Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Nominated Anglo-Indian (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Samata Party(Samata Party)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Thomas Xavier
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Dorothy Xavier
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Date of Birth
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05.05.1935
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Place of Birth
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Ootacamund, Distt. Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu)
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Marital Status
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Widow
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Date of Marriage
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02 Jun 1966
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Shri Neil Henry D’Souza
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A. (Economics), M.A. (English), Ph.D.
(Australian Literature)
Educated at Stella Maris College, Presidency College, University of Madras,
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and research at University of Western Australia, Perth and
University of Monash, Melbourne (Australia)
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Profession
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Professor
Social Worker, Educationist
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Permanent Address |
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MIG-P-3, Foreshore Estate
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Chennai – 600029, Tamil Nadu
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(044) 4941533
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Present Address |
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31, Meena Bagh,
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New Delhi – 110011
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(011)2 3793834
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Position Held |
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1991-96
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Nominated Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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1993-96
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Member, State Commission for Women, Tamil Nadu
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1995-96
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Chairperson, State Minorities Commission, Tamil Nadu
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1998
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Nominated Member, 12th Lok Sabha
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Vice-President, Samata Party, Tamil Nadu
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1998-99
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Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its
Sub-Committee on Education and Health Programmes for Women
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and
Forests and its Sub-Committee on Food Technology
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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1999
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Nominated Member, 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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2000-2001
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Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women and Convenor of its
Sub-Committee on Laws related to Women
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Authority on Post-Colonial Literature; Presented Papers at various National and International Seminars
on Commonwealth Literature held at Hyderabad, Mysore and Chennai
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Fund-raising cultural programmes for youth, women and senior citizens; Seminars on
Education, Politics and Women’s issues
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Special Interests
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Woman activist; working for school drop-outs, street children and in the field of adult literacy;
research on 500 years old history of Anglo-Indian Community; Literature of the Raj and
Children’s Literature
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading History and Biography, writing in journals/newspapers, painting, gardening and embroidery
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Sports and Clubs
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Member, Constitution Club, New Delhi
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Countries Visited
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Australia, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Sri Lanka and U.K.
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Other Information
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Associated with All India Anglo-Indian Association, 1976-91; Founder-President, Forum of
Anglo-Indian Women; President, Trade Union, Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu; Vice-President, (i) National Forum of Anglo-Indian Association; and (ii) Feminist
Association for Social Action (F.A.S.A.); Member, Samata Party 1998-99; joined Janata Dal
(United) in December, 1999; College Professor, 1959-91; Retired as Professor and Head of the
Department of English, Presidency College, Chennai
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Reference: Loksabha
