 Minister for Earth Sciences, Govt
of India
Shri Kapil Sibal
| Father's Name : |
Shri
Hira Lal Sibal |
| Date of Birth : |
August 8, 1948 |
| Place of Birth : |
Jullundur, Punjab
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| Marital Status : |
Married |
| Spouse's Name : |
Smt. Promilaa Sibal
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| Children : |
Two sons
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| Educational Qualifications : |
1) M.A.
(History) from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
2) L.L.M.,
Harvard Law School, USA
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Address : |
19, Teen Murti Marg,
New Delhi-110 001
Tel.
23019420, 23019421
Fax.
23018705
E-mail:
kapilsibal@hotmail.com ;
kapil@kapilsibal.com ;
ksibal@sansad.nic.in
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| Positions Held : |
December 1989 – December
1990:
Additional Solicitor General of India.
1995-96,1997-98 and 2001-2002:
President, Supreme Court Bar Association.
July 1998:
Elected to Rajya Sabha.
July 2001:
Member, Executive Council, Institute of Constitutional
and Parliamentary Studies.
August 2001:
Member, Business Advisory Committee.
January 2002:
Member, Committee on Home Affairs.
2002:
Co-Chairman, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum,
Member, Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative,
headquartered in the US
2003:
Member, Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation’s Indian AIDS Initiative.
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Publication
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Contributed articles on important
issues such as security, nuclear proliferation, terrorism etc., in national
dailies and periodicals. |
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic
& Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests |
Public issues and cultural
events. |
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation
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i)
Belvedere Club, The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi.
ii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
iii) Reading, writing, traveling and
cooking. Actively interested
in
spreading scientific knowledge and reasoning. |
| Countries Visited : |
U.S.A.,
Canada,
Switzerland,
China,
Bhutan,
Vietnam,
South
Africa,
Nigeria,
Senegal
and
several
South
East
Asian
countries,
traveled
throughout
Europe
and
North
Africa.
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Other Information |
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Studied and worked in the United States.
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Offered appointment to the I.A.S., but declined.
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Joined the Bar in 1972.
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Designated Senior Advocate in 1983.
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Leader, Indian delegation to the
Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January 1991.
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Member, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention set up by
the Human Rights Commission, Geneva.
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Member, Board of Management, Indira Gandhi National Open
University, 1993.
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