Party Name : Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Constituency : Barrackpore
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Pramodakanta Topdar
Mother's Name : Smt. Kamalini Debi
Date of birth : 05 Mar 1941
Profession : Teacher Educationist, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-94 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table1993-96 Member, Committee on Commerce1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on CommerceMember, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Commerce1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)Member, Committee on EnergyMember, Public Accounts Committee5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Social And Cultural Activities
Participated in the cultural movement through Indian People’s Theatres Association (I.P.T.A.), 1960-67; associated with the activities of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (I.S.C.U.S.), 1959-63; relief works including those for flood; and setting up a Hospital named ‘Newton Cancer Centre’ for research and cure for treatment of cancer and making efforts to develop it as one of the leading hospitals in eastern India
Sports and Clubs
Working as Joint General-Secretary, Friends of the Stadium at Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta; promoting various disciplines of sports including football, athletics and gymnastics; and conducting training programmes for football, volleyball and table tennis for juniors
Countries Visited
China, Hong Kong and U.K.
Other Information
Member, (i) High Power Committee on Handlooms since 1991; and (ii) Sub-Committee on National Textiles Corporation, 1994-96
