| Name | Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Constituency from which I am elected | Chandigarh |
| Father's Name | Late Shri Piara Lal Aggarwal (Tapa Wale) |
| Mother's Name | Smt. Rukmani Devi |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jul 1948 |
| Birth Place | Sunam, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab) |
| Maritial Status | Married |
| Date of Marriage | 12 Mar 1974 |
| Spouse Name | Smt. Madhu Bansal |
| No. of Children | No.of Sons:2 No.of Daughters:0 |
| State Name | Chandigarh |
| Party Name | Indian National Congress |
| Permanent Address | 64, Sector 28-A,Chandigarh- 160 002Tel. (0172) 2657565 Fax. (0172) 2637618 |
| Present Address | 6, Ashoka Road,New Delhi-110 001Tels: (011) 23017780, 23017798, 23018729 (PH) Telefax: (011) 23782811, 23782812 (R) Fax. 23782812 (R), 23792341 (O), 23093053 (PH) |
| Email id | pkbansal[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in |
| EducationalQualifications | B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala; Government College, Chandigarh; and Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Profession | |
| Positions Held | |
| 1976-78 | General Secretary, Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (I) |
| 1978-82 | General Secretary, Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (I) |
| 1982 | President, Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (I) |
| 1982-83 | President, Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (I) |
| 1984-90 | Member, Rajya Sabha |
| 1984-86 | Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha |
| Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha |
| Member, Consultative Committee Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill |
| Member, Parliamentary Committee on the Structure of Pay, Allowances, Leave and Pensionary Benefits for the Officers and Staff of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats |
| 1985-87 | Member, Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha |
| 1986 | Member, Joint Committee on Railways Bill |
| 1989-90 | Whip, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party, Rajya Sabha |
| Member, Public Accounts Committee |
| 1991 | Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
| 1992 | Elected to the Executive of Congress Party in Parliament (with highest No. of votes) |
| 1992-96 | Whip, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha |
| 1993-96 | Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on 83rd Constitution Amendment Bill and Representation of People (Amendment) Bill |
| Member, Committee on Commerce |
| Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha |
| Member, Committee on Rules, Lok Sabha |
| Member, Committee on Estimates |
| 1995-96 | Chairman, Committee on Communications |
| 1997-98 | President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee |
| 1999 | Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
| Secretary, All India Congress Committee |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| 1999-2004 | Member, Business Advisory Committee |
| Member, Committee on Ethics |
| Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 1999 |
| 2000-2004 | Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology and Communication |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| May 2004 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
| 2004-06 | Member, Panel of Chairmen |
| Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party |
| Chairman, Committee of Privileges |
| Chairman, Select Committee of Lok Sabha to inquire into allegations against some members regarding Parliamentary Questions |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Member, General Purposes Committee |
| Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development |
| Member, Rules Committee |
| Member, Business Advisory Committee |
| 2004-2009 | Treasurer, Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG) |
| 29 Jan. 2006-22 May | Minister of State, Ministry of Finance (Expenditure, Banking & Insurance) |
| 6 Apr. 2008-22 May 2 | Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs |
| 13 May 2009 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
| 28 May 2009 - 18 Jan | Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs |
| 14 Jun. 2009 - 18 Ja | Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources |
| 19 Jan 2011 onwards | Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs |
| 19 Jan 2011-19 July | Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology |
| Union Cabinet Minister, Earth Sciences |
| July 2011 onwards | Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources |
| Social and Cultural Activities | Organised and participated in youth festivals, Inter-State Youth camps, N.S.S. camps, medical-aid camps in rural areas, legal-aid programmes for the poor and blood donation camps; undertook padayatras in Punjab for communal harmony; organised Rajiv Gandhi Child-to-Child National Integration camps |
| Special Interests | Education, environment and electoral reforms |
| Countries Visited | Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Zimbabwe, 1986; (ii) 83rd Inter Parliamentary Conference; Nicosia, Cyprus 1990; (iii) U.N. General Assembly, 1994; (iv) 94th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (IPC), Bucharest, Romania, 1995; (v) Wilton Park (UK) Conference on Good Governance, 2002; (vi) Parliamentary Delegation to UNCTAD - XI Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2004; (vii) First All Party M.P`s Goodwill Non-official Delegation to Pakistan 2003; (viii) Workshop on WTO (Singapore), 2004; (ix) 112th IPU at Manila, 2005 (x) Goodwill Delegation to US in September, 2008. Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Malaysia, 1992; (ii) Third U.N. Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance held at Durban, South Africa, 2001; (iii) SAARC Finance Ministers` Conference held in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2006; (iv) 2nd China-India Financial conference, Shanghai, May, 2008; (v) Regional Conference on Deepening Democracy held at Paro, Bhutan, 2010; (vi) Parliamentary Delegation to Istanbul, Athens & Egypt in Januaruy, 2010. |
| Other Information | Chairman, Research and Reference Cell, All India Congress Committee (AICC), 1985-91; OfficialSpokesman (AICC), 1995. Member, (i) Congress Committee on Policy and Programme 1985-91; (ii) Congress Manifesto Committee, 1990; (iii) AICC Committee to analyse 10th Lok Sabha Election results 1991; (iv) National Literacy Mission Authority; (v) Philately Advisory Committee, 1987-88; (vi) Press Council of India 2004. Convenor, (i) Sub-Committee, Congress Centenary Celebrations Committee; (ii) Congress Committee on 40th Anniversary of Independence; and (iii) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru`s Birth Centenary, 1983-89. Faculty Member, (i) Orientation Programme in Parliamentary Procedure and Practices for MPs of Khazakstan; and (ii) Indian Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Traning (BPST); President and General Secretary, Punjab University Youth Service Club, 1969-70; and General Secretary, (i) Punjab University Student` Council, 1970-71; and (ii) Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, 1978 Member, Senate (1994-96 and 1999 till date) and Syndicate (1990-92), PunjabUniversity; The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1984-90, 1991-96, 1999. Member, (i) 37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1991; (ii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1993; |
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