BHOI, DR. KRUPASINDHU
CONGRESS (I)- SAMBALPUR (ORISSA)

Father's Name  :Late Shri Kurtibash Bhoi

Date of Birth  :5 August 1942

Place of Birth :Vill. Tampar in Distt. Sambalpur (Orissa)

Marital Status :Married on 28 April 1966

Spouse's Name  :Smt. Surya Kumari Bhoi

Children       :Two sons and two daughters

Educational Qualifications :
M.B.B.S. 
Educated at Gangadhar Mehar College, Sambalpur and Veer Surendra 
Sai Medical College, Burla, Sambalpur (Orissa)

Profession :
Medical Practitioner and Political Worker

Permanent Address :
P.O. Paikmal, Distt. Bargarh-761109 (Orissa)
Tel. (06684) 2423

Positions Held :

1971-74General Secretary, P.C.C., Orissa
1971-73& Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly
1974-77
1972-73Minister of State, Community Development and 
Panchayati Raj, Orissa
1974-77Cabinet Minister, Transport, Commerce & Mining 
& Geology, Orissa
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1980-89Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel
1980-84Member, Health Grants Committee
1982-84Member, Estimates Committee
1984Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
1984-87Convener, Standing Committee on Health & Family Planning
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time
1991-95Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
1992-93Member, Committee on Government Assurances
1993-95Member, Standing Committee on Energy
1994-95Chairman, Estimates Committee
Sept.1995-Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, 
Department of Education
May 1996
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time

Books Published :
Published several books

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Published booklets and political Journals and a daily news paper 
'Dainik Ganabara' composed poems; and wrote articles on subjects 
of social and political affairs

Social and Cultural Activities :
Associated  with  welfare  work  during  epidemics  and  natural 
calamities;  worker of Anushilan Samiti;  Member, Lokayata Samaj 
Trust and  Lekhak Samalay;  examining 20 to 30 patients everyday 
and  referring  them to  A.I.I.M.S.,  R.M.L.  Hospital,  P.G.I., 
Chandigarh and abroad

Special Interests :
Dedicated to the medical profession;  interested in literary and 
cultural activities

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Social work

Countries Visited :
Widely travelled

Other Information :
Secretary, Students Union, Veer  Surendra  Sai Medical College, 
Burla, Sambalpur, 1961; President,Indian Federation of Doctors, 
Delhi from 1982-till date; Member, Governing Body and Selection 
Committee of AIIMS,  New Delhi 1984-89; Life Chairman, Nursingh 
Nath  Ayurvedic   College  and  Research  Institute,   Paikmal, 
Sambalpur;  Chairman,  Board of Examinees,  Institute of Public 
Health & Hygiene;  and Patron, All India International Cultural 
Society

Election result of : 
Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate11,09,875
Total votes polled 6,61,476
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Dr. Krupasindhu Bhoi (I.N.C.)2,92,894
(2) Shri Bijaya Singh Bariha (J.D.)2,08,387
(3) Shri Bimbadhar Kuanr (B.J.P.)1,23,114