Santosh Mohan Dev
Santosh Mohan Dev | |
|---|---|
Tripura West, Tripura | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1934 British India |
| Died | 2 August 2017 (aged 83) Silchar, Assam, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Bithika Dev |
| Children | 4 daughters including Sushmita Dev |
| Residence | Silchar |
As of 25 February, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the
Political career
During his
Achievements
During the period 2005 to 2009, he was the Minister of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises in the Union Cabinet. His tenure saw the fruition of a comprehensive automotive policy that will shape the Indian auto industry in the decades to come. This period also saw the rationalisation of Public Sector wages. this brought employees of government run companies closer to the levels of their private counterparts and drastically reduced the exodus of talented managers and executives. His other salient achievements include, the deregulation of steel in the mid 1990s as minister of steel which unshackled potential of the indigenous steel industry making India a global steel powerhouse. He was also instrumental in setting up a national university in Silchar, Assam. He played a key role in the freight equalization scheme in the early 1990s in India which removed unequal rail freight charges among the states, thereby making them more competitive.
He is a third generation Congressman. His father was one of the first legislators of independent India. His grandfather Kali Mohan Dev was also an active member of the Indian freedom struggle and a member of the first ever Silchar Municipal council in 1913.
Social and cultural Activities
Dev was instrumental in several major initiatives, such as establishment of two Central Universities in Assam; welfare of labour especially of workers in tea gardens and villages; flood cyclone relief work; served the rural people of Assam with
Personal life
Santosh Mohan Dev is the eldest of three sons of the renowned Bengali North Eastern Freedom Fighter Satindra Mohan Dev. Satindra Mohan Dev was known as fierce opponent of British Rule and enjoyed the personal confidence of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was jailed a number of times by the British for his resistance activities. In the mid Sixties in an independent India he was offered the governorship of Bihar, but he turned it down, preferring to stay in his hometown of Silchar. A member of the Dev family has occupied an elected office from South Assam for all but 10 years since Indian Independence.
Santosh Mohan Dev was educated at
References
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 24 November 2020.