Biography

Father's Name	 	Shri Basanta Kumar Biswal

Date of Birth	 	21 September 1970

Place of Birth  	Rajabagicha, Distt. Cuttack (Orissa)

Marital Status	 	Married on 14 July 1997

Spouse's Name  	 	Smt. Anita Biswal 

Educational Qualifications  		

		B.A.(Hons.), M.A.

		Educated at BJB College, Bhubaneswar (Orissa) and 
		St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi     

Profession  	

		Sportsman and Executive

Permanent Address  	

		Vill. and P.O. Tulang, Via Tivan, 
		Distt. Jagatsinghpur-754103
		(Orissa) 

		Tel. (06722) 7324

Present Address  

		175, South Avenue,
		New Delhi-110011

		Tel. (011) 3794210

Positions Held  
   
1996		Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 

1996-97		Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
		Environment and Forests 

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry

1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99		Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
		Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on
		Food Technology

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

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Coal

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  	

Reading, music and sports

Sports and Clubs  	

Cricket;  Represented  (i)  East  Zone  and  Orissa in Zonal 
and National  Trophy   matches  for the last 13 years; (ii) India 
in Youth  World  Cup in  Australia; (iii) India against New Zealand; 
(iv) as  Vice-Captain  of  India's  Youth  team against Pakistan; 
(v)as Captain  of  Indian  team  in  Youth Asia Cup and in a series 
against Pakistan; and (vi)as Captain  of  Orissa  team in the Ranji 
Trophy Tournament for the last 3 years; Member, (i)Bhubaneswar Club; 
(ii) Pragati Sporting Club; and (iii) Raman Cricket Club

Countries Visited  	

Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, 
Thailand, U.K., U.S.A; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation

Other Information  	

Executive, Steel Authority of India Ltd.,1993-96