Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi

Oct. 15, 2012 - PRLog -- Abhishek Manu Singhvi (born 24 February 1959) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress party, he is also a Member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was formerly the spokesperson of the Congress party.

On April 23, 2012 he quit as the Chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and also resigned as Congress spokesperson due to allegations of personal indiscretion.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded the Global Leader of Tomorrow Award by World Economic Forum, Davos, in 1999, he earlier wrote a popular fortnightly column, Candid Corner, in India’s second largest English daily (Hindustan Times) and later wrote a column SubVerse in India’s largest English daily, the Times of India. He is also an occasional columnist in the largest Hindi daily, Dainik Bhaskar. The Prime Minister of India wrote the Foreword to his book of columns, Candid Corner, and also released the book. His Chagla Memorial Lecture at Mumbai University in 2007 and the GWU lecture in 2009 are published in reputed academic journals in India and USA. He was also invited to lecture on Federalism in Nepal in 2007 during the country's Constitution formation, with that lecture published in the prestigious IIPA journal also winning that journal's prize for the best essay. In 2011, he delivered the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture at the prestigious Indian Institute of Public Administration on "Parliamentary Democracy" and the Nehru Memorial Lecture at the India Centre at Cardiff, Wales, UK on "Institutional Foundations Of Indian Democracy."

POSITIONS HELD

1997-98 Additional Solicitor General of India 2001 onwards National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress April 2006 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2006 - May 2009 and Aug. 2009-July 2011 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2007 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Member, Joint Committee to examine the Constitutional and Legal position relating to Office of Profit Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee of Privileges July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs July 2011 onwards Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member, General Purposes Committee.

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Writes a popular column, 'Candid Corner' in the Hindustan Times; his columns have been published in a book form as 'Candid Corner: Reflections of Abhishek Singhvi', 2006 with a Foreword by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and also released by him; fortnightly columnist, earlier in 'Indya.com', 'The Pioneer' and now in the 'Hindustan Times'; also a monthly columnist in India's largest Hindi daily, 'Dainik Bhaskar'; has written several articles in leading magazines and periodicals; 'Collection of Legal Writings' (under publication) and 'Emergency Powers: A Comparative Study' (under publication).