Brief Bio-data
Member of Rajya Sabha

KALITA, SHRI BHUBANESWAR:

M.A., LL.B.; Congress(I) (Assam); son of late Shri Krishna Kanta Kalita and Shrimati Giri Bala Kalita; born : at Village Pub-Sitara, Rangia, Assam, April 1, 1951; educated at Guwahati University; married to : Shrimati Rwitticka Kalita, October 14, 1986; 2 son

Advocate; Lecturer in A.V. College, Guwahati; President, Assam Pradesh Youth Congress (I), 198 85; Chairman, (i) Committee on Economic Affairs of Assam since 1991, (ii) C.P.P. Standing Committee on Home Affairs, 1991 and (iii) Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha, 1992--94; General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress (I), 1985--87; Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (I), 1987--92; served as Union Secretary of the Students' Union of (i) Cotton College, (ii) Post-Graduate Students' Union, (iii) University Law College and (iv) National Students' Union of India, Assam, during 197 75; Convener, C.P.P., Assam; Member, (i) Central Silk Board, 1985--87, (ii) Employees State Insurance Corporation, 198 90, (iii) State Planning Board, Government of Assam, 1984-85, (iv) Tea Board, 1990--94, (v) C.P.P. Executive Committee, 1991--94, (vi) Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs, (vii) Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha, 198 88, (viii) Indian delegation to DPR Korea to the Conference of Korean re-unification at Pyongyang in 1991, (ix) Committee of Privileges and (x) Committee on Industry; participated in (i) Leader, A.I.C.C. delegation to Mongolia to sign protocol between Indian National Congress and Mongolian Peoples' Revolutionary Party, 1988, (ii) Indian Youth Delegation to Oman on Omani National Day and International Youth Meet at Muscat in November, 1983, (iii) International Solidarity meeting at Pyongyang (D.P.R. Korea), 1986 and (iv) The Congress of World Federation of Democratic Youth Meet at Budapest (Hungary) in 1986; led the Indian Youth Delegation to (i) International Preparatory Committee Meeting for World Festival of Youth and Students held at Moscow (U.S.S.R.) in 1985 and 1987, (ii) Study Tour on Invitation of ACYPL (U.S.A.) in 1985, (iii) Non-Aligned Youth Meet at New Delhi in 1985, (iv) International Youth and Students Meet Against Apartheid organised by U.N. Special Committee against Apartheid at London (U.K.) in 1987 and presided over its working session; elected Secretary- General of the International Youth Conference Against Apartheid at New Delhi in January, 1987 and (v) Inter- Parliamentary Union Conference at Canberra in 1 93; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1984 and re-elected in April, 1990.

Clubs: Secretary, Constitution Club, New Delhi and Chairman, Executive Club (IIM), New Delhi.

Travels abroad: Oman. U.S.S.R., U.S.A., D.P.R. Korea, Hungary, U.K., Federal Republic of Germany, France, Netherlands, UAE, Thailand, Mongolia, China and Australia.

Special interest: Social work.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Travelling and reading.

Permanent address: Village Pub-Sitara, P.O. Rangia, District Kamrup,