VERMA, KUMARI VIMLA
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - SEONI (MADHYA PRADESH)]
Father's Name Late Shri K.P. Verma Date of Birth 1 July 1929 Place of Birth Nagpur (Maharashtra) Marital Status Unmarried Educational Qualifications M.A., B.T. Educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) Profession Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker, Teacher and Educationist Permanent Address Giridhar Bhawan, Distt. Seoni-480661 (Madhya Pradesh) Tel. (07692) 20700 Present Address 24, Talkatora Road, New Delhi - 11001 Tels. (011) 3352598, 3352597 Positions Held District Convenor, Mahila Wing, Congress, Madhya Pradesh 1963-67 President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh 1963 onwards Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) 1967-90 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1967-68 Member, Public Accounts Committee 1967-69 General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Madhya Pradesh 1969-72 Minister of State, Irrigation and Power, Madhya Pradesh 1972-75 Minister of State for Health, Madhya Pradesh 1977-80 General-Secretary, P.C.C., Madhya Pradesh (2nd term) 1979-80 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings 1980-85 Cabinet Minister, Public Work Department, Irrigation, Rural Development and Transport, Madhya Pradesh 1982-90 Member, Business Advisory Committee 1987-88 Member, General Purposes Committee 1987-89 Member, Women and Children Welfare Committee 1988-89 Cabinet Minister, Labour and Human Resource Development, Madhya Pradesh 1989-90 Cabinet Minister, Food and Civil Supplies and Co-operation, Irrigation, Narmada Development and Public Health Engineering 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha 1991-95 Chairperson, Committee on Communications Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 1995-96 Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Women and Child Development) 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-99 Chairperson, Committee on Absence of Members from the sittings of the House Member, Committee on Agriculture Member, General Purposes Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments President, Hindi Sahitya Samiti, Seoni, for several years Social and Cultural Activities Founder-Member, (i) Education Committee, Seoni; and (ii) Seoni Educational Society; Founder, Arts College, Seoni; and Member, Madhya Pradesh State Social Welfare Board Special Interests Literature and politics Favourite Pastime and Recreation Art and listening to music Countries Visited China, Philippines, Thailand and U.S.S.R.; Member, (i)Indian Delegation, Moscow; (ii) Delegation to Women's Conference, Moscow; and attended UN Women's Conference, Beijing Other Information Conferred, Vidhan Kirti award by Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for being the most distinguished legislator and for significant contribution to the legislative business of the House; Chairman, Project implementing Committee, Central Social Welfare Board; General-Secretary, Bharat Yuvak Samaj, Madhya Pradesh; Vice-President, Bharatiya Gramin Mahila Sangh; and Member, Madhya Pradesh Sewa Dal Board; worked as Honorary Lecturer for two years; imprisoned for demonstrating against ill treatment meted out to Smt. Indira Gandhi during Janata regime, 1977-79; appointed Observer for Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan and assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu by A.I.C.C.; and appointed Observer for assessing political situation in five constituencies of Lok Sabha by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi
Election Result of Seoni Lok Sabha Constituency