Father's Name : Late Shri Baliram Sharma
Mother's Name :Late Shrimati Muluk Rani Devi
Date of Birth :8 January 1940
Place of Birth :
Village Govindpur, Distt. Jehanabad (Bihar)
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Educational Qualifications :Graduation with Honours in Economics Educated at Middle School and High School, Okari and Patna College, Patna University
Profession :
Environmentalist, Horticulturist, Economist, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
(i) Vill. Govindpur, P.O. Modanganj, P.S. Ghoshi, Distt. Jehanabad ( Bihar ) (ii) 67, Patliputra Colony, Patna (Bihar).
Present Address :
4, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi. 110011 Tel. - 23794441, 23013545, Fax 23012299,
Positions Held :
1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha
1980-94 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
1983-84 Member and Convener, Committee on Finance Jan.
1985 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 1986 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
1986-87 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha
1991-92 Member, Committee on Fertilizers and Chemicals
Feb. 1992 and Oct. 1993 Elected Vice-Chairman, Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in Japan and Malaysia (re-elected unanimously for three years) Aug. 1993 Nominated to Rajya Sabha
1993-94 Member, Committee on Finance
April 2000 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2000 onwards Member, Informal Consultative Committee for Eastern Railway
May 2000 - Feb. 2004 Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance Member, Sub-Committee-II of Committee on External Affairs Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
May 2000 - Feb. 2004 Member, Committee on External Affairs and Aug. 2004 onwards Nov. 2000 onwards Member, Governing Body of the Indian Council of Medical Research Oct. 2004 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Steel
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Was accorded the title of 'Atlantis Submariner' on 31 August 2002 by the Atlantis Submarine, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies for diving into the Caribbean sea to the depth of 173 feet; Member, (i) India International Centre, New Delhi and (ii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Life Member (Playing Rights), (i) D.D.A. Qutab Golf Course, New Delhi and (ii) Patna Golf Club, Patna; reading and gardening (won first prizes for maintaining the best house garden in Delhi continuously for sixteen years from 1982 to 1997
Countries Visited :
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda (thrice), Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia (seven times), Austria (six times), Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados (four times), Belarus, Belgium (twice), Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil (twice), Bulgaria (twice), Cambodia, Canada (thrice), Chile, China (five times), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic (twice - once during the erstwhile Czechoslovakia), Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (North Korea), Denmark, Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa (twice), Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt (twice), El Salvador (thrice), Estonia, Ethiopia (thrice), Fiji, Finland (twice), France (nine times), Georgia, Germany (eleven times - including East Germany once), Ghana, Greece (twice), Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hondurus, Hong Kong (ten times - both when it was under British control and now when it is a part of China), Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia (five times), Iran, Iraq, Ireland (twice), Israel, Italy (four times), Jamaica(twice), Japan (four times), Jordan, Kazakhstan (twice), Kenya (thrice), Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia (twice - once when it was part of the USSR), Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg (twice), Macau (Chinese territory under Portuguese control), Macedonia, Madagascar, Maldives, Malaysia (thrice), Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico (four times), Moldova (twice), Mongolia, Monaco, Montserrat, Morocco (thrice), Mozambique (twice), Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Nepal (five times), the Netherlands (thrice), New Zealand (three times), Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan (twice), Palestine, Panama (twice), Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland (twice), Portugal, Qatar (twice), Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of