Malhotra Prof Vijay Kumar Biography

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Malhotra,Prof. Vijay Kumar Constituency   : South Delhi (Delhi ) Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : [email protected]

Father’s Name Shri Khazan Chand Mother’s Name Late Smt. Sushila Devi Date of Birth 03.12.1931 Place of Birth Lahore (Pakistan) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 09 May 1960 Spouse’s Name Smt. Krishna Malhotra No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications M.A., Ph.D. Educated at D.A.V. College, Lahore, Punjab University and Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Delhi Profession Educationist Journalist, Medical Practitioner, Social Worker Present Address 6, Dr. Bishamber Das Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23715070, 23715051 Fax: (011) 23715045 Position Held

1958-67 Member, Municipal Corporation, Delhi (two terms)

1967-72 Chief Executive Councillor, Delhi Administration (Chief Minister in Protocol)

1967-77 Member, Metropolitan Council, Delhi (two terms)

1972-75 President, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Delhi

1972-77 Chairman, Assurances Committee, Metropolitan Council, Delhi

Leader of Opposition, Metropolitan Council, Delhi

1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1977-80 President, Janata Party, Delhi

1980-84 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Delhi

1983-90 National Secretary, B.J.P.

1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1990 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances

Chairman, Evaluation Committee under the Books Award Scheme for original writings in Hindi instituted by Ministry of Environment and Forests

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, House Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development (Deptt. of Sports)

Member, Consultative Committee constituted under Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987’

1993-98 Chairman, Plan Implementation Monitoring Committee, Delhi

Chairman, Moral Education Committee, Delhi

1994-1999 Member, Rajya Sabha

1994-96 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

1996-97 Member, Committee on External Affairs

Member, Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and Public Distribution

Member, Railway Convention Committee

Member, Parliamentary Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General Revenue

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to members of Rajya Sabha

Member, Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament constituted under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954

Member, Library Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

1997-99 Chairman, Committee on Transport and Tourism

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, General Purposes Committee

1998-99 Chief Whip, BJP Parliamentary Party, Rajya Sabha

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings

1999-2004 Chief Whip and Spokesman, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)

Deputy Leader, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice

Member, Business Advisory Committee

5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development

1 May 2008 Chairperson, Committee on Public Accounts

December 2008 Resigned w.e.f. 18 December, 2008.

Book Published (i) Ph.D. Thesis – Sohan Lal Dwivedi Aur Unka Sahitya; (ii) Hindutva Shadyantron Ke Ghere Mein; (iii) Kamal Shashwat Sanskritik Prateek; (iv) Lok Sabha Bhashano Ka Sangrah; and (v) Lotus- Eternal Cultural Symbol Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Published articles in many periodicals and journals Social And Cultural Activities Former President, Delhi Social Welfare Board Special Interests History, Mythology and Vedic literature Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading, writing, music, chess, games and sports Sports and Clubs Chess, archery and badminton; President, (i) All India Council of Sports, 2002-2004; (ii) Archery Association of India since 1973; (iii) Commonwealth Archery Federation; and (iv) General Association of National Sports Federations of India; Senior Vice-President, Indian Olympic Association; Chief of the Mission, Indian Contingent to many Asian Games and Commonwealth Games; attended Olympic Games Countries Visited Widely travelled; represented Government of India to study 20 Metropolitan cities of the world to gain an insight into the problems of metropolitan areas; and as a sports official went to most of the countries of the world; also went abroad on various parliamentary study tours; represented India in the United Nations as a delegate and addressed the UN General Assembly Other Information Senior Lecturer and Reader, P.G.D.A.V. College, University of Delhi, Delhi (for 36 years); Chairman, (i) Committee on Property Tax, Delhi Administration; and (ii) Delhi Co-operative Housing Finance Limited; Member, (i) Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati; (ii) Planning Board of Delhi; and (iii) National Co-operative Housing Federation of India; Former Chairman, Governing Body, Indira Gandhi Sports and Physical Institute; took active part in agitations as a student leader; a leader of refugees and also as a political leader and was arrested and imprisoned several times; was arrested in 1953 along with Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherji, Shri N.C. Chatterjee and other eminent leaders under the Preventive Detention Act; and released under the orders of the Supereme Court; spent six months in Jail for Satyagrah to make Jammu & Kashmir an integral part of India; narrowly escaped a bullet in police firing in the cow protection campaign in 1966 and was kept in jail for fifteen days; arrested during Emergency and detained for 19 months in jails in Delhi, Ambala, Chandigarh and Hissar; and had to be admitted in the PGI Medical Institute, Chandigarh; participated in active protests for the causes of general public, workers, scheduled castes, traders, teachers, government servants and deprived classes on more than 200 occasions and was jailed many times

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