Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Tamluk (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))
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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 Bishnupada Seth
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Pakhi Bala Seth
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Date of Birth
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11.04.1946
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Place of Birth
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Haldia, Baraghasipur Distt. Midnapore (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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21 Jan 1981
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Tamalika Seth
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No. of Sons
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A., LL.B.
Educated at Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya,
Tamluk and Calcutta University, Kolkata (West Bengal)
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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Sramik Bhawan, Sukumar Sengupta Sarani,
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P.O. Haldia, Distt. Purba Midnapore – 721 604
(West Bengal)
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(03224)252166,252060,252047
Fax. (03224) 252603, 252687
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Present Address |
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104 -106, North Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23092142, 23094372, 9868180063 (M)
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Position Held |
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1982-96
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms)
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1987-96
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Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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2002
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Member, Committee on Labour
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2003-2004
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Member, Committee on Finance
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Member, Committee on Finance
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Organising various social welfare activities through NGOs namely Unnayan, Bharati, Tamralipta Jan Kalyan Samiti, District Council of Child Welfare and Haldia Service Society; Chairman, (i) Jan Shikshan Sangstha (sponserd by the Government of India); and (ii) Indian Centre for advancement of Education and Research which runs ten educational institutions including an Engineering College, Law College and a Marine College etc.
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Special Interests
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Social welfare and cultural activities, sports and educational institutions
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading and travelling
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Sports and Clubs
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Football and cricket; Life Member of Cricket Association of Bengal; President, (i) Country Sports Foundation and (ii) IFA-CSF Residential Football Academy
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Countries Visited
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Pakistan
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Other Information
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Chairman, Haldia Development Authority since 1998; manages the educational institutions such as (i) Haldia Institue of Techonolgy ; (ii) Haldia Law College; (iii) International Institute of Maritime Studies and Research; (iv) Indo-Australia Institute of Technology and Management; (v) College of Paramedical Science; (vi) Vidyasagar Primary Teachers` Training Institute; (vii) Institute of Education (B.Ed. Course); (viii) Institute of Management; (ix) Institute of Foreign Languages; and (x) Institute of Deaf and Dumb
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Reference: Loksabha