Bhubaneswar Kalita Contact Number, Mobile Number, Helpline, Whatsapp Number, Office Address, Email I

Bhubaneswar Kalita is an Indian social worker, politician and was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) elected from Assam being an Indian National Congress candidate. He quit his party on 5 August citing the party is opposed to national interest and is paving its own way for destruction. He joined BJP on 9 August 2019. He Was Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha On 18 March As A Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate.

He has completed Masters in Arts in 1974 and L.L.B.in 1978 from Gauhati University. Earlier he had studied B.A. from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1971 and had done Matriculation from Rangia High School at Rangia in 1967.

Name : Shri Bhubaneswar Kalita

Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha

State : Assam

Party : Bharatiya Janata Party

Father's Name : Late Shri Krishna Kanta Kalita

Mother's Name : Late Shrimati Giribala Kalita

Date of Birth : 1 April 1951

Place of Birth : Rangia, Distt. Kamrup (Assam)

Marital Status : Married on 14 October 1986

Spouse's Name : Shrimati Rwitticka Kalita

Children : Two sons

Educational Qualification : M.A., LL.B. Educated at - Gauhati University

Profession : Advocate, Political and Social Worker and Sportsperson

Permanent Address : House No. 20, M.G. Path, Chiristian Basti, G.S. Road, Dispur, Guwahati 781005 Tel.- {0361}2342906, Tele-Fax: 2341348, Mobile: 09435048279

Present Address : 12, Teen Murti Lane, New Delhi Tel.- 23795097,21430504 Fax : 23010840, Mobile: 9868181150

E-mail : b.kalita@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held :
April 1984 : Elected to Rajya Sabha
1984 - 1990 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of  Petroleum and Chemicals
1985 - 87 : Member, Central Silk Board
1986 - 88 : Member, Committee on Government Assurances
1986 - 90 : Member, Employees State Insurance Corporation 
April 1990 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
1992 - 93 : Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1990 : Chairman, Committee on Economic Affairs,   Government of Assam
Member, Committee on Privileges
May 1993 - March 1996 : Member, Committee on Energy
Member, Committee on Industry
1991 - 94 : Member, General Purposes Committee
1992 - 96 : Member and Vice-Chairman, Tea Board, Government of India
1998 : Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha
Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1998 - 99 : Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Member, Committee on External Affairs
2001 - 2006 : Member, Assam Legislative Assembly
2001 - 2002 : Chairman, Committee on Petitions, Assam Legislative Assembly
2002 - 2004 : Minister for Industry, Commerce, Information Technology and Public Enterprises, Government of Assam
April 2008 : Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
May 2008 - Sept. 2009 : Member, House Committee
Aug. 2008 - May 2009 : Member, Committee on External Affairs
Aug. 2008 - May 2009 : Member, Joint Committee on Members Salary and Allowances
Jan. 2009 - Nov. 2010 : Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
May 2009 - May 2012 : Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
June 2009 - Aug. 2019 and Aug. 2020 onwards : Member, General Purposes Committee
Aug. 2009  - Aug. 2012 : Member, Committee on Industry
Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2014 : Chairman, House Committee
Dec. 2010 - April  2014 : Additional Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
Aug. 2012 - April  2014 : Member, Committee on Energy
July 2013 : Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
April 2014 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 5 August 2019) (fourth term)
Aug. 2014 - May 2019 : Member, Public Accounts Committee
Sept. 2014 - Sept. 2016 : Chairman, Committee on Petitions
Sept. 2014 - 30 May 2019 : Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs
Sept. 2014 - Aug. 2019 : Member, Parliamentary Friendship Group for India and People’s Republic of China
President, Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE-India)
Chairman, North-East Parliamentary Forum
July 2016 : Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha (re-nominated on  24 July 2020)
May - July 2016 : Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Aug. 2016 - May 2019 : Member, Joint Committee on Bill to amend The Citizenship Act, 1955
Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2019 : Member, Committee on Petitions
Oct. 2016 - Aug. 2019 : Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Aug. 2017 - May 2019 : Member, Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017
Aug. 2017 - May 2019, July 2019 - Aug. 2019 and Feb. 2021 onwards : Member, Public Accounts Committee
July 2017 - Aug. 2019 : Chief  Whip, Indian National Congress (Rajya Sabha)
April 2020 : Elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term)
July 2020 onwards : Member, Committee on Education, Women, Children Youth and Sports
Member, House Committee
Aug. 2020 onwards : Member, Joint Committee on Salaries  and Allowances of Members of Parliament
June - Aug. 2021 : Member, Working Group-III (Railways, Telecommunications, Jal Shakti and External Affairs) of the Public Accounts Committee
July - Aug. 2021 : Member, Working Group-II (Defence) of the Public Accounts Committee
Aug. 2021 onwards : Member, Sub-Committee-III (Railways, Communications,  Jal Shakti and External Affairs) of the Public Accounts Committee