Presentation on KAPIL SIBAL Made By - Yash Shrivastava

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3. "Sometimes it’s difficult in politics to actually
tell the truth."
KAPIL SIBAL
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4. About Kapil Sibal
• Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician. He was the Minister of
Communications & Information Technology and the Union
Minister of Law & Justice under UPA government. As a lawyer,
Sibal has handled some of the challenging portfolios such as
Additional Solicitor General of India and President of the
Supreme Court Bar Association. Sibal's mettle as a politician
was tested during the UPA regime when he was given the
charge of various ministries including the Ministry of Science
& Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development. Kapil Sibal was also the Member of Parliament
from the ChandniChowk constituency in Delhi from 2004 to
2014. However in 2014 Lok Sabha elections he lost the seat to
Dr. Harsh Vardhan of BJP.
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5. Kapil Sibal's Personal Background
• Sibal was born on 8 August 1948 in Jalandhar, Punjab. His father H L Sibal,
was a distinguished advocate who received the title of a "Living Legend of
the Law" and was also honoured with the ‘Padma Bhushan'award. After
Sibal did his schooling from St. John's High School in Chandigarh,
he moved to Delhi in 1964 and joined St. Stephen's College. After
completing LL.B, he went on to earn a Masters degree in History. In 1970,
he joined the bar association and three years later, he qualified for Indian
Administrative Services. Despite getting an appointment, he didn't take up
the assignment under the pretext of setting up his own practice.
Sibal enrolled himself at the Harvard Law School to pursue LL.M which he
completed in 1977. Before joining Harvard, he got married to Nina Sibal in
1973. His sons, Amit and Akhil both are lawyers. Five years after his wife's
death in 2000, Sibal married social activist Promila Sibal. His brother,
Kanwal Sibal is the ex-Foreign Secretary of India.
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6. How Did Sibal Enter In Politics ?
• Kapil Sibal started off with his career in 1970 after
joining the Bar Association. It took him 13 years to
qualify as a Senior Lawyer in 1983. In less than six
years, he was appointed as the Additional Solicitor
General of India. In his capacity as a lawyer, he held
different positions in the Government of India. Sibal
also went on to become the President of the
Supreme Court Bar Association in 1995. However, his
political breakthrough happened in 1998, when he
was elected as the member of the Rajya Sabha.
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7. Political Journey of Kapil Sibal
• Kapil Sibal served as the Additional Solicitor General
of India from Dec 1989 to Dec 1990.
• In 1998, he was elected as a Member of the Rajya
Sabha.
• From 2000 to 2002, he remained the Secretary of
Congress Parliamentary Party.
• He was appointed as the Member of the Joint
Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam in
Apr 2001, and he handled the responsibility till Dec
2002.
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8. • Simultaneously, he became the Member of Business Advisory
Committee in Aug 2001.
• In 2002, Kapil Sibal was made the Member of Committee on
Home Affairs.
• He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time, in 2004.
• On 23 May 2004, Sibal became the Union Minister of Science
& Technology and Earth Sciences.
• Sibal was re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009.
• In the same year, he was appointed as the Minister of Human
Resource Development. He held on to his position till 28 Oct
2012.
• On 19 Jan 2011, Kapil took over the Communications and
Information Technology Ministry.
• He also took the additional charge of the Ministry of Law &
Justice in May 2013.
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9. Activities and Achievements
• Several significant strides that the UPA government took in the field of HRD and IT
& Communications are attributed to Kapil Sibal's visionary leadership.
• He introduced the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) system in India
for Class IX and Class X, and led through the changes in the IIT JEE pattern.
• Sibal not only approved the creation of an Indian Institute of Technology in
Muddenahalli, but has also laid the foundation stone for IIT Patna.
• Sibal was the first-ever Indian MP to visit the research sites in Antarctica and
motivate the scientists. He also inaugurated India's own research station (Himadri)
in July 2008, making India the 11th country to have established a full-fledged
research station in the Arctic zone.
• Sibal also represented India in the World Economic Forum held at Davos,
Switzerland in 2005 and 2009.
• He led the Indian delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Bali, in December 2007.
• As an author, he has many published poems to his name. His anthology of poems
titled "I Witness: Partial Observation" was published in New Delhi in August 2008.
• The Song ‘Tere Bin’ from movie SHORGUL lyrics was also given by him.
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10. Awards
• He has been honoured with the 'Padma Bhushan' award for
his distinguished services in the field of Public Affairs in 2006,
by the Government of India.
• In 2009, Kapil Sibal was inducted into the Honorary Senate of
the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings for his
contribution in the field of science and technology.
• In 2010, the New York-based Institute of International
Education conferred upon Sibal the prestigious 'Stephen P
Duggan Award for mutual understanding', for his support
towards 'fostering global collaboration in education'.
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11. Sources
• http://www.elections.in/political-
leaders/kapil-sibal.html
• http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumb
ai/entertainment/kapil-sibal-turns-lyricist-for-
shorgul/article8699171.ece
• Song Link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PjimA
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