BANERJEE, KUM. MAMATA
CONGRESS (I)- CALCUTTA SOUTH (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name  :Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee

Date of Birth  :5 January 1955

Place of Birth :Calcutta (West Bengal)

Marital Status :Unmarried

Educational Qualifications :
M.A., B.Ed., LL.B.
Educated at Calcutta  University (West Bengal)

Profession :
Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Calcutta-700026 
(West Bengal)
Tel. (022) 4753000

Positions Held :

1970-80General Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal
1978-81Secretary, D.C.C. (I), Calcutta South
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1985-87Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes 
and Scheduled Tribes; General Secretary, All India Youth 
Congress (I) Committee
1987 onwardsMember, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I)
1987-88Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
1987-93Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human 
Resource Development
1988Member, Executive Committee, C.P.P. (I)
1989Member, Executive Committee, P.C.C. (I), West Bengal
1990 onwardsPresident, Youth Congress, West Bengal
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
June 1991-Union Minister of State Human Resource Development, 
Sep. 1993Department of Youth Affairs, Sports, Women and Child 
Development
1993-96Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress 
Affairs
Member, Standing Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
1995-96Member, Public Accounts Committee
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
1996-97Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs
Member, Standing Committee on IndiaPress Affairs

Books Published :
(i) "Upalabdhi" (ii) "Janatar Darbare" and (iii) "Maa" 
(iv) "Pallabi" in Bengali

Social and Cultural Activities :
Connected  with different social  and religious  organisations; 
providing free legal aid to the poor people and working for the 
protection of human rights

Special Interests :
Protecting human rights

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Music and writing 

Countries Visited :
Angola, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
UK and Vietnam

Election result of :

Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,67,381
Total votes polled 8,52,458
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Kum. Mamata Banerjee (I.N.C.)4,38,252
(2) Ms. Bharati Mukherjee [C.P.I.(M)]3,34,991
(3) Shri Santi Roy (B.J.P.)  45,066