Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha

MEHTA, PROF. AJIT KUMAR
JANATA DAL - SAMASTIPUR (BIHAR)



Father's Name:   Late Shri Ram Khelawan Mehta

Date of Birth:   3 February 1932

Place of Birth:   Vill. Fatehpur Bala in Distt. Samastipur (Bihar)

Marital Status:   Married on 19 May 1948

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Susheela Rani Mehta

Children:   One son and two daughters

Educational Qualifications :
B.Sc. (with distinction), M.Sc. (Engg.)
Educated at Upper Primary School,Fatehpur Bala,Laxmi Narayan Middle 
School, Pitonjia; Tirhut Academy, Samastipur, G.B.B. College, 
Muzaffarpur, Science College, Patna, Bihar College of Engineering, 
Patna and B.I.T., Ranchi (Bihar)

Profession :
   Teacher/Educationist,Engineer/Technologist,Political/Social Worker 
and Farmer

Permanent Address :
   Vill. & P.O. Fatehpur Bala via Tajpur,
Distt. Samastipur-848101 (Bihar)
Tels. (06274) 86218, 82220
 
Positions Held :
   
Till 1949Member, Indian National Congress
1949 onwardsMember, Socialist Party, Praja Socialist Party and Samyukta 
Socialist Party
1977-79, 1982Member, Janata Party
1978Elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)
1979-82Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
1980Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
Member, Lok Dal
1982Whip, Janata Party in Lok Sabha
1982-83Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1983-84Member, Estimates Committee
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
1996-97Member, Public Accounts Committee

Social and Cultural Activities :
   Secretary, Planning  Forum  of  B.I.T., Ranchi; involved in rural 
development, industrialization in  rural areas, upliftment of the 
downtrodden; President,Akhil Bharatiya Kushwaha Mahasabha,1980-86

Special Interests :
   Social awakening

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
   Reading and gardening

Other Information :
   Inspired  by  his father Late Shri Ram Khelawan Mehta, a freedom 
fighter and mother Smt. Damyanti Devi and  his teacher Late Shri 
Palakdhari Singh, he participated in freedom movement from early 
childhood; arrest  warrants  were  issued  on him  and his elder 
brother  Shri Chandra Bhanu Mehta during the 1942 movement; came 
in contact with Late Shri Karpoori Thakur and assisted the 'Azad 
Dasta' alongwith  his  elder brother and  helped  Shri Vashishta 
Narayan Singh, a  revolutionary, in  seeking  shelter  after his 
escape from  Darbhanga Jail; Technical Assistant, Gandak Project, 
1958-61; Assistant Professor, B.I.T., Ranchi, 1961-74; Registrar, 
B.I.T., 1974-75; retired as Prof. from the B.I.T. in 1992

Election Result :
   
Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate12,17,114
Total votes polled 7,35,266
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Prof. Ajit Kumar Mehta (J.D.)4,00,117
(2) Shri Manjay Lal (S.A.P.)2,58,183
(3) Shri Ram Lakhan Mahto (I.N.C.)  37,900
(4) Shri Anil Kumar Sharma (Ind.)      4,823