Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha








BANDYOPADHYAY, SHRI SUDIP
[WEST BENGAL TRINAMOOL CONGRESS - CALCUTTA NORTH WEST (WEST BENGAL)]



Father's Name       	Late Shri Bisweswar Bandyopadhyay       

Date of Birth       	10 December 1950

Place of Birth      	Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal) 
            
Marital Status      	Married on 15 July 1991

Spouse's Name       	Smt. Naina Bandyopadhyay                

Educational Qualifications  

               B.Sc.

               Educated at K.N. College, Berhampore (West Bengal)

Profession         

               Political and Social Worker, Businessman

Permanent Address  

               72/4, S.N. Banerjee Road,               
               Waverly Mansion, P.O. Entally,          
               Calcutta-700014 (West Bengal)           

               Tels. (033) 2443010, 2446080, 246-0103                                

Present Address   

	       B-4, M.S. Flats,                   
	       B.K.S. Marg,                  
	       New Delhi-110001              
     
	       Tel. (011) 3717364            
	       Fax  (011) 3718486  

Positions Held  

1987-98        Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
               (three terms)

1998           Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99        Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
          
               Member, Business Advisory Committee

               Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development*

               Member, Committee on Communications
            
               Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

Social and Cultural Activities  

Broadly involved in different social and cultural activities
associated with a number of cultural organisations; sang
Rabindra Sangeet in Central Hall of Parliament on the
occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary in 1998

Countries Visited  

Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland,
Hungary, Italy, Japan, U.K. and U.S.A.

Other Information  

Resigned from Indian National Congress and Assembly
Membership in 1998 on moral grounds and subsequently
contested for parliamentary seat as a Trinamool Congress
candidate; Member, Samsad(Court) of Visva Bharati, 1998

Election Result of
Calcutta North-West Lok Sabha Constituency  
     
Total electorate 	6,95,698
Total votes polled 	4,69,378

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay 	(W.B.T.C.) 2,26,832
(2) Shri Sarala Maheswari 	(C.P.M.)   1,53,349
(3) Shri Debiprasad Pal 	(I.N.C.)     75,047
(4) Shri Kana Ram 		(S.H.S.)      1,421
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