Deepa Dasmunsi is an Indian politician. She served as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. She was elected as an Indian National Congress candidate from Raiganj (Lok Sabha cons*uency). She was the Union Minister of State for Urban Development until May 2014.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Positions held
• 3 Accomplishments
• 4 Sports and clubs
• 5 Other information
• 6 Education and career
• 7 Interests
• 8 References

Early life

Dasmunsi was born on 15 July 1960 in Kolkata to Benoy Ghosh and Durga Ghosh. She married Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on 15 April 1994 and has a son. Her educational qualification is M.A. in dramatics. She was educated at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal.

Positions held

1. 2006-2009 Member, West Bengal Legislative *embly

2. 2009-2014 elected to 15th Lok Sabha

3. 31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

4. 28 October 2012, Union Minister of State, Urban Development

Accomplishments

Stage performer since 1984, television artist, costume designer, art director (T.V. serial and short films)

Sports and clubs

President, Delhi Women Football

Other information

Gold medalist at the post-graduation level and won many awards in theatre.

Education and career

Dasmunsi was educated at Rabindra Bharati University and is a post- graduate in dramatics. She was a gold medallist at the post-graduation level.

She was elected to the West Bengal state *embly in 2006 from the Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha cons*uency).In 2009, she was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha and was a member on the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice. She was the Union Minister of State, Urban Development.

She has worked for the homeless street children, disabled children and tribal people.

Interests

Dasmunsi enjoys reading books, gardening, cooking and listening to cl*ical music as her pastime. She has widely travelled across the world and has also been the President of the Delhi Women Football *ociation.

References