Shri
Krishna Kant
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V I C E P R E S I D E N T O
F I N D I A
Born
on February 28, 1927, at Village Kot Mohammed Khan, Tehsil Taran Taran,
District Amritsar, Punjab, in a family of Freedom Fighters.
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Parentage
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| His father, Lala Achint Ram was a
Member of the Constituent Assembly and later Member of Parliament. He was
a prominent Congress leader of Punjab and a true Gandhian a pillar of Bhoodan
Movement in Punjab. He was one of the first three Life Members of the Servants
of the People Society, an order of life members, founded by Lala Lajpat
Rai in 1921 and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. |
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Education
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| After completing M.Sc., (Technology)
from the Banaras Hindu University, he worked as Scientist with the Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. |
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Public
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Shri Krishan Kant took active part
in 'Quit India' Movement of 1942, while he was a student at Lahore and
was arrested with the other members of the family.
He was a Member of the Rajya Sabha
from 1966 to 1977 and subsequently Member of the Lok Sabha till 1980.
As a Member of Parliament, he made
a significant contribution in the fields of Foreign Policy, Defence Policy,
Land Reforms, Freedom of the Press and Electoral Reforms.
He was Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary
Committee for the first legislatio on Environment in India known as the
Prevention of Water Pollution Bill.
He was also the Secretary of the Indian
Parliamentary and Scientific Committee of which Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
was the President and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Chairman.
He was Editor of a Quarterly Journal
"Science in Parliament".
He is a Life Member of the Servants
of the People Society and Chairman of the Punjab Branch.
He was Chairman, Committee of Railway
Reservations and Bookings from 1972 to 1976.
A strong protagonist of India going
Nuclear, he has been a Member of the Executive Council of the Institute
of Defence Studies and Analysis.
He held prominent offices in the "Congress
Party and later Janata Party. He was Member of the A. I. C. C. and Secretary
of the Congress Parliamentary party as well of the Executive Committee
for a number of years.
A Member of the National Executive
of Janata Party from 1977 to 1988 and the Executive Committee of Janata
Parliamentary Party.
He was the founding General Secretary
of the People's Union of Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights, founded
in 1976 of which Shri Jayaprakash Narayan was the President.
He held a National Seminar against
the 49th Amendment of the Constitution brought forward by the Government
during the Emergency.
He has been an advocate of integrating
Science and Spirituality and was a Member of the Committee founded by the
Sarva Seva Sangh.
He is a Member of the Board of Management
of the Gandhian Institute of Studies, Varanasi, formed by Jayaprakash Narayan.
He is a connoisseur of Urdu Poetry
which he has inherited from his upbringing at Lahore.
Shri Krishan Kant is a prolific writer
and has contributed to prominent dailies and periodicals on issues relating
to national and international politics, culture and science policy.
His wife, Mrs. SUMAN KANT, is a prominent
Social Worker. She is a Champion of WOMEN'S RIGHTS and is the General Secretary
of the MAHILA DAKSHITA SAMITI.
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