Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha









MAURYA, SHRI ANANDA RATNA 
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - CHANDAULI (UTTAR PRADESH) ]



Father's Name	    	Dr. C.S. Upasak

Date of Birth	    	7 July 1955

Place of Birth	    	Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status	    	Married on 4 December 1980

Spouse's Name	    	Smt. Asha Ranjan

Children	    	One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications  	

		B.E.

		Educated at Bangalore University, Bangalore (Karnataka)

Profession  
   
		Industrialist and Agriculturist

Permanent Address     	

		At and P.O. Chirai Gaon, 
		Distt. Varanasi - 221001 
		(Uttar Pradesh)

		Tels. (0542) 387274, 385213

Present Address  

		B-304, New M.S. Flats,
		B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi- 110001

		Tel. (011) 3353754

Positions Held  
   
1991		Elected to 10th Lok Sabha 

		Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
		Environment and Forests

1996		Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97		Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
		Environment and Forests

		Member, Committee on External Affairs

		Member, Committee on Estimates

1996-97 and	Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes
1997-98		and Scheduled Tribes
				
		Member, Committee on Railways

1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99		Member, Committee on Industry

		Member, Committee on Petitions

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
		Civil Aviation

Social and Cultural Activities  
   
Rural development, and the upliftment of the downtrodden

Special Interests  
   
Development of agriculture and industry through science and 
technology

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Reading magazines relating to politics, and science and
technology, listening to folk and classical songs

Sports and Clubs  
   	
Football and badminton

Countries visited 	 

U.S.A., Germany, Norway and U.K.
Other Information  
   
Member, (i) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 1967-73; and
(ii) Bharatiya Janata Party since 1988; and Executive Member,
Industries Association, Varanasi, since 1988 

Election Result of
Chandauli Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate 	13,21,579
Total votes polled 	 7,16,276

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Ananda Ratna Maurya 	(B.J.P.) 2,27,219
(2) Shri Jawahar Lal Jayaswal 	(S.P.)   2,20,737
(3) Shri Shashi Kant Rajbhar 	(B.S.P.) 1,89,800
(4) Shri Shyam Lal Yadav 	(I.N.C.)   25,756
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com  MediaWorld.info  FreedomIndia.com