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Father's Name
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Shri John Dkhar
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Hermelinda Pala
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Date of Birth
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14 Feb 1968
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Place of Birth
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Lamyrsiang, East Jaintia Hills Distt. (Meghalaya)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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30 Aug 1991
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Dimorine Tariang
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No.of Daughters
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4
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Educational
Qualifications
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B.E. (Civil)
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Profession
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Engineer
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Permanent Address
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Edamanry Cottage, Dhankheti,
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Shillong-793001, Meghlaya
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Tel : (0364) 2226575, 09650806333 (M)
Fax : (0364) 2504321
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Present Address
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21, B. R. Mehta Lane,
K.G. Marg,
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New Delhi - 110 001
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Tel : (011) 23389236, 09868203333 (M)
Telefax : (011) 23385024
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Positions Held
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2009
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Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
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28 May 2009 - 27 Oct. 2012
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Union Minister of State, Water Resources
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19 Jan 2011 - 27 Oct. 2012
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Union Minister of State, Minority Affairs (Additional Charge)
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
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15 Sept. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Member, Committee on Member of Parliamant Local Area Development Schemes (MPLADS)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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24 July 2019 onwards
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Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
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13 Sept. 2019 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Industry
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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Special Interests
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Sports and Construction
Driving, Singing
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Travelling all over the world
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Sports and Clubs
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Athletics,driving music and reading
Football and Golf
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Countries Visited
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Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People`s Republic of China), Holland, Italy, Iran, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, U.A.E. U.K. and U.S.A.
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Other Information
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Served as (i) Asst. Chief Engineer, Public Works Department,Govt. of Meghalaya;(ii) Chief Coordinator, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee; and (iii) Treasurer, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee; (iv) General Secretary, North East Congress Coordination Committee (v) Ex-Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development and Commerce and Industry (vi) Ex-Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee Ministry of Science and Technology and Environment and Forest (vii) Ex-Member, General Council of the School of Planning and Architecture, Ministry of Human Resource Development (viii) Ex-Member, Court of Manipur University, Member, Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Public Grievances; Member, Consultative Committee Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regin (DoNER); Member, Committee of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
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