Biographical Sketch

Member of Parliament

XI LOK SABHA





HAZARIKA, SHRI ISHWAR PRASANNA
CONGRESS (I)- TEZPUR (ASSAM)



Father's Name:       Shri Tirtheswar Hazarika

Date of Birth:   22 January 1937

Place of Birth:   North Lakhimpur in Distt. Lakhimpur (Assam)

Marital Status:   Married on 11 December 1962

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Chhaya Hazarika

Children:   Two sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
M.A. (Incomplete), B.L.
Educated at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Delhi School of Economics, 
       Delhi and Lincoln's Inn, London (U.K.)

Profession :
   Civil Service, Management Consultant and Lawyer

Permanent Address :
   Ward No. 7,
North Lakhimpur Town-787001 (Assam)
Tel. (03752) 22572

Positions Held :
   
     1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)

Special Interests :
To facilitate accelerated development of Assam and North East India as a solution to the insurgency problem; foreign trade and development of Indian exports; economic relations with former Communist countries and development of India's Power Sector 
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading and travelling

Countries Visited :
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Delegation to (i) I.L.O. Conference, Geneva, 1982; (ii) World Diamond Congress, Antwerp, 1984; (iii) Association of State Trading Organisation, Belgrade, 1986; (iv) International Fertiliser Conference, Budapest, 1989 and New York 1990; and (v) Trade Delegations to DPRK, Brazil, Romania, Thailand, USSR, Zimbabwe, etc. 
Other Information :
Executive Vice-Chairman, Standing Conference on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and Member, Executive Board of SCOPE, 1981-89; Director, Boards of NTPC, STC and MMTC of India, 1981-88; Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, 1987-94; President, Bharat Diamond House Bourse, Bombay, 1988-89; Chairman and Managing Director, M.M.T.C. of India, 1988-90; Member, State Planning Board, Assam, 1994-96; Chairman, Assam State Electricity Board, 1995-96 
Election Result :
   
Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate8,53,710
Total votes polled6,77,449
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Iswar Prasanna Hazarika (I.N.C.)2,07,071
(2) Shri Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma (A.G.P.)2,00,352
(3) Shri Dhruba Prasad Baishya (B.J.P.)  82,893
(4) Shri Rana Deuri (Ind.)  40,908