Tuesday, April 8, 2014

AAP Candidates from W Bengal

Pasharul Alam's Profile  : Raiganj, West Bengal, LS - 2014 Candidate

Eminent social activist, already applied, M.Phil



Mihir Biswas's Profile  Barrackpur, West Bengal, LS - 2014 Candidate

A Instrumentation Engineer from IIT Kharagpur, Mihir Biswas has a chequered career of over 25 years which seamlessly encompasses professional excellence with social and community commitment.

Professional / Political Profile

He has held senior and responsible positions in both public and the private sector majors in Oil & Gas, Power, Water, IT, Renewable Energy, Agri-Business industries and specialist in Project Management, Engineering & Consultancy Services. He has earned sterling reputation for his technical acumen and entrepreneurial spirit.
The well-travelled Mihir Biswas has however never lost touch with his roots in Barrackpore - deeply involved for socio-economic conditions improvement, health & education services improvement, employment generation through facilitation & capacity building for all community people of his native place & adjoining areas. The problems of his locality have always brought him back home. When the only facility available to transport seriously ill patients to nearby hospitals was either Rail or private cars leading to high causalities, Mihir Biswas stepped in and donated an ambulance to be run by local unemployed youth. The idea has bloomed and many more are being planned.
Mihir Biswas is an expert in creating sustainable business models and employment generation for all sections of the people.He is directly involved with Assocham. He is working with different farmer groups in Gujrat, MP and West Bengal to increase farm efficiency & yield. He is currently planning cluster solutions (specially in coastal and rural belts of India) for drinking water and electricity through solar and wind energy.

Alok Chaturvedi's Profile :Kolkata Uttar, West Bengal, LS - 2014 Candidate

Alok Chaturvedi, 47 is a true son of the soil. A Xaverian and a Chartered Accountant, he has been a dedicated social worker from the time of his college going days. His brush with social work, started way back in 1986 with Leadership Training Service in school and in college where he was the General Secretary of the prestigious St Xavier’s College Students’ Union of Calcutta, he started extending his help and support to the deserving students of the college who were financially challenged.
After he entered the world of finance, he continued to use his good offices for his avowed principles by creating job opportunities for thousands of young boys and girls. “It is not about getting someone a job. I believe in empowering people, so that, not only they can find their true purpose in life, but also contribute to the overall development of the society.”
A teacher, an affectionate, an elder brother, a leader, a mentor – Alok is many things to many people, but everyone agrees that he is an economic role model and a star social worker par excellence.

Professional / Political Profile

Alok has been involved with a number of NGOs and has been working at the grass roots, especially with the slums, educating street children of Kolkata, since the inception of his professional career. However he is not keen to talk about the walk that he is walked. “If I have done something, it is only my duty as a human being. Please do not embarrass me or belittle my intentions.”

Family Profile

Alok is happily married with two children and is a keen cricket and old movie aficionado. He has also been closely associated with efforts to popularize chess and other less popular games in the state.
Alok Chaturvedi, 47 is a true son of the soil. A Xaverian and a Chartered Accountant, he has been a dedicated social worker from the time of his college going days. His brush with social work, started way back in 1986 with Leadership Training Service in school and in college where he was the General Secretary of the prestigious St Xavier’s College Students’ Union of Calcutta, he started extending his help and support to the deserving students of the college who were financially challenged.
After he entered the world of finance, he continued to use his good offices for his avowed principles by creating job opportunities for thousands of young boys and girls. “It is not about getting someone a job. I believe in empowering people, so that, not only they can find their true purpose in life, but also contribute to the overall development of the society.”
A teacher, an affectionate, an elder brother, a leader, a mentor – Alok is many things to many people, but everyone agrees that he is an economic role model and a star social worker par excellence.

Professional / Political Profile

Alok has been involved with a number of NGOs and has been working at the grass roots, especially with the slums, educating street children of Kolkata, since the inception of his professional career. However he is not keen to talk about the walk that he is walked. “If I have done something, it is only my duty as a human being. Please do not embarrass me or belittle my intentions.”

Family Profile

Alok is happily married with two children and is a keen cricket and old movie aficionado. He has also been closely associated with efforts to popularize chess and other less popular games in the state.

Suraj Narayan Singh's Profile  Howrah, West Bengal, LS - 2014 Candidate

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