Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha






MUKHERJEE, SMT. GEETA
C.P.I - PANSKURA (WEST BENGAL)
Father's Name: Shri Prafulla Kumar Roy Chowdhury Date of Birth: 8 January 1924 Place of Birth: Calcutta (West Bengal) Marital Status: Married on 8 November 1942 Spouse's Name: Late Shri Biswanath Mukherjee Educational Qualifications :
B.A. Educated at Ashutosh College, Calcutta University, Calcutta Profession :
Political and Social Worker Permanent Address :
Flat-12, Block-D, 18, Bow Street, Calcutta-700 012 (West Bengal) Tel. (033) 2254488 Positions Held :
1946Member, State Committee, C.P.I., Bengal 1967-77Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly Member, Various Committees, West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1978 onwardsMember, National Council, C.P.I. 1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) 1980-83Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1981-82Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1981-84Member, Joint Committee on Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 1981 onwardsMember, National Executive Committee, C.P.I. 1984Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) 1985-86,1987-89Member, Committee on Public Undertakings and 1991-92 1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time 20 Dec.1989-91 Member, Panel of Chairmen 1993-96 28 Dec.1989-91Member, House Committee 24 Jan.1990-91Member, General Purposes Committee 1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time 1993-95Member, Public Accounts Committee 1993-96Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs 1993 onwardsMember, Joint-Select Committee on various bills relating to women 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time 1996 onwardsChairperson, Joint Select Committee on one-third reservation of seats for women in Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies; Chairperson, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit; Member, Standing Committee on Communications Books Published:
(i) 'Bharat Upakatha', (ii) 'Chotoder Ravindranath', (iii) 'He Atit Katha Kao' (all in Bengali) and Bengali translation of 'Naked among Wolves'. Social and Cultural Activities :
Women's employment, women's movement, student movement, peasant movement, removal of illiteracy and other social problems Special Interests :
Theory and practice of Marxism and Leninism Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Poetry, songs and socialising with rural women and younger generation Countries Visited :
Widely travelled Other Information :
Participated in freedom struggle; imprisoned several times for participation in mass movements during pre-independence and post-independence periods; Associated with C.P.I. as a student since 1939; General Secretary, Bengal Provincial Students Federation,1947-1951; Secretariat Member, Women's International Democratic Federation, Berlin, 1958; Executive Member, National Federation of Indian Women since 1965; Member, National Commission on Rural Labour, 1986 and National Commission on Women, 1988; and Member, National Children's Board, 15 May, 1990; Member, Press Council;Vice-President, National Federation of Women Election Result :
Panskura Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate9,40,752 Total votes polled8,45,529 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Smt. Geeta Mukherjee (C.P.I.)4,55,414 (2) Shri Padma Khastgir (I.N.C.)3,44,026 (3) Shri Amitabh Nayak (B.J.P.) 15,563 (4) Shri Durga Pada Hansda (Ind.) 9,265