Jaskaur Meena

Jaskaur Meena (born 1947) is an Indian politician, a former Union minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. She is currently in charge of Schedule Tribes ST Morcha (wing) of the party at national level.

She was born in 1947 in Dausa District in Rajasthan and studied MA and BEd from University of Rajasthan. She served as a teacher and educational administrator in Women and Child Development Department, Government of Rajasthan. She belongs to the community of the Meenas in the Rajasthan.

Positions held

*1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha from Sawai Madhopur .
*29 Jan. 2003- 2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development

Books published

*Inhen Bhi Jaaniye - containing detailed description of national signs and symbols
*Samay Ki Ret - a compilation of poems
*Geet Sangrah - a collection of folk songs of Rajasthan recited on auspicious occasions
*Mahila Ke Badhate Charan

Social activism

Jaskaur set up a “Gramin Mahila Vidyapeeth” (Rural Girls' University) in the village of Mainpura in Sawai Madhopur District in 1993 to educate girls who were not receiving an education. The Vidyapeeth includes girls in grades 1 through 12. It has been constructed with the active participation of 4,000 families.

External links

* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodatap13.asp?mpsno=247 Parliament of India biographical data]