Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur

HRD Minister

Father's Name

Shri Hira Lal Sibal

Sibal , Shri Kapil
[Indian National Congress -New Delhi ]

Mother's Name

Smt. Kailash Rani Sibal

Date of Birth

8 August 1948

Place of Birth

Jullundur (Punjab)

Marital Status

Married on 13 April 1973

Spouse's Name

Late Smt. Nina Sibal

Children

Two sons

Educational Qualifications

M.A. (History), LL. M.Educated at St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi, Delhi and Harward Law School, USA

Profession

Permanent Address

C-1, Maharani Bagh, New Delhi - 110 065,

Present Address

19, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110 011, Tels. (011) 23019420, 23019421 (R), 23316766, 23714230 (O) Fax: (011) 23018705 (R), 23073806 (O)

E-mail

kapilsibal@hotmail.com; kapil@kapilsibal.com; ksibal@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held

Additional Solicitor General of India( Dec.1989 - Dec.1990) , Member, Rajya Sabha( 1998-2004) , Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party( 2000-2002) , Member,Joint Parliamentary Committe (J.P.C.) on Stock Market Scam( April 2001-Dec. 2002) , Member, Business Advisory Committee( August 2001) , Member, Committee on Home Affairs( 2002) , Elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2004) , Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences( 23 May 2004-onwards) , Vice President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management( --) ,

Freedom Fighter

Books Published

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :

Member of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions set up by the Human Rights Commission in Geneva; Investigated cases of arbitrary detentions throughout the world; analyzed detention and detention laws in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenant for Civil and Political Rights and advised the Government to release individuals from detention if such detention was not in accordance with the above mentioned international instruments; actively involved in the protection of our national heritage and in particular, archeological sites which have immense historical and cultural significance.

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation

Member, (i) Belvedere Club, The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi; (ii) India International Club, New Delhi; and (iii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Countries Visited

Widely travelled

Other Information

President, Supreme Court Bar Association, 1995-96, 1997-98 and 2001-2002; Co-Chairman, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum, 2002; studied and worked in the United States; offered appointment to the I.A.S., but declined; joined the Bar in 1972; designated Senior Advocate in 1983; leader, Indian delegation to the Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January, 1991; Member,(i) Press Council of India March 2001, (ii) Executive Council, Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, July 2001; (iii) Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, headquartered in U.S., 2002; (iv) Programme Board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation`s India AIDS Initiative, 2003; (v) working group on Arbitrary Detention set up by the Human Rights Commission, Geneva; (vi) Board of Management, Indira Gandhi National Open University, 1993; (vii) Governing Body, St. Stephen`s College, University of Delhi, 1993; (viii) Indian Parliamentary delegation which visited South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal to advocate against Pakistan`s involvement in cross-border terrorism, 2002; addressed Parliament of India in the historic impeachment proceedings against Justic V. Ramaswamy, then a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India; as a nominee of the Working Group set up by the Human Rights Commission to visit Bhutan and Vietnam to assess and report on the human rights situation prevailing there in 1994; as the Chairman of the Working Group set up by the Human Rights Commission for dealing with arbitrary detentions, visited China in October 1997 to look into the alleged human rights violation there; convener, International Policy Makers Conference of HIV/AIDS, New Delhi, 2002; participated in the International Workshop on ``Peaceful Nuclear Use and the Future of Non-Proliferation: Coping with the diversion of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Terrorism`` organized by Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, at Tokyo, Japan, 2002; appeared in a number of landmark cases in the field of Constitutional Law, Commercial Law and Criminal Law; specialist in the field of Constitutional Law; was official spokesman of the Indian National Congress preceding the General Elections in 1999 and 2004; awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award, 2004-2005 awarded by the Indian Science Congress Association duing the 92nd Indian Science Congress held at Ahmedabad, January 2005; represented India in the Annual Meeting of World Economic Fourm, 2005 at Davos, Switzerland, January 2005; led the Indian delegation to visit Antaractica, February 2005; led the CII Road show held at Seattle and San Francisco, U.S.A., April 2005