Tarun Mandal is an Indian politician, belonging to the

Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C), previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India and "Socialist Unity Centre", is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibda ...

and was the MP representing

Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jaynagar in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

in the

15th Lok Sabha Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee. Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...

. He contested as an independent candidate and defeated his nearest rival Nimai Barman of RSP by 53,676 votes, receiving 48.72% of the total votes polled. He is a medical doctor and a member of the Medical Service Centre. He served as the Chief Medical Officer in Kolkata and Nasik

Books published

All in Bengali *Maranphande Janswasthya *Swasthya Bikshan *Aamar Katha-on quotations of Saratchandra *Saratchandra-Anupam Sailite Bhaswar Manisa *Saratchandra-Manisa Saili Uttaradhikar *Swasthya Aamar Adhikar *Dr. Nani Guha - Manane Smarane.

Literary, artistic, and scientific accomplishments

Written articles on educational and cultural problems, public health awareness, diseases, disaster management program related to health hazards, problems of health care delivery system of India and poetry published in journals

Social and cultural activities

Recitation, mass songs, participation in drama as actor, speech on socio-political-cultural issues and on life, works of renaissance personalities, freedom fighters, medical scientists and organised and participated in language, health and education movements.

Special interests

# Eradication of poverty, illiteracy, ill health, food crisis, housing problems, drinking water crisis of Indian population; # Facilitate people's movement towards change over of present society to an exploitation free socialist society; and (iii) listening to music

Sports and clubs

Participated and represented college football and cricket teams, physical exercise.

Other information

Junior Medical Officer (Er.) at Medical College, Hospital, Kolkatta, 1985–86; Medical Officer, CHS, 1986–90; Sr. Medical Officer, CHS, 1991–1995; Chief Medical Officers, CHS, 1996–2002; Chief Medical Officer (Selection Grade), ISPH, Nashik, 2002–07; Participated in disaster management works like rendered free medical services as member and leader of medical service centre, a socio-medical voluntary organisation different places for last 32 years i.e. West Bengal floods, Assam floods, Supercyclone Orissa, Kosi flood Bihar, Mumbai flood (2005), Baroda and Surat floods (2005–06), Tsunami, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Earthquake, Gujarat, Aila Cyclone, Sunderbans, West Bengal, Kolkata and Mumbai slums: Health movements organised for improvement of medical education, health care delivery system of West Bengal and India; participated in the people's resistance movement of Singur and Nandigram; and working for protection and upliftment of medical ethics and for propeople scientific health policies; Co-chairman, Vigilance and Monitoring Committee, South 24 PGS district.governancenow.com
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mondal, Tarun Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) politicians Living people Indian atheists Indian communists India MPs 2009–2014 1959 births People from Jaynagar Majilpur University of Calcutta alumni Lok Sabha members from West Bengal People from South 24 Parganas district Independent politicians in India