IUFP-FICCI Delegation Visit to Yale University, USA

Vijayendra Pal Singh
Member of Parliament
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

B-402, M.S. Flats,B.K.S. Marg,
New Delhi-110 001
Phone: (011) 23752787

Mr. Singh, a graduate in English and Business Management was educated at Mayo College and Government College, Ajmer (Rajasthan) and at the Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad. He is an agriculturist and a political and social worker by profession.

Presently, Mr. Singh is serving as a Member of Parliament (BJP), Lok Sabha, from Bhilwara, Rajasthan. He has also served as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, (1977-80, 1985-90 and 1993-99).

During his long political career, Mr. Singh has held several important positions. He has served as Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances (1993-98). He was the Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Rajasthan, in 1998, and since 1998, he is the Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan. From 1999-2000, Mr. Singh served as a Member, Committee on Energy and as a Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Action Taken Report.

His interests are varied, ranging from Environment and Wild Life photography to swimming. He is a Member, Wild Life Preservation Board, Rajasthan for the last twenty years; Member, Steering Committee, "Project Tiger". He is also a Member, Delhi Golf Club and Delhi Gymkhana and is on the Board of Governors of the prestigious Mayo College, Ajmer.

Mr. Singh, who has traveled extensively, was part of the Indian delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canada 1994.