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Dinesh Trivedi
दिनेश त्रिवेदी
Minister of Railways Incumbent Assumed office
13 July 2011President Pratibha Patil Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Preceded by Manmohan Singh Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare In office
22 May 2010 – 12 July 2011Succeeded by Sudip Bandyopadhyay Member of Parliament Incumbent Assumed office
May 2009Constituency Barrackpore Personal details Born 4 June 1950
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaNationality Indian Political party Trinamool Congress Spouse(s) Dr. Minal Trivedi Residence New Delhi
KolkataAlma mater St. Xavier's College, Calcutta
University of Texas, AustinProfession Pilot
PoliticianReligion Hinduism Dinesh Trivedi (born 4 June 1950) is an Indian politician from All India Trinamool Congress is a Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. A graduate in commerce from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and an M.B.A. from the The University of Texas at Austin.[1] He is currently the Minister for Railways.
Trivedi is also the General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress. He is also the Chairman of the Indo-European Union Parliamentary Forum (IEUPF), established on 2 April 2005.
He has been actively fighting criminalization in politics. He has filed several public interest litigations including Vohra Committee (The Right to Information Act is a fall out of his petiton on Vohra Committee)[2].
- Former Chairman of Calcutta International School, Kolkata
- Managing Trustee Consumer Protection Centre, Kolkata
- Has widely given lectures at various national and international forums on various topics
- Has participated in prestigious debates
- Has been a member of voluntary organizations such as Special Police, Round Table India etc.
- Actively involved in consumer protection movement
- Actively involved in fighting criminalization in politics
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Positions held[3]
Position Held Detail/Organization Member of Parliament (1990–2008) Rajya Sabha Chairman Passengers Amenities Committee, Ministry of Railways Member Committee on Rules Member Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation Member Civil Aviation Committee Member Committee on Finance Member Committee on Commerce Vice-Chairman Rajya Sabha Member Committee on Petitions Member Committee on Public Undertakings Member, General Purposes Committee Co-Convener Sub-Committee for Special Economic Zones of the Committee on Commerce Forums[4]
Position Forum Chairman Indo EU Parliamentarians forum Member Indo American Forum of Parliamentarians Member Indo British Forum of Parliamentarians Member Indo France Forum of Parliamentarians Member Indo German Forum of Parliamentarians Member Indo UK Forum of Parliamentarians Member Indo Japan Forum of Parliamentarians Member Aspan Dialogue Think Tank, USA Member Aspan Euro References
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Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from West Bengal Abdul Mannan Hossain • Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury • Ambica Banerjee • Anup Kumar Saha • Basudeb Acharia • Choudhury Mohan Jatua • Deepa Dasmunsi • Dinesh Trivedi • Gurudas Dasgupta • Haji Nurul Islam • Jaswant Singh • Kabir Suman • Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar • Mahendra Kumar Roy • Mamata Banerjee • Manohar Tirkey • Mausam Noor • Prabodh Panda • Pranab Mukherjee • Ram Chandra Dome • Ratna De (Nag) • Saugata Roy • Shatabdi Roy • Sisir Adhikari • Somendra Nath Mitra • Sucharu Ranjan Haldar • Sultan Ahmed • Susmita Bauri • Suvendu Adhikari • Tapas Pal • Tarun MandalCategories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- 15th Lok Sabha members
- Bengali politicians
- University of Calcutta alumni
- St. Xavier's College, Calcutta alumni
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
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