PRESENT GOVERNMENT

President

APJ Abdul Kalam, President Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980 and made India an exclusive member of Space Club.

As Chairman of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and as an eminent scientist, he led the country with the help of 500 experts to arrive at Technology Vision 2020 giving a road map for transforming India from the present developing status to a developed nation. Dr. Kalam has served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister, from November 1999 to November 2001 and was responsible for evolving policies, strategies and missions for many development applications. Dr. Kalam was also the Chairman, Ex-officio, of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C) and piloted India Millennium Mission 2020.

Dr. Kalam took up academic pursuit as Professor, Technology & Societal Transformation at Anna University, Chennai from November 2001 and was involved in teaching and research tasks. Above all he took up a mission to ignite the young minds for national development by meeting high school students across the country.

In his literary pursuit four of Dr. Kalam’s books - "Wings of Fire", "India 2020 - A Vision for the New Millennium", "My journey" and "Ignited Minds - Unleashing the power within India" have become household names in India and among the Indian nationals abroad. These books have been translated in many Indian languages.

Dr. Kalam is one of the most distinguished scientists of India with the unique honour of receiving honorary doctorates from 30 universities and institutions. He has been awarded the coveted civilian awards - Padma Bhushan (1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1990) and the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna (1997). He is a recipient of several other awards and Fellow of many professional institutions.

Dr. Kalam became the 11th President of India on 25th July 2002. His focus is on transforming India into a developed nation by 2020.

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh is rightly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar. He is well regarded for his diligence and his academic approach to work, as well as his accessibility and his unassuming demeanour. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in a village in the Punjab province of undivided India.

Dr. Singh completed his Matriculation examinations from the Panjab University in 1948. His academic career took him from Punjab to the University of Cambridge, UK, where he earned a First Class Honours degree in Economics in 1957. Dr. Singh followed this with a D.Phil in Economics from Nuffield College at Oxford University in 1962. His book, “India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth” [Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1964] was an early critique of India's inward-oriented trade policy.

Dr. Singh’s academic credentials were burnished by the years he spent on the faculty of Punjab University and the prestigious Delhi School of Economics. He had a brief stint at the UNCTAD Secretariat as well, during these years. This presaged a subsequent appointment as Secretary General of the South Commission in Geneva between 1987 and 1990.

In 1971, Dr. Singh joined the Government of India as Economic Advisor in the Commerce Ministry. This was soon followed by his appointment as Chief Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance in 1972. Among the many Governmental positions that Dr. Singh has occupied are Secretary in the Ministry of Finance; Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission; Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Advisor of the Prime Minister; and Chairman of the University Grants Commission.

In what was to become the turning point in the economic history of independent India, Dr. Singh spent five years between 1991 and 1996 as India’s Finance Minister. His role in ushering in a comprehensive policy of economic reforms is now recognized worldwide. In the popular view of those years in India, that period is inextricably associated with the persona of Dr. Singh.

Among the many awards and honours conferred upon Dr. Singh in his public career, the most prominent are India’s second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan (1987); the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (1995); the Asia Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year (1993 and 1994); the Euro Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year (1993), the Adam Smith Prize of the University of Cambridge (1956); and the Wright's Prize for Distinguished Performance at St. John's College in Cambridge (1955). Dr. Singh has also been honoured by a number of other associations including by the Japanese Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

Dr. Singh has represented India at many international conferences and in several international organizations. He has led Indian Delegations to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Cyprus (1993) and to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in 1993.

In his political career, Dr. Singh has been a Member of India’s Upper House of Parliament (the Rajya Sabha) since 1991, where he was Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2004.

Dr. Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur have three daughters.

CABINET MINISTERS

LOK SABHA - 23,  RAJYA SABHA - 10,  NON MEMBER - 01,  TOTAL MINISTERS - 34

Name Portfolio Date of Birth Constituency, State Lok Sabha /Rajya Sabha Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India 26 September 1932 Profile Assam - Rajya Sabha   Shri Pranab Mukherjee Defence 11 December 1935 Profile   Jangipur (West Bengal) Lok Sabha   Shri Arjun Singh Human Resource  Development 05 November 1930 Profile Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Sharad Pawar  Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 12 December 1940 Profile Baramati (Maharashtra) Lok Sabha   Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav Railways 11 June 1948 Profile Chapra (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri Shivraj Patil Home 12 October 1935 Profile Maharashtra - Rajya Sabha   Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Chemicals & Fertilizers, Steel 5 July 1946 Profile Hajipur (SC) (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri Jaipal Reddy Urban Development 16 January 1942 Profile Miryalguda (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri P. R. Dasmunsi Information & Broadcasting, Parliamentary Affairs 4 August 1945 Profile Raiganj (West Bengal)  Lok Sabha   Shri P. Chidambaram Finance 16 September 1945 Profile Sivaganga (Tamilnadu)  Lok Sabha   Shri Mahavir Prasad Small scale, Agro & Rural Industries - Profile Bansgaon-SC (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri P.R. Kyndiah Tribal Affairs, Development of North East 7 May 1928 Profile Shillong (Meghalaya) Lok Sabha   Shri T.R. Baalu Road Transport & Highways & Shipping 15 June 1941 Profile Chennai South (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri S. Vaghela Textiles 21 July 1940 Profile Kapadvanj (Gujarat) Lok Sabha   Shri Kamal Nath Commerce & Industry 18 November 1946 Profile Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri H.R. Bhardwaj Law & Justice 17 May 1937 Profile Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde Power 04 Sep, 1941   Dr. Raghuvansh P Singh Rural Development 6 June 1946 Profile Vaishali (Bihar) - Lok Sabha   Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar Panchayati Raj,  Youth Affairs & Sports 10 April 1941 Profile Mayiladuturai (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri Sis Ram Ola Mines 30 July 1927 Profile Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) Lok Sabha   Smt. Meira Kumar Social Justice & Empowerment 31 March 1945 Profile Sasaram (Bihar) - Lok Sabha   Shri K. Chandra Shekhar Rao Labour & Employment - Profile Karimnagar (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri A. Raja Environment & Forests 10 May 1963 Profile Perambalur (SC) (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri Dayanidhi Maran Communications & Information Technology Dec 5, 1966 Profile Chennai Central (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss Health & Family Welfare Oct 9, 1968 Profile Tamil Nadu, Rajya Sabha   Shri Shibu Soren Coal Jan 11, 1944 Profile Dumka (ST)  (Jharkhand), Lok Sabha   Shri A. R. Antulay Minority Affairs Feb 9, 1929 Profile Kulaba  Maharashtra, Lok Sabha   Shri Vayalar Ravi Overseas Indian Affairs Jun 4, 1937 Profile Kerala, Rajya Sabha     Shri Murli Deora Petroleum Jan 10, 1937 Profile Maharashtra, Rajya Sabha   Smt.  Ambika Soni Tourism & Culture Nov 13, 1943 Profile Punjab, Rajya Sabha   Prof. Saif-u-Din Soz Water Resources Nov 23, 1937 Profile Jammu & Kaskmir, Rajya Sabha   Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises 1 April 1934 Profile Silchar (Assam) Lok Sabha   Shri Prem Chand Gupta Company Affairs 3 February 1950 Profile Bihar Rajya Sabha   Shri Kapil Sibal Science & Technology, Ocean Development 8 August 1948 Profile Chandni Chowk (Delhi) Lok Sabha

