Biography

CHARLES, SHRI A.

[Cong.(I) – Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)]

Positions held

1984

1985

1989

Jan. 1990-Aug. 1990

Aug. 1990

1991

Social and Cultural
Activities

14th November, 1930

Trivandrum* (Kerala)

Married on 27th December, 1962

Smt. Evangeline

Three sons

B.A., B.L.
Educated at University College, Trivandrum and Law College,
Trivandrum (Kerala)

Civil Service, Agriculturist and Social Worker

T.C. 1/1460, Medical College, P.O. Trivandrum (Kerala) Tel. 444547

19, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3718231

Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Member, Estimates Committee
Member, Committee on Hindi Language
Member, Consultative Committee,
Ministry of Surface Transport

Member, P.C.C. (I), Kerala; Member,
A.I.C.C. (I)

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)

Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the
Sittings
of the House

Member, Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members
of Parliament
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport.

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time

Secretary, various charitable societies; Founder-Member, Christian
College, Kattakada, Trivandrum; Presently Secretary, School for Mental Care
of Children, Vattapara, Trivandrum; Member, Central Committee of the C.S.I.
for several years; One of the seven trustees of the C.M.S. trust which looks
after nearly 6,000 orphans all over the country

Upliftment of the handicapped and destitutes

Reading and social service

Abu Dhabi, Iran, U.K. and West Germany; Member, Indian Parliamentary
Delegation to Iran

Member, Kerala Public Service Commission with experience in administration
for more than 25 years; and Secretary, South Kerala Diocese of the C.S.I.
for several years.