Girija Vyas (born 8 July 1946) is an Indian politician, poet and author. She was a Member of the

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, the lower house of the

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, from the

Chittorgarh Chittorgarh (also Chittor or Chittaurgarh) is a major city in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgarh District. It was a major stronghol ...

constituency and former president of

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Personal life

Girija Vyas was born on 8 July 1946 to Krishna Sharma and Jamuna Devi Vyas. After obtaining a Doctorate in Philosophy, she taught at

Mohanlal Sukhadia University Mohanlal Sukhadia University also called University of Udaipur is a public university in Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan.The earlier agricultural university was turned into a multi-faculty university in 1964 and named University ...

of Udaipur and the

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. She has written eight books, three of which contain her poetry. ''Ehsaas Ke Par'' has her Urdu poems, ''Seep, Samundar Aur Moti'' has both her Hindi and Urdu poems while ''Nostalgia'' is enriched with English verses.

Political career

In 1985, as a candidate of the

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party, she was elected as a

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from

Udaipur, Rajasthan Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...

and served as a Minister in the

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till 1990. In 1991, she was elected to the Indian Parliament, representing

in the

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and was appointed a Deputy Minister (Information and Broadcasting) in the Federal

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in the Narsimha Rao ministry. *1993 onwards: President, All India Mahila Congress; *1993-96: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; Member, Standing Committee on House and External Affairs *1996: Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term) *1996 onwards: Member, Committee on Raj Bhasha; Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women; Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs *1999: Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) *1999-2000: Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals From 2001–2004, she was also the President, Rajasthan Provincial Congress Committee. Currently, she is Chairperson, Media Department,

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and member, Indo-EU Civil Society. In February 2005, the Congress Party dominated U.P.A. Government of

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, nominated her to the position of the Chairperson of the Fifth

, a Constitutional & Statutory body, a position she was holding till 01/08/2011. She was also elected as M.L.A. in Rajasthan in 2008. She was the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2013.

References

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