BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

KHAN, SHRI K. RAHMAN

B.Com., F.C.A.; I.N.C. (Karnataka); s. of Shri K. Khasim Khan and Shrimati Khairun Bi; b. at Krishnaraj Pet, District Mandya, Karnataka, April 5, 1939; ed. at D. Bhanumiah's College of Commerce, Mysore; m. Shrimati Ayesha Rahman, November 8, 1964; 3 s. and 2 d.

Chartered Accountant; Founder Trustee, (i) Al-Ameen Medical Trust and Al-Ameen Hospital, Bangalore and (ii) Al-Ameen Charitable Trust Fund; Trustee, Salar Publication Trust; President, Amanath Co-operative Bank, 1995 till date; Former Vice-President, Majlis-e-Millia Islamia, Bangalore; Vice-President, KPCC (I), Karnataka, 1992 to 1995; Former Chairman, (i) Karnataka Legislative Council, 1982-84, (ii) Bangalore Branch of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, (iii) Karnataka Chartered Accountants Association,(iv) Karnataka State Minorities Commission, 1993-94 and (vi) Fixation of Minimum Wages for Sick Textile Industry, 1976-77; Chairman, (i) Al-Ameen Education Society, Bangalore (the largest Education Society of Muslim Minorities running more than 130 Educational Institutions all over the country) and (ii) Railway Wagon Committee, Rajya Sabha; Executive Director, (i) Karnataka Wakf Development Corporation Ltd., 1980-82 and (ii) Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd., 1989-95; Founder Director, Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bangalore (the largest Urban Co-operative Bank in Karnataka); Director, National Textile Corporation Ltd. (Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry), 1992-93; Editor, Urdu daily and weekly, `Salar', 1979-82; General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 1979-82 and 1989-92; Former Secretary, Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association; attended Asian and Pacific Accountants Conference and Commonwealth Accountants Conference; Convener, Committee of M.Ps. on Konkan Railway; Former Treasurer, Southern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1976-79; Treasurer, Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur; Fellow Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Member, (i) Karnataka Legislative Council, 1978-90, (ii) All India Congress Committee (I), (iii) Karnataka State Board of Wakf, 1977-82, (iv) Central Wakf Council, New Delhi, 1980-84, (v) Public Undertaking Committee of Karnataka Legislature, 1987-90, (vi) Committee on External Affairs, 1995-96, (vii) Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, 1995-96, (viii) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table, (ix) Committee on Finance,1996-97, (x) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance, 1995-96, (xi) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development, (xii) Advisory Council on Child Labour, 1995-96,(xiii) Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Rural Development, 1995-96 and (xiv) Committee on Communications ; Delegate, (i) Indian Haj Goodwill Mission, 1980 and (ii) Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, 1983 at Nairobi, Kenya; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1994.

Travels abroad : U.S.A., Canada, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Middle East, Far East and Europe.

Special interest: Promotion of education and social service.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Music and badminton.

Permanent address : 200/C, III Block, 7th Main, Jayanagar, Bangalore-560 011.