DR. RAM PRAKASH Father's Name : Late Shri Prabhu Dayal Mother's Name : Late Shrimati Shanti Devi Date of Birth : 5 October 1939 Place of Birth : Village Tangore, Distt. Kurukshetra (Haryana) Marital Status : Married on 1966 Spouse's Name : Shrimati Vijay Kumari Children : Two sons Educational Qualification : M.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D. in Chemistry, UNESCO Course in Analytical Chemistry, D.Sc. (Honoris causa) Educated at D.A.V. College, Ambala City, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Charles University, Prague (Praha) and Heyrovsky Institute of Polarography, Prague (Praha), Czechoslovakia Profession : Professor of Chemistry (now retired), Educationist and Author Permanent Address: House No. 1634-35, Sector-13, Urban Estate, Kurukshetra, Haryana. Tel. - {01744} 228008, Mobile: 09416037571 Present Address : 102, Brahmaputra, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi Tel. - Mobile: 9868181571 Political Party: Indian National Congress Positions Held: 1991-96 Member, Haryana Vidhan Sabha 1991-93 State Minister for Science, Technology and Electronics, Government of Haryana March 2007 Elected to Rajya Sabha April 2007-April 2008 Member, Committee on Rural Development Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha May 2008 onwards Member, Hindi Shiksha Samiti Aug. 2008-May 2009 and Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Rural Development Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development Sept. 2009 onwards Member, Library Committee March 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Official Language Books Published: (i) Veda-Vimarsh, (ii) Yajna-Vimarsh, (iii) Pandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi, (iv) Guru Virjanand Dandi; and (v) Satyarthprakash-Vimarsh (all in Hindi); The Vedas (in English) ; edited, (i) Pandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi by Lala Lajpat Rai, (ii) Works of Pandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi (both in English) and (iii) Dandi ji ki Jeevani (Hindi) Member: (i) Panjab University, Senate, Syndicate, Academic Council and various faculties,for decades, (ii) The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad and (iii) The Electro - Chemical Society of India, Bangalore; Fellow, Indian Chemical Society, Calcutta; UNESCO Fellow in Prague (Czechoslovakia) 1971-72, Fulbright Scholar, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 1989; specialisation in Electroanalytical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry; published 93 Research Papers; supervised about 20 M.Phil/Ph.D. theses; involved in social work; organised campaign for building public opinion against female foeticide and for the welfare of lepers;believer in Vedic philosophy as propounded by Rishi Dayanand Saraswati Countries Visited : Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Germany, U.K., Canada, U.S.A., France, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, the Netherlands, Belgium, Mauritius and Kenya Other Information : Lecturer, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1966; Reader, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1974; Professor, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1984-2002; Fellow, Punjab University Senate, Chandigarh, 1972-2000; President, (i) Punjab University Teachers’ Association, Chandigarh, 1974-76, (ii) Harijan Sewak Sangh, Haryana and Punjab, March 1982-83, (iii) Arya Siksha Samiti, Kurukshetra since 1997 and (iv) Dayanand Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Kurukshetra since 1998; Chairman, College and University Teachers’ Associations of Punjab and Chandigarh, 1975-76; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 1981-84; Convenor, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee Backward Classes Cell, August 1970; Member Executive, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, February 1986; President and General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, 1997-2002; Working President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, October 2005 - July 2007 ; Founder Member, MDAV High School, Sector 22, Chandigarh; Member, (i) All India Congress Committee, 1992-95 and since 2001, (ii) Senate and Academic Council of Gurukul Kangri Universty, Haridwar, (iii) Kurukshetra University Court and Executive Council for several years and (iv) All India DAV College, Managing Committee, New Delhi; Founder President, (i) Prabhu Dayal Educational Trust, Kurukshetra, since March 2007, and (ii) Prabhu Dayal Polytechnic, Barna, Kurukshetra, since 2008; attended, Satyarth-Prakash Centenary Celebrations, MGI Moka, Mauritius, 1998, and Arya Samaj Sammelan in Chicago, U.S.A., 2000; actively involved in Arya Samaj movement for the last 50 years; General President, (i) Arya Samaj Sthapna Centenary Celebrations (International Conference), December 2003 and (ii) Arya Samaj Sthapna Centenary Celebrations (International Conference)Nairobi, April 2004; awarded, (i) Haryana Ratna by the Governor of Haryana on behalf of the All India Council of Intellectuals, (ii) Dharmnand – Arya Bhikshu Award, 2000 for literary contributions, (iii) Ghoormal Prahlad Kumar Literary Award, 2003, (iv) Ved-Vedang Award Arya Samaj, Mumbai, 2009 and (v) Arya Vidvett Award Gurukul Jhajjar, 2010 Commitee Membership Commitee Name Membership From Status Committee on Rural Development 31/08/2010 Member Library Committee 24/11/2011 Member