Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Jammu
State : Jammu and Kashmir
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Gushu Ram Sharma
Mother's Name : Smt. Ram Rakhi Sharma
Date of birth : 22 Apr 1954
Profession : Defence Services Social Worker
Positions held :
1983-1986, 1987-1990, and 2002-2004 Member, Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly (three terms)1988-1990 Minister of State, Education, Government of Jammu & Kashmir2003-2004 Minister of Works (R&B), Government of Jammu and Kashmir2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha2007 Member, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Committee on Transport and Tourism2008 - 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Committee on Official Language6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Estimates31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Estimates
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Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with a number of Old Age and Orphan Care Centres; personal attention paid to solemnise marriages of poor, needy and helpless; organising group marriages; special attention for arranging Pariwar Sammelan in rural and urban areas of the State; preservation of cultural heritage inside and outside the State
Special Interests
Upliftment of poor and downtrodden strata of society; interested in maintaining social and family life
Sports and Clubs
Hockey; Joint Secretary, All India Olympic Association, 1990; and member of various sports clubs in the State
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
