KRISHNA SHAHI

Tenth Lok Sabha

Members BioprofileSAHI, SMT. KRISHNA [Cong. (I) - Begusarai (Bihar)]

Father's NameDate of Birth Place of Birth Marital Status Spouse's Name Children Educational Qualifications Profession Permanent Address Present Address Positions held1972-80 1980 1980-82 1980-84 1981 1981-82 1983-84 1984 1985 May 1986 to Feb. 1988 1988-89 Feb. 1988 to July 1989 July 1989 to Dec. 1989 1991 2 July 1992 Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments Special Interests Favourite Pastime and Recreation Countries visited Other Information

Late Shri Mahesh Prasad Sinha16th February, 1931 Muzaffarpur (Bihar) Married on 16th May, 1946 Late Shri B.P.N. Sahi One son B.A., (Hons.) B.L. Educated at Patna University and Bihar University Advocate and Political and Social worker Road No. 7, Rajendra Nagar, Patna-800016 (Bihar) Tel. 650475 22, Willingdon Crescent, New Delhi-110001 Tel. 3792865 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) Member, Consultative Committee on Assam Member, Consultative Committee, Department of Energy Member, Joint Committee on Dowry Prohibition Act, 1981 Member, House Committee Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, General Purposes Committee Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) Member, Business Advisory Committee Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of Education and Culture Member, Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions Union Minister of State, Water Resources Union Minister of State, Human Resources Development, Department of Culture Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time Union Minister of State, Ministry of Industry (Department of Industrial Development) Writing articles in Hindi on social problems Upliftment of women; rural development Continental cooking, interior decoration, beauty culture Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the CPA Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 1980; represented India on the UN Committee on 'Women and Apartheid' New York, 1982-83; represented Congress (I) party at a conference on the status of women held in Belgrade in 1983 Chairman, Patna Development Authority 1976-77; Member, Patna Improvement Trust 1970-74; Senate and Syndicate of Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 1969-72; Patna University 1969-80, Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1980-82; United Nations Committee on Women's Apartheid; Life Member, Red Cross Society and Bharat Krishak Samaj; Diploma holder in flower decoration, craft, beauty culture, interior decoration; international and continental cooking from London, polytechnic Harrow and Kilburn.