Party Name : Janata Dal (United)
Constituency : Pataliputra
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Jaggan Bhagat
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Quwadar Devi
Date of birth : 18 Apr 1945
Profession : Professor Social Worker, Educationist, Sportsperson
Positions held :
1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha1990-1991 Member, Committee on Welfare of SC & ST, Rajya Sabha1990-94 National General Secretary, Janata Dal1991-1993 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Mines, Rajya Sabha1994-96 Member, Railways Convention Committee, Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Human Resource Development, Rajya Sabha1996 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha ( 2nd term)1996-98 Member, Political Affairs Committee, Janata Dal1996-2001 National Working President, Rashtriya Janta Dal1997-98 Convenor, Rashtriya Loktantrik Morcha1997-2001 Party Leader, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Rajya Sabha1998-2000 Member, Standing Committee on Finance, Rajya Sabha2000-2002 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence, Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & ForestsMember, Privilege Committee, Rajya SabhaMember, Commitee on Public Undertaking, Rajya Sabha2009 Elected to 15th Lok Sabha9 Jun. 2009 Member, House Committee31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resources Development16 Oct. 2009 Chairman, Joint Committee on Food Management in Parliament House ComplexMember, Indian Parliamentary Group Executive Committee, 2009-1010 Apr. 2011 Deputy Leader, Jantal Dal (United) Parliamentary Party3 May 2013 Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Contributed many articles in the International Journals of Geology
Special Interests
(i) Improvement of educational environment of Bihar and upliftment of downtrodden, Dalits and poor; and (ii) Teaching & Research
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social work and reading
Sports and Clubs
(i) General Secretary, Science College, Patna, Common Room; and (ii) Badminton Captain, Science College, Patna-1969-70
Countries Visited
Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
"Shaheed-E-Kargil Smriti Park" constructed in 2000 from M.P.L.A.D.S fund, Patna, Bihar, known as Kargil Memorial,Patna; Cabinet Member, Patna University Students Union, 1969-70; Patron-Bihar Buddhijeevi Manch, Patna; Actively participated in the movement launched by Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan, 1974;
