Kamal Nath

Kamal Nath is the current Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs. He is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India, and has represented the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh for 8 times and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) since 1968. Has been General Secretary, Indian National Congress; Member,Congress Working Committee.

During his tenure as Minister of Environment & Forests, he made a remarkable contribution to the enunciation and development of the National Policy on Ecological Conservation and the Abatement of Pollution; his policy initiatives include: establishment of Environment Tribunal, the concept of Environment Audit, special measures for the further protection and conservation of wild life-fauna as well as flora and the establishment of Environment Brigades and Afforestation Brigades (the afforestation and development of degraded wastelands in India was taken up on a massive scale under his stewardship); enunciated global concepts on Environmental Tariffs and conceptualized Global Emission Quotas; Chief Spokesman for the developing countries at the UNCED in Rio De Janeiro in 1992.

During his tenure as Minister of State, textiles, the country touched new heights in production and export of cotton: the New Textile Policy was successfully launched.

As Commerce and Industry Minister of India, he enunciated India`s first comprehensive Foreign Trade Policy in 2004, laying out a coherent road-map with twin focus on exports as well as employment. He was successful in tripling India`s foreign trade within this period and engineering a seven-fold increase in FDI inflow to India. Significant strides were made in the areas of intellectual Property and industrial design. SEZ Act was enacted with his initiative. His firm grasp of economic issues and consummate diplomatic skills were evident in the World Trade Organisation negotiations, where he emerged as one of the chief architects of the G-20 adn G-33 Alliances and the NAMA 11. The WTO Ministerial Meeting at Hong Kong in 2005 was marked by his championship of the cause of developing countries.

President, (i) Board of Governors, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad; (ii) Lajpatrai Smarak Mahavidyalaya Samiti, Ghaziabad; Chairman, Centre for Advanced Education, Nagpur;served on Board of Directors, Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO);
Patron: (i) National Colliery Workers Federation;