Sushila Kerketta

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Constituency Khunti Role Polit. Resigned 2009 Name Sushila Kerketta Residence Ranchi		Children 3 sons and 2 daughters Party Indian National Congress Political party INC Died October 19, 2009, Khunti

Spouse(s) Nottrott Kerketta (deceased)

Khunti Constituency Jharkhand loksabha Election Result 2004 Sushila Kerketta INC

Sushila Kerketta (27 April 1939 – 19 October 2009) was a member of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha from 1985 -2000 and also in Lok sabha from Khunti as a ST candidate. She held several important portfolios in the Bihar government. She was minister of state for irrigation (independent charge) from 1985-88. She was promoted to cabinet rank in 1989 and headed mines and geology and the food and civil supplies departments. She represented the Khunti constituency of Jharkhand and was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. She was also a lecturer in the Birsa College, Khunti and later went on to become it's principal.

Early life and education

Sushila Kerketta was born on 27 April 1939 in Ranchi , Jharkhand to (Late) Shri Prabhudayal Marki and (Late)Smt. Maini Marki. She did a bachelor in education and a masters in philosophy from st. Xaviors college, Ranchi.

Later she was married to Shri Nottrot Kerketta in 28 Dec 1970 and had three sons and two daughters named Naveen Kerketta, Shradha Kerketta, Roshan, Praveen & Asha.

Personal interests

Kerketta was a social worked and teacher who regularly visited local villages and promoted such enterprises as local hand looms. Her sports interests included archery, football and hockey. She led the Jharkhand Women hockey Association, Mahila Hockey Association, Chotanagpur, and the Bihar Women Hockey Association.

Positions held

1985-2000 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (three terms)

1985-88 Minister of State, (Independent Charge), Irrigation, Government of Bihar

1988-89 Cabinet Minister, Rural Development, Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar

1989-90 Cabinet Minister, Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar

1990-95 Co-ordinator, Public Accounts Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly; Co-ordinator, Nivadan Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly

1990-2000|Deputy Leader, Congress Party, Bihar Legislative Assembly; Chairman, Child & Woman Development Committee (two terms)

2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha; Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women; Member, Committee on Labour

16 August 2006 Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women

5 August 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Labour

Personal life

She got married to Nottrott Kerketta on 28 December 1970 and later had 3 sons and 2 daughters. Nottrot pre-deceased her. She died of a heart attack on 19 October 2009 at the age of 70.

Death

Senior Congress leader Sushila Kerketta died in Ranchi on 19 December 2009 following a heart attack. She was 70 and is survived by three sons and a daughter.

Kerketta had been staying with her eldest son Roshan Kumar Surin and had not been keeping well for the last few weeks. She suffered a heart attack at noon and was rushed to the nearby Raj Hospital by her family, where efforts to save her failed.

References

Sushila Kerketta Wikipedia

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