Background
CHANDRASEKHAR, Maragatham was born on November 11, 1917 in Madras, India. Daughter of the late Vidwan Kalathur Munuswamy Pillai.
CHANDRASEKHAR, Maragatham was born on November 11, 1917 in Madras, India. Daughter of the late Vidwan Kalathur Munuswamy Pillai.
Lady Willingdon Training College, Madras. King’s College, London University, United Kingdom. National Training College of Domestic Science, London, United Kingdom.
Westminster Training College, London, United Kingdom. London School of Journalism, United Kingdom. Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
HSS London diploma in freelance journalism, domestic science, dietetics course. Specialised institutional management and degree course, London, United Kingdom.
Associated with National student movement and took active part in India League, London, 1946-1950. Leader, official Indian cultural delegation to USSR, Czechoslovakia and Poland, 1954. Member, first Lok Sabha, 1952-1957.
Union Deputy Minister of Health, 1952-1957. Convener, South Indian Women Legislative Conference, Bangalore, 1957 and Bharat Sevak Samaj, Madras state, 1957-1959. Union Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs, 1962-1964.
Leader, offical Indian delegation to United Nations Seminar on Human Rights in Developing Countries, Kabul, elected Vice-Chair, 1964. Leader, Indian Delegation to XIII International Conference on Social Work, Washington, United States of America, 1966. Leader, Indian delegation to International Women’s Conference, Mongolia.
Member, third Lok Sabha, 1962-1967. Union Deputy Minister in the Department of Social Welfare, 1964-1967. Member, Rajya Sabha, 1972-1976.
General,-Secretary, All India Congress Committee, 1972, Treasurer, 1978-1980. Chair, Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1983. Union Minister of State for social and Women’s Welfare, since 1984.
Member, Lok Sabha for Tamil Nadu, Sriperumbudur, since 1984. Professional career: teacher. Political and social worker.
Member, Central Committee of State Film Awards, 1961-1962. Member, First Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Member, Gandhi Sadan Committee.
Member, Standing Committee, India Council of Child Welfare. Member, Governing Council, Indo-German Social Service Society. Chair, National Small Industries Corporation, 1959-1962.
Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities of India, 1967-1970. Life Member, British University Society of South India and Indian Council of Child Welfare, and Member of its Executive Committee. Connected with various social welfare and educational institutions.
Congress.
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