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Dr. M. S. Gill
Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports |
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Father’s Name |
Col. Pratap Singh Gill |
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Mother's Name |
Mrs. Niranjan Kaur |
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Date of Birth |
14 June 1936 |
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Place of Birth |
Aldinpur, Tarn Taran, Punjab |
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Marital Status |
Married |
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Spouse's Name |
Mrs. Vinnie Gill |
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Children |
Three daughters (Natasha, Gauri, Kaveri) |
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Educational Qualifications : |
Senior Cambridge, B.A. (Honours), M.A., Ph.D., Diploma in Development Studies, University of Cambridge; Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) : Punjab Agriculture University, Panjab University, Haryana Agriculture University, Madras University and Guwahati University; Honorary Fellow, Queens' College, Cambridge, U.K. |
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Profession |
Public Service. |
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Permanent Address |
A-56, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi – 110 013 |
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Present Address |
12, Mother Teresa Crescent Road, New Delhi – 110 011
Tel. - 23014216, 23792953 |
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Positions Held: |
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1961-62 Deputy Commissioner and Collector, Lahaul and Spiti (now in Himachal Pradesh); 1965-67 Collector and Deputy Commissioner of Districts Ambala (now in Haryana), and Jalandhar (Punjab). 1977-81 Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Punjab. 1985-88 Development Commissioner, Punjab 1988-92. Secretary, Department of Chemicals, Petro-Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Government of India. 1992-93 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Government of India. 1993-96 Election Commissioner of India. 1996-2001 Chief Election Commissioner of India. 13 April 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha. August 2005 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture; Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation. Jan. 2006 onwards Member, Indian Council of World Affairs, 6 April 2008 Minister of State (I/C) of Youth Affairs & Sports, 28th May 2009 Cabinet Minister, Youth Affairs & Sports. |
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Books Published : |
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(i) Himalayan Wonderland: Travels in Lahaul - Spiti, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, (ii) Folk Tales of Lahaul, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1977, (iii) Lahaul and Spiti, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, April, 1975, (iv) An Assessment of the Green Revolution in India, in J.G.Hawkes (edited), Conservation and Agriculture, Duckworth, London, 1978, (v) Punjab Agriculture, Government of Punjab, November, 1979, (vi) Agricultural Cooperatives : A Case Study of Punjab, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1983, which was subsequently updated and published under the title : An Indian Success Story - Agriculture and Cooperatives, Somaiya Publications Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, 1993, (vii) The Electoral System in India, Election Commission of India, 1997 and (viii) Elections in India - Major Events and New Initiatives, 1996-2000, Election Commission of India, September, 2000 |
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests : |
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Awarded, (i) Padma Vibhushan conferred by the President of India in February 2000, (ii) Dadabhai Naoroji New Millenium International Award in January 2000 for lifetime achievement and service to India and (iii) Nishan-e-Khalsa, the recognition of the Sikh people on the 300th anniversary of the Sikh faith; Honorary Fellow, Queens' College, Cambridge |
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation : |
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President, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, 1993-99, President, Himalayan Club, 1999-2005, Member, Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, Member-International Board, International Centre for Democratic Transition (ICDT), Budapest, Hungary, Member-Board of Advisors, Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Stockholm | |