Korea (South Korea - four times), Republic of Yemen, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation (six times - twice during erstwhile USSR), Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal (twice), Seychelles, Singapore (sixteen times), Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands (twice), South Africa (nine times), Spain (three times), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland (thrice), St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand (eight times), Trinidad & Tobago (twice), Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan (thrice), Ukraine (twice - once during the erstwhile USSR), U.A.E. (thirteen times), Uganda, U.K. (twenty-eight times), U.S.A. (seven times), Uruguay, Uzbekistan (twice), Vanuatu, Vatican City (twice), Venezuela, Vietnam (thrice), Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe; has visited (i) 84 countries in a full year, i.e., between 9 April 2002 and 8 April 2003 and (ii) 64 countries in a calendar year, i.e., between 27 January 2002 and 28 December 2002
Other Information :
Founder, B.B.M. Inter and Degree College at Okari, Jehanabad, Bihar, a rural and most backward area of Bihar, to promote higher education among the poor, underprivileged and especially girls who cannot go to cities for higher education; Congress Party Observer during Punjab elections to Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency in September 1985 where in Batala he narrowly escaped death when his car was blasted by a powerful magnetic time bomb planted by terrorists; holds the Limca Book of Records 2004 as the most travelled person after having visited 163 countries Led, (i) Parliamentary Delegation to Hanoi (Vietnam) to attend Executive Committee Meeting of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development held on 24 February 1993 and the 9th Meeting of Asian Population and Development Association of Japan on 25 and 26 February 1993, (ii) Parliamentary Delegation of All Parties to Vietnam on invitation from the Chairman of Social Affairs Committee of Vietnamese Parliament and Government in September 1993, (iii) delegation to a meeting with the Chairman, Standing Committee of Cambodian Parliament (which drafted the Constitution of Cambodia), (iv) Multi-Party Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia to attend the 4th General Assembly of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in October 1993, (v) Parliamentary Delegation to Beijing to attend the 10th Meeting of Asian Population and Development Association of Japan on 2 March 1994 and also attended the Executive Committee Meeting of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development on 3 and 4 March 1994, (vi) Parliamentary Delegation to D.P.R. Korea (North Korea) from 5 -7 March 1994, (vii) Parliamentary Delegation to U.N.O., New York to attend Preparatory Committee Meeting of International Conference on Population and Development in April 1994, (viii) Multi-Party Parliamentary Delegation to Japan on invitation of Asian Population and Development Association of Members of Parliament of Japan from 21 - 29 May 1994 and (ix) Parliamentary Delegation to attend International Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in Cairo (Egypt) and was also a Member of Indian Delegation to the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in September 1994, where he also attended Executive Committee Meeting of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the Parliament of European Community (now European Union) at Strasbourg (France), Kuwait, Greece, Belgium and the Netherlands in June 1983, Australia and Singapore in May-June 1984 and Soviet Union, Latvia and Ukraine in May 1988, (ii) All Party Indian Delegation to China at the invitation of Chinese Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development in June, 1985 and All Party Delegation of Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development to China in September 1991, (iii) Delegation of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development to Indonesia in October, 1986 and in June 1987, Thailand in February 1987 and China in September 1987, (iv) Parliamentarians Action for Removal of Apartheid Delegation to West Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway in May 1987, (v) Conference of Global Forum on Environment and Development held in Moscow from 13-23 January 1990, (vi) Delegation to Havana (Cuba) to attend "International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba", from 21-22 November 