Biography

BHANDARI, SMT. DIL KUMARI

[S.S.P. – (Sikkim)]

1985

1985-89

1991

Other Information

14th May, 1949

Vill. Bana Puttabong in Distt. Darjeeling (West Bengal)

Married on 28th March, 1968

Shri N.B. Bhandari

One son and three daughters

Pre-university

Teacher, Social Worker and Journalist

Primula Cottage, Church Road, Gangtok-737101 (Sikkim)

14-5, South Avenue, New Delhi-110 011. Tel. 3015714

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
Member, BOFOR’s Committee
Member, Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Editor, ‘Aaj ko Sikkim’ (bi-weekly Newspaper) and ‘Aadhar’ (Quarterly
magazine)
Editor-in-Chief, ‘Himalaya Today’ (An Indian Quarterly)

Social work in different fields, particularly relating to the welfare of
women, children and handicapped people

Reading, writing and gardening

Patron, Sikkim Women’s Sports Federation

France, Germany, Holland, Hongkong, Italy, Nepal, Switzerland and UK

Chairman, State Social Welfare Advisory Board, Sikkim, 1980-84;
Chairperson, Sikkim Film Corporation; President, NAB, Sikkim Branch;
President, ICCW, Sikkim Branch; President, Academy of Fine Arts, Sikkim; and
Patron, Ashi Sikkim Branch; Awarded Lok Shree award for social service by
Institute of Economic Studies of India, 1989.