Krishna Kant
Vice President of India


Born on February 28, 1927, at Village Kot Mohammed Khan, Tehsil Taran Taran, District Amritsar, Punjab, in a family of Freedom Fighters.
His father, Lala Achint Ram was a Member of the Constituent Assembly and later Member of Parliament. He was a prominent Congress leader of Punjab and a true Gandhian a pillar of Bhoodan Movement in Punjab. He was one of the first three Life Members of the Servants of the People Society, an order of life members, founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in 1921 and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. 

Education and early career:

After completing M.Sc. (Technology) from the Banaras Hindu University, he worked as Scientist with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. 

Public Life:

Shri Krishan Kant took active part in 'Quit India' Movement of 1942, while he was a student at Lahore and was arrested with the other members of the family. 

He was a Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1966 to 1977 and subsequently Member of the Lok Sabha till 1980. 

As a Member of Parliament, he made a significant contribution in the fields of Foreign Policy, Defence Policy, Land Reforms, Freedom of the Press and Electoral Reforms. He was Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the first legislation on Environment in India known as the Prevention of Water Pollution Bill. 

He was also the Secretary of the Indian Parliamentary and Scientific Committee of which Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the President and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Chairman. He was Editor of a Quarterly Journal "Science in Parliament". 

He is a Life Member of the Servants of the People Society and Chairman of the Punjab Branch. 

He was Chairman, Committee of Railway Reservations and Bookings from 1972 to 1976. 

A strong protagonist of India going Nuclear, he has been a Member of the Executive Council of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis. 

He held prominent offices in the Congress Party and later Janata Party. He was Member of the A. I. C. C. and Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary party as well of the Executive Committee for a number of years. A Member of the National Executiv e of Janata Party from 1977 to 1988 and the Executive Committee of Janata Parliamentary Party. 

He was the founding General Secretary of the People's Union of Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights, founded in 1976 of which Shri Jayaprakash Narayan was the President. 

He held a National Seminar against the 49th Amendment of the Constitution brought forward by the Government during the Emergency. 

He has been an advocate of integrating Science and Spirituality and was a Member of the Committee founded by the Sarva Seva Sangh. He is a Member of the Board of Management of the Gandhian Institute of Studies, Varanasi, formed by Jayaprakash Nar yan. 

He is a connoisseur of Urdu Poetry which he has inherited from his upbringing at Lahore. 

Shri Krishan Kant is a prolific Writer and has contributed profusely to prominent dailies and periodicals on issues relating to national and international politics, culture and science policy. 

His wife, Mrs. SUMAN KANT, is a prominent Social Worker. She is a Champion of WOMEN'S RIGHTS and is the General Secretary of the MAHILA DAKSHITA SAMITI.

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