1994, (vii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 55th regular session of the United Nations General Assembly held at New York (U.S.A.) in the year 2000, (viii) Special Indian Parliamentary Delegation to South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal from 26th January 2002 to 7th February, 2002 to put forward India's concern on cross border terrorism and the prevailing situation between India and Pakistan, (ix) All India Congress Committee (I) from 1991-2000, (x) Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (I) from 1991-2000, (xi) Bharat Krishak Samaj (Life Member), (xii) Governing Body, Institute Body, Selection Committee and Finance Committee of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and Chairman of its Grievance Committee and Estate Committee between 1980 & 1994, (xiii) National Geographic Society, Washington D.C., U.S.A., (xiv) American Management Association International, New York, U.S.A., (April 1999 to March 2000), (xv) Parliamentarians for Global Action (P.G.A.), (xvi) World Bank Parliamentary Network for International Development (PNID), (xvii) Indian Parliamentary Group (Life Member), (xviii) Indo-German Parliamentarians Forum, (xix) Indo-Hellenic Parliamentarians Group, (xx) Indo-US Parliamentary Forum, (xxi) Indo-British Parliamentary Forum and (xxii) Life Member of Parliamentary Forum on HIV-AIDS Went on Study Tour to U.S.A. and Canada in June 1976, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City, Egypt, U.K. and U.A.E. in June 1983, Thailand and Hong Kong in May-June 1984, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Singapore in June 1985, Singapore, Philippines and South Korea in October, 1986, South Korea and Hong Kong in February-March 1987, United Kingdom in May 1987, Singapore and Malaysia in June 1987, Hong Kong and Japan in September-October 1987, Hong Kong and Singapore in October, 1987, Ethiopia and Kenya in December 1987, Ethiopia in March 1988, Austria, Spain and Portugal in April 1988, West Germany, Finland, Belgium and Luxembourg in May-June 1988, U.A.E. in June 1988, Nepal in August 1988, Hong Kong in October 1989, Czechoslovakia in January 1990, Bhutan in September-October 1990, New Zealand and Singapore in October 1990, Thailand in December 1990, Maldives in January 1991, Bangladesh and Thailand in February 1991, Mauritius and Reunion in July 1991, West Germany, Brazil, Jamaica, Panama, Canada, U.S.A and East Germany in August 1991, Burma (Myanmar) in September 1991, Thailand and Vietnam in October 1991, Hong Kong in February-March 1992, Singapore in August 1992, Thailand and Laos in February 1993, Thailand in September 1993, Sri Lanka, Brunei and Singapore in October-November 1993, Pakistan in January 1994, Hong Kong in March 1994, Ireland in April 1994, China, Mongolia and Hong Kong in May-June 1994, Nepal in June 1994, Bahrain, Qatar (twice) and Saudi Arabia in September 1994, Singapore in November 1994, Spain, Venezuela and U.S.A. in November 1994, Oman in September 1995, Republic of Yemen in December 1996, Nepal in December 1997, Turkey, Lebanon and U.A.E. in September 1998, Macao, Jordan, Hong Kong, Palestine and Israel in November 1998, Cyprus in November-December 1998, United Kingdom in December 1998, Nepal in January 1999, Liechtenstein, Hungary and Poland in May 1999, Albania and Austria (twice) in October 1999, U.A.E., Malta and Iceland in October-November 1999, Austria, Slovakia, San Marino, Kosovo, Vatican City and Italy in May-June 2000, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in July 2000, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in August-September 2000, United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina and France in October 2000 and Andorra, Monaco, France and Spain in November 2000; United Kingdom (twice), Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in June, 2001, Belarus in September, 2001, Intermediate Study Tour to Poland on 1 October, 2001; Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in October, 2001, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji and Singapore in November 2001, Intermediate Study Tour to Australia on 9 November 2001, U.A.E. on 27 January 2002; Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia in April 2002; Intermediate Study Tour to Austria on 10 April 2002 and Germany on 18 April 2002; Moldova in May 2002; Intermediate Study Tour to France on 9 May 2002; Germany on 12 May and 14 May 2002; Ukraine in June 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to Russia on 3 June 2002 and Tunisia in June 2002; Study Tour to