K.C. PANT

Krishna Chandra Pant, son of Bharat Rata Late Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant, Freedom Fighter, Premier of Uttar Pradesh 1937-1939, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, 1946-1954, Union Home Minister, 1955-1961.

Presently, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India, Chairman of Prime Minister's Task Force on Infrastructure and also the Member, National Security Council.

Born at Bhowali, Nainital District, Uttar Pradesh, India; educated at St. Joseph's College Nainital; M.Sc. from Lucknow University (Chancellor's Gold Medal); Post Graduate Studies in West Germany; awarded Honorary Doctorate Degree by Udaipur University in 1975-76; Honorary Doctorate Degree by the Andhra Pradesh University, Waltair, 1985-86; Married in June, 1957 to Shrimati Ila Pant, Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha; 2 sons

• Favorite Pastime and Recreation: Reading, 'traveling and Sports
• Sports: Cricket, Badminton; Squash and Swimming
• Travels: USA, USSR, China, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Austria, Egypt, Italy, Nepal, Iran. Yugoslavia, several countries in Africa, Burma, Thailand, Uruguay, North Korea, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Poland, Hungary and other West and East European Countries.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: 26 YEARS (both Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)

Specifically

• Member of the Third Lok Sabha (1962-67)
• Member of the Fourth Lok Sabha (1967-71)
• Member of the Fifth Lok Sabha (1971-77)
• Member of the Rajya Sabha (1978-84)
• Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (1979)
• Member of the Eighth Lok Sabha (1984-89)

MEMBER OF THE UNION GOVERNMENT AND COMMISSIONS: 20 YEARS

• Minister of Finance
• Minister of Steel & Heavy Engineering.
• Minister of Home Affairs
• Minister of Irrigation and Power
• Minister of Energy
• Assisted the Prime Minister with the Departments of Science and
• Technology, Atomic Energy, Electronics and Space
• Minister for Energy
• Minister for Education
• Minister for Steel & Mines
• Minister for Defence
• Chairman, Tenth Finance Commission, India
• Chairman, Advisory Board of Energy
• Chairman, Task Force on National Security Council

MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS

K.C. Pant has represented India in the International arena i.e.

• Human Rights Commission, 1965; elected first Vice Chairman 1966.
• Seminar on Nuclear Weapons Toronto, 1966
• Parliamentary Advisor, Indian delegation to the United Nations; 1965-66
• Alternate leader of the Indian Delegation to the UN: 1972 Leader of the Indian Delegation to the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee Meeting held in Rangoon in December, 1967, and Seoul (Korea) in October, 1968.
• Co-Chairman, Indo-Polish Commission, 1976.
• Alternate Leader of the Indian Delegation to the Human Rights Commission, 1984 at Geneva.
• Alternate Leader Ministerial Meeting of GATT contracting parties Conference at Urguay September, 1986
• Address on "India's Defence in the changed International Environment" and "Chanding Situations in Indian Politics" at the Harvard University - MIT Boston, October, 1991
• Invited by the Government oaf the Peoples Republic of China to an International Conference on "Improving the Performance of the State-owned Industrial enterprises in China" Beijing - May – 1992
• In 1995 he was the leader of 11 Member Indian delegation to the Indo-U.S. Conference on Joint Co-operation held at New York
• In 1995 he addressed the ASCEND Conference held at Philadelpia to discuss the Brundtland Commission report and the Articulation of Agenda 21 of the Rio Summit and to deliberate over implementation of new paradigms of sustainable growth in consonance with tradition of linking social responsibilities with privileges.
• In 1996 he was the leader speaker from India at the Global Conference held at Washington on "Nuclear Non Proliferation and the Millennium: Prospectus and Initiatives"
• Spoken at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, China and United States on Defence and Economic issues.

MEMBER

• Administrative Reforms Commission Study Team on Government
• Machinery
• Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis
• Of the Executive Council of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering
• Of National Integration Council: 1983-84
• Of the Committee on Public Undertakings: 1962-67
• Found Member: Institute of Constitutional & Parliamentary Studies
• Life Member: Institute of Engineers
• Special Interest: Welfare Work, associated with a number of Security,

Defence, Energy, Environmental and Educational Institutions.

RECENT ADDRESSES:

K.C. Pant has delivered many keynote and inaugural addresses at different occasions on various platforms. His area of interest includes

Human Rights; Management; Economic Development; Overseas Development; Nuclear Risks; Environment; Planning and Development; Global Security; Fiscal Federalism; Education; Technology; Energy Management; Central and State Taxes; Water Management; Quality Management; Economic and Social Interests; National Security; Planning; Telecommunications; Infrastructure and Information Technology, Implications on the economy of WTO stipulations, etc.