Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar

Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar

Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

Constituency: Mayiladuturai(Tamil Nadu)

Party: Indian National Congress(INC)

Contact Information

         (011) 23015538, 23015548

Employment Details

Elected to 10th Lok Sabha (1991)

Member, Committee on Environment and Forests (1991 - 1992)

Elected to All India Congress Committee (AICC) (1992)

Member, Committee on Human Resource Development (1992 - 1996)

Member, Committee on External Affairs

 

Secretary, All India Congress Committee (1998)

Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (1999)

Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development (1999 - 2004)

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings (2002 - 2004)

Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term) (2004)

Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum and Natural Gas; Panchayati Raj (23 May 2004 - 28 Jan 2006)

Union Cabinet Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (29 January 2006 onwards)

Minister, Panchayati Raj and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (6 April 2008 onwards)

Education Details

M.A. (Economics)

(Trinity Hall, Cambridge University (U.K.))

B.A. (Honours)

(St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi (Delhi))

Schooling

(Doon School, Dehradun)