Indian politician (born 1942)
Ambika Soni (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian politician in the Indian National Congress . She has been Minister of Information and Broadcasting . She was a Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha .
Early life and education
Born in Lahore in undivided Punjab to Nakul Sen Wadhwa, an Indian Civil Service officer and Lt. Governor of Goa in 1942. Her mother, Indu Wadhwa, was a home-maker. The family is Christian.
Ambika studied at Welham Girls School , New Delhi and did her M.A. (Hons.) from Indraprastha College , Delhi University , followed by Diploma Superiore en Langue Francaise from Alliance Francaise , Bangkok and Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature from University of Havana , Cuba .
In 1961, aged 19, Ambika married Uday Soni, an Indian Foreign Service officer.
Political career
Ambika Soni began her political career in 1969 when she was co-opted into the Congress Party by Indira Gandhi at the time of the Party split in 1969. Soni was an old family friend of Gandhi from the time when her father was posted as District collector of Amritsar during the Partition of India and worked very closely with Jawaharlal Nehru . In 1975 she was elected as the president of the Indian Youth Congress and worked closely with Sanjay Gandhi . In 1998, she became the president of All India Mahila Congress . From 1999 - 2006 she was General Secretary of All India Congress Committee .
First Term (March 1976 - March 1982)
Second Term (January 2000 - 10 June 2004)
Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2004 and Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Jan. 2000 - Feb. 2004
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Feb. 2000 - 2001
Member, Committee on Defence
May 2000 - June 2003
Member, House Committee
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2003
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Third Term (July 2004 - July 2010)
Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment and Forests
March 2005 - Jan. 2006
Member, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Fourth Term (July 2010 - July 2016)
Dec. 2012 - May 2014
Member, Committee on External Affairs
Dec. 2012 - May 2014
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
May 2013 - May 2014
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Sept. 2014 - May 2019
Member, Committee on Defence
Fifth Term (July 2016 - July 2022)
July 2018 - Feb. 2019
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2018
July 2019 onwards
Member, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Sept. 2019 onwards
Member, Committee on Finance
Oct. 2019 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
References
^ "An affair to remember" . Hindustan Times . 11 December 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
Dua, Rohan (8 April 2014). "Ambika Soni, retired babu husband worth Rs 94 crore" . The Times of India . Retrieved 5 April 2023.
"By invitation only" . Hindustan Times . 29 May 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2022."Soni, Wasnik, Sahai resign ahead of reshuffle" . Free Press Journal . Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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