Minister of State
for Steel
Government of India
New Delhi

&

Chairman
Babu Banarasi Das
Group of Educational Institutes

A young dynamic Minister in the Union Government looking after the Steel portfolio, has specialised post-qualifications in Law, Public Administration, Management as well as a Doctorate (in Business Administration).

Inspite of having high lineage, he had a mind of his own and decided to make his Mark in public life in his own right with self-less service to the society.

PUBLIC LIFE:
His contribution to the masses is unparallel. Like his father, he chose Social Service as the primary goal. In that journey, he was elected Mayor of Lucknow in the year 1993. During that period, he was recognized as one of the youngest Mayors of the World. Later on, he chose to broaden his base and was elected as Member of Parliament in November, 1996 and has since been re-elected for the period November, 2002 to November, 2008. Subsequently, he was given additional responsibility by the Congress Party as Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party in May 2003, which responsibility he discharged till recently. On the 29th of January 2006 he took the new charge and was sworn in as a Minister of State in the Central Government with the Dept. of Steel.

CONTRIBUTION TO SPORTS:
Dr. Akhilesh Das is an enthusiastic sports personality. He was National Doubles Champion in Badminton. Presently he is the Vice President of Badminton Association of India and also the Chairman of U. P. Badminton Association. Badminton is his first love but he does not leave the other sports behind.

CAUSE OF EDUCATION:
In his pursuit for Social Causes, when he was a Mayor, he realized that there is an acute need of QUALITY TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL education in this part of the Country. And accordingly, Babu Banarasi Das Educational Society was floated by him, through which the candle for higher education was lighted in Lucknow the State Capital of U.P. and the first Institution in this series was Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology & Management with faculties of Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, Computers & Management.

He has a rightful place on the Board of "All India Council of Technical Education" where he was elected from the Rajya Sabha in 1998 and held office till end of 2004.

HORIZONS:
He has extensively traveled U.K., U.S.A., Japan, France, Switzerland, Spain & Portugal and he has attended several world seminars, UNO, Conference of Mayors (Japan).