Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Dhanbad
State : Jharkhand
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Justice R.N. Prasad
Mother's Name : Smt. Sarojini Prasad
Date of birth : 15 Jul 1953
Profession : Teacher Educationist, Social Worker
Positions held :
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1994-96 Member, Panel of Chairmen1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996-97 Member, Panel of ChairmenMember, Committee on Energy and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on CoalMember, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Joint Committee on the Constitution (Eighty First Amendment) Bill, 1996 regarding Women`s ReservationMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on EstimatesMember, Panel of ChairmenChairman, Committee on the Participation of Women in JFM, Ministry of External AffairsMember, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committee-II on CoalMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of ParliamentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)13 Oct. 1999-27 May 2000 Union Minister of State, Mines & Minerals27 May 2000- 30 Sept. 2000 Union Minister of State, Helath and Family Welfare30 Sept. 2000- 1 Sept. 2001 Union Minister of State, Rural Development1 Sept. 2001- 29 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Human Resouce Development
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Contributed articles for various magazines
Special Interests
Indian History, culture and child welfare
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, music, cooking and collection of driftwood
Countries Visited
Australia, China, France, Indonesia, Italy, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.; Member, 90th I.P.U. Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1993
Other Information
Taught History in Ranchi University, 1981-91; Member, (i) Board of Jawaharlal Nehru University; and (ii) Shantiniketan
