User:Ghulam Mohammad Saroori/sandbox

Name: - Ghulam Mohammad Saroori

Father Name: - Late Khwaja Saidullah Saroori.

Place of Birth: - Kishtwar

Date of Birth: - 1 January 1955

Marital Status: - Married

Children: - Five

Sons: - Two

Daughters: - Three

Party Affiliation: - Indian National Congress Email Address: - gmsaroori@in.com, saroorigm@gmail.com, saroorigm@in.com, saroorioffice@in.com, saroorioffice@yahoo.com.

Awards Received: - Gandhi Medal and American Biographical for outstanding service towards world society

Sports: - Cricket, Volleyball

Hobbies: - Interacting with people and Reading Books

Favorite past Time and Recreation: - Social Work

Special Interest: - To work for the upliftmentt of the poor, down-trodden and weaker sections of the society.

Brief Note on Social and Political activities: -

Started career as a social worker as his father Late Saidullah Saroori who was a noted social worker as well as sarpanch of the area and was famous for his secular and social activities; remained active with “Akhil Bharat Rachnatmak Samaj” and with Sadhbavna Ke Sipahi”; attended Tehsil, District, State Level as National Convention of ABRS; worked with Sh. Sunil Dutt and Smt. Nirmala Deshpandey for the upliftment of poor people and militancy victims of District Doda (J&K) particularly; took active part in many local NGO’s of the state of J&K and attended South Asia peace conference at Chennai; worked with noted social leader Smt. Nirmala Deshpandey; visited almost the whole country and helped BPL,SC and ST communities and orphans of the militancy victims; In the year 1996, contested J&K Assembly General Elect ion from Inderwal Constituency as an Independent candidate and lost with a merge margin of 460 votes; joined Indian National Congress under the dynamic leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Jenab Ghulam Nabi Azad; worked whole heartedly as a gross root level worker; contested from Inderwal Constituency as a Congress candidate in 2002 and won the seat by a margin of 22000 votes; was appointed as the Chairman State Social Welfare; after devastating earthquake in Tangdhar and Teetwal areas of Kashmir Division was made Chairman of the committee which was organized to help the earthquake victims; was inducted in the Council of Ministers headed by Mr G N Azad as MOS for Forests, Tourism, School Education, Social Welfare, and CAPD Departments on 1 January 2008; working Member of J&K Wakaf Council and Haj Committee; served as Chairman and Member on various House Committees, re-elected as Member J&K Legislative Assembly in 2008 General Elections from Inderwal Constituency by a margin of 12000 votes, Inducted in the council of Ministers headed by Mr. Omar Abdullah as Minister for R&B and Mechanical Engineering in 11 July 2008.