Turkmenistan, Armenia and U.A.E. in July 2002; Afghanistan in August 2002; Intermediate Study Tour to U.A.E. on 6 August 2002; U.K. (twice), Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Barbados in August - September, 2002; Turkmenistan, Georgia in September 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to Russia on 24 September 2002; Bahamas, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and U.K. in October 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to Brazil on 12 October 2002 - participated in the IXth Summit of Directors' National Programme of Rabies Control in Latin America, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia on 7 October 2002; participated in IIIrd Paraguan Congress of Anesthesiology held at Hotel Excelsior, Asuncion, Paraguay on 10 October 2002; U.K. (twice), Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Antigua, Dominica in the month of November 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to Barbados on 14 November 2002; Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor in November-December, 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to Indonesia on 1 December 2002; U.A.E. (twice), Uganda, Mozambique (twice), Swaziland in December, 2002 and Intermediate Study Tour to South Africa on 26 December 2002; Nepal in January 2003; U.A.E. (twice), Kenya, Seychelles, South Africa (twice), Namibia and Madagascar in January-February 2003 and Intermediate Study Tour to Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 January 2003; Morocco and Italy in March 2003 and Intermediate Study Tour to U.A.E. from 10-11 March 2003; U.K. (twice), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica in March-April 2003; Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Morocco, Germany in September 2003; business tour to U.K. in September 2003; Study Tour to South Africa (twice), Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa (twice), Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Lesotho, Botswana and U.A.E. in September-October 2003 and Intermediate Study Tour to South Africa (twice) on 2 October 2003 and 4 October 2003; Luxembourg, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda (twice), Montserrat in October-November 2003; Intermediate Study Tour to Barbados on 1 November 2003 and 9 November 2003; Business Tour to U.K in October 2003 and November 2003; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador (twice), Belize in February 2004 and Business Tour to U.K. in February 2004 and March 2004; Intermediate Study Tour to Germany on 14 February 2004, to Panama on 24 February 2004; Mexico on 27 February 2004; U.K. in July 2004, Intermediate Study Tour to Germany and Austria on 2 July 2004; Singapore (twice), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Tonga, Australia in August 2004; Intermediate Study Tour to Australia on 3 August 2004; Ethiopia in August-September 2004, Rwanda in September 2004, Intermediate Study Tour to Kenya on 5 September 2004, United Kingdom (twice), France, Mali, Mauritania and Niger in October-November 2004; Intermediate Study Tour to U.A.E on 23 October 2004, Senegal on 1 November 2004 and Morocco on 4 November 2004; Singapore (twice), Australia (twice), Nauru, Kiribati in November-December 2004; Intermediate Study Tour to Solomon Islands on 29 November 2004 and Marshall Islands on 3 December 2004; U.K. (twice) in May-June 2005 and France in June 2005 and Ireland and U.K. (twice) in October 2005 Visited, (i) Tanzania to attend the 75th Anniversary of African National Congress in December 1987, (ii) Zambia and Zimbabwe to attend the meeting of the Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action against Apartheid in March 1988, (iii) Oxford (England) to attend the Global Conference of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival in April 1988, (iv) Bangkok (Thailand) to attend the 3rd General Assembly of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in October 1990, (v) Seoul (South Korea) to attend the meeting of the Asian Population and Development Association in February 1991, (vi) Tokyo (Japan) to attend the meeting of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in February 1992, (vii) Bali (Indonesia) to attend the Fourth Asian Pacific Population Conference in August 1992, (viii) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to attend the International Conference of Asian Parliamentarians on Environment and Sustainable Development in November 1994, (ix) Damascus International Trade Fair, Damascus (Syria) from 7-9 September 1998, (x) Tehran