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Father's Name
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Late Shri Rajinder Singh
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Mother's Name
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Smt. Shanti Devi
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Date of Birth
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06 Nov 1956
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Place of Birth
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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16 Apr 1982
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Spouse's Name
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Smt. Manju Singh
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No. of Sons
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2
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Educational
Qualifications
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M.B.B.S., M.D. (Medicine), Fellowship (Diabetes) MNAMS (Diabetes and Endocrinology), Hon.Ph.d
Educated at Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, Government Medical College, Jammu and Amity NOIDA
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Profession
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Medical Practitioner
Author,Professor,Newspaper Columnist,Diabetologist & Consultant Physician
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Permanent Address
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169, Trikuta Nagar,
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Jammu-180012, Jammu and Kashmir
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Tel. : (0191) 2477722
07042304567, 09419192900 (M)
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Present Address
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4, Kushak Road,
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New Delhi-110 011
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Tels. : (011) 23794542, 23794559, 07042304567 (M)
Fax : (011) 23794559
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Positions Held
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May, 2014
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Elected to 16th Lok Sabha
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27 May 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space
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27 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Ministry of Earth Science
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09 Nov. 2014 - 25 May 2019
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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22 May 2016 - 28 May 2016
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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May, 2019
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Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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30 May 2019 onwards
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region;
Minister of State, Prime Minister`s Office; Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State, Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State, Department of Space
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Books Published
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Author of 8 Books including Monograms on Diabetes and World Book Fair "Best Seller", "Diabetes Made Easy"; Author of Chapters on Diabetes consecutively in around dozen successive editions of API Text Books for Post Graduate Course (Medicine); Syndicated weekly column "Tales of Travesty", popularly read and regularly published for three decades
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Author of 8 books; Over 10,000 published articles in newspapers & journals; Awarded coveted "Jamna Devi Gian Devi Award for Journalism, Gold Medal for Oration at JIPMER, Puducherry, and Outstanding Personality Award, 2009; Has flair for Writing; Newspaper Columnist
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading biographies, Writing on Medical as well as topical subjects, Listening to old film music from 1950s and early 1960s (Favourites - Mehdi Hasan, Mohd Rafi, Begum Akhtar).
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Other Information
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Professor, Medicine & Diabetes, 1986-2011
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