MINISTERS OF STATE

Name Portfolio Date of Birth Constituency, State Lok Sabha /Rajya Sabha Shri E. Ahamed External Affairs 29 April 1938 Profile Ponnani (Kerala) Lok Sabha   Shri Suresh Pachauri Personnel, Parliamentary Affairs 01 July 1952 Profile Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri B.K. Handique Chemicals & Fertilizers Parliamentary Affairs 1 December 1934 Profile Jorhat (Assam) Lok Sabha   Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Health & Family Welfare - Profile Nellore (SC) (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Dr. Dasari Narayan Rao Coal 4 May 1947 Profile Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Shaqeel Ahmed Communications & Information Technology - Profile Madhubani (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri Rao Inderjit Singh Defence, - Profile Mahendergarh (Haryana) Lok Sabha   Shri Naranbhai Rathwa Railways - Profile Chhota Udaipur (ST) (Gujarat) Lok Sabha   Shri K.H. Muniyappa Road Transport & Highways 7 March 1948 Profile Kolar (SC) (Karnataka) Lok Sabha   Shri M.V. Rajashekharan Planning 12 September 1928 Profile Karnataka Rajya Sabha   Shri Kantilal Bhuria Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution 1 June 1950 Profile Jhabua (ST) (M.P.) Lok Sabha   Shri Manik Rao Gavit Home Affairs 29 October 1934 Profile Nandurbar (ST) (Maharashtra) Lok Sabha   Shri Sri Prakash Jaiswal Home Affairs 25 September 1944 Profile Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri Prithviraj Chavan Prime Minister's Office 17 March 1946 Profile Maharashtra Rajya Sabha   Shri Taslimuddin Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution - Profile Kishanganj (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Smt. Suryakanta Patil Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs - Profile Hingoli (Maharashtra) Lok Sabha   Shri A. Narendra Rural Development - Profile Medak (Andhra Pradesh) Lok Sabha   Shri Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi Human Resource Development - Profile Darbhanga (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri R. Velu Railways - Profile Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri S.S. Palanimanickam Finance 15 August 1950 Profile Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri S. Regupathy Home Affairs - Profile Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri K. Venkatapathy Law & Justice - Profile Cuddalore (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Ms. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan Social Justice & Empowerment - Profile Tiruchengode (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Shri E.V.K.S. Elagovan Commerce & Industry 21 Dec, 1948 Profile Gobichettipalayam (Tamil Nadu) Lok Sabha   Smt. Kanti Singh Heavy Industry  8 March 1957 Profile Arrah (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri Namo Narayan Meena Environment & Forests - Profile Sawai Madhopur (ST) (Rajasthan) Lok Sabha     Vacant Water Resources   Shri Akhilesh Prasad Singh Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution - Profile Motihari (Bihar) Lok Sabha   Shri Pavan Kumar Bansal Finance Jul 16, 1948 Profile Chandigarh Lok Sabha   Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy Mines Sep 17, 1943 Profile Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Anand Sharma External Affairs Jan 5, 1953 Profile Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Ajay Maken, Urban Development Jan 12, 1964 Profile New Delhi, Delhi Lok Sabha   Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Defence August 31, 1962 Profile Kakinada,  Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha   Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu Labour July 7, 1950 Profile Berhampur,  Orissa Lok Sabha   Dr. Akhilesh Das Steel Mar 31, 1962 Profile Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Jairam Ramesh Commerce Apr 9, 1954 Profile Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha   Shri Ashwani Kumar Industry Oct 26, 1952 Profile Punjab  Rajya Sabha   Smt. D. Purandareswari  Human Resource Development Apr 22, 1959 Profile Bapatla,  Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha   Shri Dinsha J. Patel   Petroleum & Natural Gas May 25, 1937 Profile Kaira,  Gujarat Lok Sabha