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Nationality
  
Indian

Political party
  
Samta Party

Constituency
  
Tamil Nadu

Born
  
5 May 1935 (
1935-05-05
)

Spouse(s)
  
Late Shri Neil Henry D’Souza

Profession
  
Social Worker, Professor, Educationalist

Beatrix D'Souza (born May 5, 1935) is an Indian politician and social worker. She represents the Anglo-Indian community from Tamil Nadu as a member of the Samata Party.

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Education

D'Souza completed a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Master of Arts in English from Stella Maris College and Presidency College, University of Madras, Chennai (Tamil Nadu). She also holds a Ph.D in Australian Literature and pursued research at University of Western Australia, Perth and University of Monash, in Melbourne, Australia.

Career

D'Souza was first nominated a member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1991. Between 1991 and 1996, she held the following positions:

  • Member, State Commission for Women, Tamil Nadu
  • Chairperson, State Minorities Commission, Tamil Nadu

    • In 1998, Beatrix was nominated as a member of the 12th Lok Sabha. That time she was serving as the Vice-President, Samata Party, Tamil Nadu.From 1998-99, she held various posts including:

  • Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Education and Health Programmes for Women
  • Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on Food Technology
  • Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

    • In 1999, she was nominated to the 13th Lok Sabha. From 1999-2004, she worked as

  • Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
  • Member, Committee on External Affairs
  • Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Laws related to Women
  • Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development

    • Since the beginning of her career, D'Souza has been associated with All India Anglo-Indian Association. She was the Founder-President of Forum of Anglo-Indian Women.

    References

    Beatrix D'Souza Wikipedia
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