International Trade Fair, Tehran (Iran) from 3-4 October 1998, (xi) Baghdad International Trade Fair, Baghdad (Iraq) from 4-5 November 1998, (xii) Taipei International Medical & Pharmaceutical Fair, Taiwan from 14-15 November 1998, (xiii) C.Ph.I. (Chemical & Pharmaceuticals Ingredients) Trade Fair, Amsterdam (the Netherlands) from 2-4 December 1998, (xiv) T.T.T.F. International Trade Fair, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 12-14 March 1999, (xv) Clock & Watch International Trade Fair, Basel (Switzerland) on 2 May 1999, (xvi) T.I.B.C.O. International Trade Fair, Bucharest (Romania), 25-27 May 1999, (xvii) International Trade Fair GALENIA (on pharmaceuticals) held at Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 19-20 October 1999, (xviii) C.Ph.I. Trade Fair, Frankfurt (Germany), 2-4 November 1999, (xix) International Exhibition of Equipment & Instrument for Medicine & Pharmaceutical Industry "MEDIPHARM" held at Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 31 May - 3 June 2000 and also visited Kosovo, (xx) Leon (Mexico) from 3-4 October, 2000 in connection with International Trade Show for Medical Products, Equipment Services "HOSPIMEDICA MEXICO", (xxi) C.Ph.I. (Chemical & Pharmaceuticals Ingredients) Trade Fair, Milan (Itlay) from 7-9 November 2000, (xxii) Washington (U.S.A.) as a Member of FICCI Delegation to attend the Indo-US Business Meet and US-India Business Council's Annual General Meeting from 17-20 June 2001, (xxiii) World Food, International Fair for Foodstuff Industry, Moscow (Russia) from 26-28 September 2001, (xxiv) C.Ph.I. (Chemical & Pharmaceuticals Ingredients) Trade Fair, London (U.K.) from 8-9 October 2001, (xxv) International Exhibition CIA 2001 (ChemAsia 2001, Instrument Asia 2001 and AnaLabAsia 2001), Singapore from 1-2 November 2001, (xxvi) International Fair "MEDICINE 2002" on medical and pharmaceuticals equipment, skopje (Macedonia) from 10-12 April 2002, (xxvii) Berne (Switzerland) to attend the Third Annual Conference of Parliamentary Network on World bank from 9-11 May 2002, (xxviii) Prague (Czech Republic) on a Business Delegation from 26-29 May, 2002, (xxix) International Dental Exhibition & Conference - STOMATOLOGY-2002 at Len Expo, St. Petersburg (Russia) from 29 May 2002 to 1 June 2002 and (xxx) Algiers (Algeria) from 15 - 17 June 2002 and Tripoli (Libya) from 18-19 June 2002 as a Member of FICCI Delegation, (xxxi) Algiers International Trade Fair (held from 12-24 June 2002) on 17 June 2002 at Algiers (Algeria), (xxxii) Miami, Florida (U.S.A.) in connection with Florida International Medical Expo held from 21-22 August 2002 at Miami Beach Convention Centre, Florida, U.S.A., (xxxiii) Baku (Azerbaijan) in connection with Baku International Healthcare Exhibition-BIHE-2002 on 21 September 2002, (xxxiv) C.Ph.I. (Chemical and Pharmaceuticals Ingredients) Trade Fair, Ville-Pinte, Paris, France from 1-3 October 2002, (xxxv) Ottawa (Canada) to attend the 24th Annual Parliamentary Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action (P.G.A.) from 4-6 November 2002, (xxxvi) Khartoum International Fair at Khartoum, Sudan from 20-21 January 2003, (xxxvii) Athens (Greece) to attend the 4th Annual Conference of Parliamentary Network on World Bank from 9-10 March 2003; (xxxviii) Mexico City (Mexico) to attend Expo AFM, International Pharmaceuticals Exihibition held at World Trade Centre, Mexico City from 25-28 March 2003; (xxxix) C.Ph.I. (Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ingredients) Trade Fair, Messe Frankfurt, Germany from 27-28 October 2003, (xl) Paris (France) to attend the 5th Annual Conference of Parliamentary Network on World Bank from 14 - 16 February 2004; (xli) Chisinau, Moldova from 2 - 5 July 2004 wherein State Medical and Pharmaceutical University "Nicolae Testemitanu" conferred the title of "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Honorary Degree of Doctorate) on 3 July 2004; (xlii) Wellington (New Zealand) to attend the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) III Session of the "Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Rule of Law" held between 6 & 7 December 2004 hosted by the Parliament of New Zealand, (xliii) Islamabad (Pakistan) to attend the PGA Sub-Regional South Asian Parliamentary Seminar on HIV/AIDS organized by Parliamentarians for Global Action in collaboration with National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan on January 14-15, 2005 and (xliv) Helsinki (Finland) to attend 6th Annual Conference of Parliamentary Network on World Bank from 21st to 23rd October 2005
