 Smt.
Sheila Dikshit
Smt. Sheila Dikshit took over as the Chief
Minister of the Govt. of NCT of Delhi on 3rd December, 1998.
She is the second woman Chief
Minister of Delhi.
She represents Gole Market Constituency in the Assembly.
Smt.Sheila Dikshit brings to the administration
vast experience in Administrative and Parliamentary matters. She served
as a Minister in the Union Government during 1986 - 89, first as the Minister
of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister
of State in the Prime Minister's office. During
1984 - 89 she represented Kannauj Parliamentary
Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As
a member of Parliament,
she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. She also
Chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years
of India's Independence and Jawaharlal Nehru centenary. As President of
the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, she led her party to a sweeping
victory in the Assembly elections in 1998.
Smt. Sheila Dikshit was born on March
31, 1938. Holder of Master of Arts degree, she received her education
at Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi and later in Miranda House, Delhi
University. She was married into the family of Shri Umashankar Dikshit,
noted freedom fighter and a former Governor and Union Cabinet Minister. Her late husband Shri Vinod Dikshit
was a widely respected member of the Indian Administrative Service.She
has two children, one son and one daughter.
Smt.
Sheila Dikshit has
championed the cause of women at various fora and in various capacities.
She has also been a leading figure in the movement for granting of equal
rights to women. She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status
of Women for five years (1984 - 89). In Uttar Pradesh, she along with
her 82 colleagues were jailed in August 1990 for 23 days by the state
government when she led a people's movement against the atrocities being
committed on women. Electrified by this, lakhs of citizens all over UP
joined the movement and coured arrest. Earlier, in the early 1970's, she
was chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental
in the setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in
Delhi.
She is also the Secretary of the Indira
Gandhi Memorial Trust. The trust has come to play a leading role in promotion
of international understanding. It presents the Indira Gandhi Award for
Peace, Disarmament and Development and Organises conferences on issues
of the global concern. Under his aegis an Environmental Center has been
setup at the trust.
She has been especially intrested in the
promotion of handicrafts and rural artisans all over the country. Promotion
of the folk theatre has been one of her abiding commitments over the years
. Between 1978 to 1984, in her capacity as the executive secretary of
the Garment Exporter's Association, she played a leading role in taking
garments exports to unprecedented levels.
She is strongly
committed to Secularism and has from every platform fought against the
rise of communal forces. She practices the belief that if democracy
is to truly survive in India, the basic norms of correct behaviour and
rectitude have to form an integral part of public life .
| Departments
Heldartments Held |
(i)
Administrative Reforms
(ii) General
Administration Department
(iii) Home
Department
(iv) Law &
Justice and Legislative
(v)
Public Relations
(vi) Services
Department
(vii) Vigilance
Department
(viii) Water
(ix)
All other Departments not allocated to any other Minister |
| Constituency |
Gole Market |
| Contact No. |
Office : 23392020,
23392030
Res. : 23071212, 23071313 |
| E-Mail Add. |
cmdelhi@ren02.nic.in |
| Camp Office-Cum
Res. |
AB-17, Mathura
Rd., New Delhi |
| Public Time at Res. |
9 to 10
am Daily |
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