ix) Institute of Foreign Languages; and (x) Institute of Deaf and Dumb
