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Speakers
Mr
Salman Khurshid
Member of Parliament and former Minister of External Affairs,
India
 Education
 1970 Indian School
Certificate (ISC), Delhi Public School
1973 B.A. English
(Hons.), St. Stephen's College, Delhi University
1977 B.A. Jurisprudence,
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University
1978 B.C.L., St.
Edmund Hall, Oxford University
1980 M.A., St. Edmund
Hall, Oxford University
Professional experience
1977 Enrolled at
the Bar (Supreme Court of India).
1978-80 Liu Po Shan
Lecturer in Law, Trinity College, Oxford University
1981-82 Worked as
Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office with
the late Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
1982-84 Appeared
in Miscellaneous and Regular matters in the Supreme Court of
India in Constitutional, Commercial and other matters. Drafted
briefs in various fields of law, including Commercial and Constitutional
matters, Arbitration, Contract, Sale of Goods, Company Law,
Service and Labour matters and Opinion work. Argued several
leading cases of Constitutional Rights, Civil Liberties, including
Press Law and Freedom of Expression.
1984-89 Senior Partner,
TALIB LUTHRA & ASSOCIATES. Extensive Chamber and Court practice,
especially in Commercial, Constitutional, Airline, Press Law
and Administrative Law. Associates in several cities of India.
1997- Associate of
HIRU ADV ANI & CO., BARRISTERS.
1999- Designated.
SENIOR ADVOCATE by the Supreme Court of India
Publications and writings
Author of 'At Home
in India?, A Restatement of Indian Muslims (Vices, 1987)
Author of forthcoming
book 'If Winter Comes' (Har Anand, 2001)
Author of 'Beyond
Terrorism'. CUBS, 1994).
Occasional contributor
to Hindustan Times, Illustrated Weekly, Probe, India Today,
Onlooker and Dainik Jagran.
Edited 'The Contemporary
Conservative', the Selected Writings of late Dhiren Bhagat.
(Penguin 1990).
Joint Editor, Supreme
Court Cases Journal (1985-89)
Published several
legal articles in law journals of U.K. and India.
Contributed to International
Law Volume edited by Dr. Kamal Hussain of Bangla Desh.
Unpublished Monograph
on 'Unconscionability in Contract.'
Joint Editor of 'Essays
in Honour of Justice Krishna Iyer. (Tripathi 1980)
Educational affiliations
President, Delhi
Public School Society (1992- )
Member, Managing
Committee, Crescent Public School
Member, Executive
Council, Jamia Mil1ia Islamia University (1990-1995).
Chairman, Dr. Zakir
Husain College (1994-96)
Chairman, Indian
Institute of Export & Import Management
Member, Governing
Body, Mayo College (1996)
Patron, New Era Public
School, New Delhi
Political career
Member, Indian National
Congress. Actively involved in Congress Party affairs, particularly
minority affairs, since political debut in 1985.
Member, Lok Sabha
from Farrukhabad Constituency (Uttar Pradesh (1991-96).
Inducted into the
Union Council of Ministers as Deputy Minister of Commerce in
June 1991,
Assumed charge as
Minister of State for External Affairs in January 1993 and served
till June 1996.
Spokesperson, All
India Congress Committee (1998-99).
President, Uttar
Pradesh Congress Committee (1999-2000).
Chairman, Department
of Policy Planning & Coordination (DEPCO), All India Congress
Committee.
Social associations
Chairman, Dr. Zakir
Husain Memorial Trust
President, Dr. Zakir
Husain Study Circle
Member, Majilis-e-Mushawaraf
Member, Central Wakf
Council (1990 -)
Trustee, Dhiren Bhagat
Memorial Trust
Member, Maulana Azad
Educational Foundation
President, Marcus
Murch Memorial Theatre Foundation
President, Pet Welfare
Club of India
Chief Patron, Okhla
Industries Association New Delhi
Patron, All India
Rajiv Gandhi Pragatisheel Vichar Congress
Patron, Delhi Amateur
Boxing Association
Patron, Uttar Pradesh
Friends Forum
Patron, Sarv Dharam
Prem Sandesh Samiti
Patron, Dipsites
Association (DPS Alumni)
Patron, Delhi Wushu
Association (Regd.)
Public life
Member, Indian National
Congress. Actively involved in Congress Party affairs, particularly
minority affairs, since political debut in 1985.
Member, Lok Sabha
from Farrukhabad Constituency (Uttar Pradesh (1991-96)
Inducted into the
Union Council of Ministers as Deputy Minister of Commerce in
June 1991,
Assumed charge as
Minister of State for External Affairs in January 1993 and served
rill June 1996.
Chairman, Foreign
Affairs Department, All India Congress Committee (1997-98).
Spokesperson, All
India Congress Committee (1998-99).
President, Uttar
Pradesh Congress Committee (1999-2000).
Languages
English, Hindi & Urdu
Interests and activities
Wildlife and Adventure
Sports (Cricket and
Squash)
Reading (History
and Biographies)
Theatre
Media
Contact
Metropolis address:
4, Gulmohar Avenue, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110 025
Tel: (011) 6322290 / 6849662 Telefax: (011) 6932720
Constituency address:
Village Pithaura, Block Kaimganj, Dist. Farrukhabad, U.P.
Tel: (05690) 31002
Law chambers:
20A, Lawyers Chambers, Supreme Court of India, Bhagwandas Road,
New Delhi 110001.
Tel: (011) 3385275 / 3381727
11, Lawyers Chambers, New Lawyers
Complex, Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi 110001.
Tel: (011) 3385826
Political office:
Department of Policy Planning & Coordination (DEPCO)
99, South Avenue, New Delhi 110 011
Tel: (011) 3018561/3019873 Fax: (011) 3018618
E-mail:
salman_inc@hotmail.com
tipu_in@yahoo.com
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