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Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi was the Minister of Railways who belongs to the All India Trinamool Congress party. He is the current Member of Parliament representing Barrackpore, West Bengal.

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Dinesh Trivedi, Indian PoliticianDinesh Trivedi belongs from All India Trinamool Congress and is a Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Barrackpur (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. He is the former Union Minister for Railways and the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He is also serving as the Chairman of the Indo-European Union Parliamentary Forum (IEUPF), and other Parliamentary Forums.

Dinesh Trivedi, Indian Politician Political Career of Dinesh Trivedi Early Life of Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi was born on 4th June 1950. He did his B.Com from St.Xavier`s College, Kolkata. A graduate in commerce from St. Xavier`s College, Kolkata and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas, USA. Dinesh Trivedi is the youngest child in the Gujarati family. His father`s name was Hiralal Trivedi and his mother`s name was Urmila Trivedi. The family migrated to India from Karachi during the Partition of India in the year 1947, where all his other siblings were born. His parents lived in a number of places before coming to New Delhi, where he was born. His father then started working for the Hindustan Construction Company in Kolkata.

Dinesh Trivedi, Indian Politician
Dinesh Trivedi is also the General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress. He is also the Chairman of the Indo-European Union Parliamentary Forum (IEUPF), established on 2 April 2005. He was the Minister for Railways and he joined in the cabinet as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare in the year 2009.

Positions held by Dinesh Trivedi

Position Held
Detail/Organization
Member of Parliament (1990–2008) Rajya Sabha
Chairman Passengers Amenities Committee, Ministry of Railways
Member Committee on Rules
Member Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Member Civil Aviation Committee
Member Committee on Finance
Member Committee on Commerce
Vice-Chairman Rajya Sabha
Member Committee on Petitions
Member Committee on Public Undertakings Member, General Purposes Committee
Co-Convener Sub-Committee for Special Economic Zones of the Committee on Commerce


Personal Life of Dinesh Trivedi
Dinesh Trivedi is married to Minal. She holds a PhD degree in Genetics. They have a son Parthsarathi. Her is pursuing aerospace engineering from MIT located in United States of America.


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