Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
BANERJEE, KUM. MAMATA
CONGRESS (I)- CALCUTTA SOUTH (WEST BENGAL)
Father's Name :Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee
Date of Birth :5 January 1955
Place of Birth :Calcutta (West Bengal)
Marital Status :Unmarried
Educational Qualifications :
M.A., B.Ed., LL.B.
Educated at Calcutta University (West Bengal)
Profession :
Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Calcutta-700026
(West Bengal)
Tel. (022) 4753000
Positions Held :
1970-80General Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal
1978-81Secretary, D.C.C. (I), Calcutta South
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1985-87Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes
and Scheduled Tribes; General Secretary, All India Youth
Congress (I) Committee
1987 onwardsMember, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I)
1987-88Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
1987-93Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human
Resource Development
1988Member, Executive Committee, C.P.P. (I)
1989Member, Executive Committee, P.C.C. (I), West Bengal
1990 onwardsPresident, Youth Congress, West Bengal
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
June 1991-Union Minister of State Human Resource Development,
Sep. 1993Department of Youth Affairs, Sports, Women and Child
Development
1993-96Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress
Affairs
Member, Standing Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
1995-96Member, Public Accounts Committee
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
1996-97Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
Member, Standing Committee on IndiaPress Affairs
Books Published :
(i) "Upalabdhi" (ii) "Janatar Darbare" and (iii) "Maa"
(iv) "Pallabi" in Bengali
Social and Cultural Activities :
Connected with different social and religious organisations;
providing free legal aid to the poor people and working for the
protection of human rights
Special Interests :
Protecting human rights
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Music and writing
Countries Visited :
Angola, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
UK and Vietnam
Election result of :
Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,67,381
Total votes polled 8,52,458
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Kum. Mamata Banerjee (I.N.C.)4,38,252
(2) Ms. Bharati Mukherjee [C.P.I.(M)]3,34,991
(3) Shri Santi Roy (B.J.P.) 45,066