Dinesh Trivedi is an Indian politician from All India Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 is a Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

 representing the Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barrackpore is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Barrackpore in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. A graduate in commerce from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

St. Xavier's College is located in Kolkata, India, and is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th century, who travelled to India. It is an autonomous college affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It gained autonomy in July 2006, thus becoming the first autonomous college of...

 and an M.B.A.

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 from the The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently the Minister for Railways.

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 has been actively fighting criminalization in politics. He has filed several public interest litigations including Vohra Committee (The Right to Information Act is a fall out of his petiton on Vohra Committee).

• Former Chairman of Calcutta International School, Kolkata
• Managing Trustee Consumer Protection Centre, Kolkata
• Has widely given lectures at various national and international forums on various topics
• Has participated in prestigious debates
• Has been a member of voluntary organizations such as Special Police, Round Table India etc.
• Actively involved in consumer protection movement
• Actively involved in fighting criminalization in politics

Positions held

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

Forums

Position	Forum
Chairman	Indo EU Parliamentarians forum
Member	Indo American Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Indo British Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Indo France Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Indo German Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Indo UK Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Indo Japan Forum of Parliamentarians
Member	Aspan Dialogue Think Tank, USA
Member	Aspan Euro

External links

• Profile on Lok Sabha website
• Profile on NDTV
  NDTV
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• Dinesh Trivedi- Contact, Profile, Blogs, News, Address