Ramakant Goswami

Ramakant Goswami
Member of the Delhi Assembly
for Rajendra Nagar
Assumed office
December 2008
Personal details
Born October 29, 1944
Lahore, British India
Nationality Indian
Political party Congress
Spouse(s) Chander Kanta Goswami
Children One Daughter and One Son
Residence 25/30, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi-110008
Alma mater Kurukshetra University
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Occupation Journalist, lecturer

Ramakant Goswami (born on October 29, 1944) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi from Rajendra Nagar constituency. He was the Minister of Industry, Labour, Election, Law & Justice and Parliament Affairs, Govt. of NCT, Delhi. He was also a member of the Business Advisory Committee of Delhi Government since 2002.[1]

Early life

He was born to Dr Girdhari Lal Goswami and Dev Rani Goswami in British India. After the partition of India, he and his family migrated to India. He did his post-graduation in Hindi from Kurukshetra University and followed this with a diploma in journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. He was an active journalist for thirty years and worked as lecturer at S.D. College in Ambala. He was an active sportsman during his college days.[2]

Political career

He entered in active politics in 1998 for the Delhi State Assembly Elections and contested for Congress Party for the seat of MLA from Patel Nagar constituency, he won and repeated his success again in the year 2003. In the 2008 elections, he was nominated from Rajendra Nagar constituency. He won the seat from the Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Asha Yogi by 5000 votes.[3]

Positions held

He has served on several major positions of many organisations and within Congress, some of them are:[4]-

See also

References

  1. "BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  2. "Ramakant Goswami". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  3. "Congs Ramakant Goswami wins Rajendra Nagar assy seat". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  4. "Profile". Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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