| Name | Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Father's Name | Late Shri Piara Lal Aggarwal (Tapa Wale) |
| Mother's Name | Smt. Rukmani Devi |
| Date of Birth | 16 Jul 1948 |
| Date of Marriage | 12 Mar 1974 |
| Spouse Name | Smt. Madhu Bansal |
| Children | Sons: Amit Bansal and Manish Bansal |
| Permanent Address | H.No.64, Sector 28-A,Chandigarh / 160 002 Tel. (0172) 2657565 |
| Educational Qualifications | B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala; Government College, Chandigarh; and Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Profession | Advocate |
| 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 | Deputy Chief Whip, Congress (I) Party in Rajya Sabha |
| Member, Public Accounts Committee | |
| 1991 | Elected to 10th Lok Sabha |
| 1992 | Elected to the Executive of Congress Party in Parliament (with highest number of votes) |
| 1992-96 | Whip, Congress (I) Party in Lok Sabha |
| 1993-96 | Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on 83rd Constitution Amendment Bill and Representation of People (Amendment) Bill |
| Member, Standing Committee on Commerce | |
| Member,Standing Committee on Communications | |
| Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha | |
| Member, Committee on Rules, Lok Sabha | |
| Member, Committee on Estimates | |
| 1995-96 | Chairman, Standing Committee on Communications |
| 1997-98 | President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee |
| 1999 | Elected to 13th Lok Sabha |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | |
| 1999-2004 | Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha |
| Member, Committee on Ethics | |
| Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 1999 | |
| 2000-2004 | Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology and Communications |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | |
| May-04 | Elected to 14th Lok Sabha |
| 2004-06 | Member, Panel of Chairmen,Lok Sabha |
| Chief Whip, Congress Party in Lok Sabha | |
| Chairman, Committee of Privileges | |
| Chairman, Select Committee of Lok Sabha to inquire into allegations against some members | |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Member, General Purposes Committee | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development | |
| Member, Rules Committee | |
| Member, Business Advisory Committee | |
| 2004-2012 | Treasurer, Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG) |
| Jan 29, 2006 to May 22, 2009 | Minister of State for Finance (Expenditure, Banking & Insurance) |
| Apr 6, 2008 to May 22,2009 | Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs |
| May 13-2009 | Elected to 15th Lok Sabha |
| May 28, 2009 to Oct 28,2012 | Union Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs |
| Jun14, 2009 to Jan 18, 2011 & July 19, 2011 to Oct 28, 2012 | Union Cabinet Minister of Water Resources |
| Jan 19, 2011 to July 19, 2011 | Union Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences |
| Oct 28, 2012 to May 11, 2013 | Union Cabinet Minister of Railways |
| 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 |
| Parliamentary Delegations | 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 MPs' Non-official Goodwill Delegation to Pakistan in 2003 | |
| (viii) Workshop on WTO (Singapore), 2004 | |
| (ix) 112th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (IPC) at Manila, 2005 | |
| (x) Goodwill Delegation to US in September, 2008 | |
| (xi)37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1991; | |
| (xii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1993 | |
| 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 Turkey, Greece & Egypt in January, 2010. | |
| (vii) Parliamentary Delegation to France | |
| (viii) Addressed MPs of Khazakstan on India's Parliamentary Procedures and Practices in their first orientation programme. | |
| (ix) Led Ministry of Water Resources delegation to Cambodia, Laos, Sweden, Kenya. | |
| (x) Led Ministry of Earth Sciences delegation to Norway-Visited Science Centre at Ny-Alesund (790N) | |
| Assignments in All India Congress Committee | Chairman, Research and Reference Cell, 1985-91 Official Spokesman (AICC), 1995. |
| Secretary, All India Congress Committee.1999-2000 ? | |
| 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) Congress Centenary Celebrations Committee | |
| (v) Committee on 40th Anniversary of Independence | |
| (vi) Committee on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru`s Birth Centenary, 1983-89. | |
| Other Information | President and General Secretary, Punjab University Youth Service Club, 1969-70 |
| Secretary, | |
| (i) Punjab University Student Council, 1970-71 | |
| (ii) Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, 1978 | |
| Member: | |
| (i) National Literacy Mission Authority | |
| (ii) Philately Advisory Committee, 1987-88 | |
| (iii) Press Council of India 2004. | |
| (iv) Member Institute Body & Member Governing Body of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1984-90, 1991-96, 1999. | |
| Faculty Member : Indian Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Traning (BPST) |
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