Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha 





KUMAR, SMT. MEIRA
I.N.C. - KAROL BAGH (SC) (DELHI)



Father's Name:Late Shri Jagjivan Ram

Date of Birth:   31 March 1945

Place of Birth:   Patna (Bihar)

Marital Status:   Married on 29 November 1968

Spouse's Name:Shri Manjul Kumar

Children:   One son and two daughters

Educational Qualifications :
M.A., LL.B. Advanced Diploma in Spanish
Educated at M.G.D. School, Jaipur, Indraprastha College, and Miranda House, 
        University of Delhi, Magadh University, Bihar and Spain

Profession :
   Political Worker, Advocate, Diplomat and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   A-2/21, Azad Apartments, Sri Aurobindo Marg,
        New Delhi-110016
 

Positions Held :
   
1985Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1985-89Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
1991-92General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
1994 onwardsMember, Congress Working Committee
1996 onwardsGeneral Secretary, A.I.C.C.
1996Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) 

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
   Editor, Pavan Prasad-a monthly magazine

Social and Cultural Activities :
President (i) RUKAV Society (Institute for Blind Girls, Delhi; and (ii) All India Samta Movement; Member (i) Supreme Court Bar Association; (ii) Senate Panjab University, 1987-91; (iii) Bihar University, 1969-71; (iv) Governing Body, I.C.C.R., 1987-92; and (v) Governing Body, Akhil Bharatiya Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Prayag, Uttar Pradesh; Patron "Avantika"-a group of contemporary artists; Chairperson, Meera Kala Mandir, Udaipur, Rajasthan; Vice-Chairperson, Rajendra Bhavan Trust, Delhi; Working President, Ravidas Samarak Society, Varanasi; Managing-Trustee, Jagjivan Ashram Trust 
Special Interests :
   Active in the movements pertaining social reform, human rights and democracy

Favourite Pastime and Recreation:
Writing poetry, painting, reading, travelling and gardening

Sports and Clubs :
   India International Centre, New Delhi and Rotary Club

Countries Visited :
   Widely travelled

Other Information :
As Chairperson, National Drought Relief Committee of the Congress Party during the century's worst drought in 1967, launched a Family Adoption Scheme under which drought-affected families were adopted by well to do families; Being committed to human rights and abolition of caste system, visited every place where atrocities were committed against scheduled castes and scheduled tribes during the last ten years; held meetings/demonstrations, courted arrest and filed Public Interest Litigation cases in Supreme Court to ensure justice to them; Third Secretary, Embassy of India, Madrid, 1976-77; Second Secretary, High Commission of India, London 1977-79; Deputy Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs 1980-85; Member (i) Court of the Jawahar Lal Nehru University since 1996; and (ii) Court of the Delhi University since 1996 
Election Result :
   
Karol Bagh-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate5,43,590
Total votes polled2,92,042
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Smt. Meira Kumar (I.N.C.)1,51,336
(2) Shri Kalka Das (B.J.P.)1,09,446
(3) Shri Nathu Prasad [C.P.I.(M)]10,983
(4) Shri B.R. Tamta [A.I.I.C.(T)]5,211