Constituency             : Payal (SC) ( Punjab )

  Party                       : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
 

  E-Mail                      : iisatwal@gmail.com

  Father’s Name   

Sardar Sohan Singh Atwal

  Mother’s Name

Late Smt. Shiv Devi

  Date of Birth

15 March 1937

  Place of Birth

Chak No. 251, P.O. Gaggo, Tehsil Pak Pattan
Distt. Montgomery, Sahiwal (now in Pakistan)

  Marital Status 

Married

  Date of Marriage

12 February 1968

  Spouse’s Name

Smt. Inderjit Kaur

  No. of Sons

2

  No. of Daughters  

3

Educational Qualifications 

 B.A., LL.B.
 Graduation at G.G.N. Khalsa College, Ludhiana and LLB Panjab University,     

 Chandigarh

Profession 

 Advocate

Permanent Address

484-A, Model Town Extension,
Ludhiana - 141 002 (Punjab) INDIA
Tels. (0091-161) 2463199, 2461014, Fax: 2450033

Positions Held

1977

Member, ( Mullanpur Dakha )  Punjab Legislative Assembly

Chairman  of Committee of Welfare of SC and ST

1985

Elected to 8th Lok Sabha (Ropar) Parliamentary Constituency. 
Deputy Leader, Shiromani Akali Dal, Parliamentary Group
Member National Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

1997

Member, ( Kum Kalan ) Punjab Legislative Assembly

March 1997-2002

Unanimously elected as  Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly
 

2004

Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha PHILLAUR CONSTITUENCY.

9 June 2004 onwards

Unanimously elected as Deputy Speaker ( Lok Sabha), Indian Parliament 

Chairman, Library Committee ( Parliament House )

Chairman, Committee on Private Members` Bills and Resolutions

Chairman, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Political Parties in Lok Sabha and Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat

Chairman Joint Parliamentary Committee On Security In Parliament

Chairman, Committee of Presiding Officers to Ensure Executive Accountability to the Legislature.

Chairman, Committee of Presiding Officers to look into all aspects of the Office of the Presiding Officer.

Vice-President Parliamentary Forum on Children.

Vice-President Parliamentary Forum on Youth

Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Harvesting.

General Secretary, Constitutional Club New Delhi.

Member, General Purposes Committee

20-3-2012

Unanimously elected as Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly for the second time.

Social And Cultural                    Enabling women, children and disabled persons to participate in the                     

Activities                                      development work and share its benefit; working for upliftment of the poor     

                                                    especially Downtrodden Communities, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes

                                                       and other backward classes and financially weaker sections of the society                                              

                                                       particularly in the field of rural primary education.

Special Interests                          Reading books on History, Legislation, Law and Religion.     

Sports and Clubs                         Badminton.

                                                       Actor, Director and Founder President of CHAN DRAMATIC CLUB,

                                                       LUDHIANA. (Social and religious plays)

COUNTRIES VISITED AS SPEAKER OF PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

      1.       Represented Punjab in World Punjabi Conference Milwaukee Chicago, USA, May 1997

2.       9th CPA Seminar, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Ghana, 1997

3.      43rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Mauritius, September 1997

4.      44th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Zealand, October 1998

5.      45th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, September 1999

6.      46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London and Edinburgh, UK, September 2000

7.      47th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Australia, September 2001

8.      Participated in Executive Committee meeting of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,   

               Barbados, West Indies.

9.            Represented Punjab Government in Religious and Spiritual World Peace Summit at New York,

               USA organized by the United Nations

ACHIEVEMENTS AS SPEAKER OF PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN CPA

1.                  Nominated as Member of Sub Committee of International Programme Planning of

                  Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

2.                  Unanimously elected as Regional Representative for Asia Region of Executive Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at Trinidad and Tobago in September 1999.

3.                  Elected as Vice President of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association ( CPA ) in September 2001 in Australia by defeating Chairman of Senate of Malaysia Parliament.

COUNTRIES VISITED AS DEPUTY SPEAKER OF  INDIAN PARLIAMENT

1.         50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Canada, September, 2004

2.         Participated in the 112^th IPU in Manila ,April 2005  

4.                  As Leader of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation visited Belarus,Vienna, Hungry and Bratislava in May 2005.

5.         Represented Indian Parliament in United Nations as first Indian Deputy Speaker in the second          

                  world Conference of Speakers of Parliament in New York September 2005.

6.         Headed Indian Parliamentary delegation in SAARC Countries Speakers Conference at Colombo,  

                  Sri Lanka March 2006.  

ACHIEVEMENTS AS DEPUTY SPEAKER IN  IPU

                 Unanimously Elected As Vice President Of 112^th IPU (International Parliamentary Union) In   

                 Manila also Chaired The Session As President Of 112^TH IPU.

                  There are 157 countries who are Members of IPU and 54 Commonwealth Countries are Members of CPA

Other Information

1.  Member Political Affairs Committee Of Shiromani  Akali  Dal.

2.  Life Patron, International Punjabi Chamber of Commerce, Toronto, Canada.

3.  Chief Patron, Institute of Tourism and Future Management.

4.  General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal, Ludhiana (Urban) for 15 years, one of the longest period in  

     the party History.

5.  Got the Bill Protecting NRI Property in Punjab passed.

7.  Associated with the construction of historic bridge of Rahon-Machhiwara Bridge over Sutlej River in  

     Punjab state.

8.  As a true worker of regional party Shiromani Akali Dal, Participated in Punjabi Suba Agitation and

     imprisoned during Emergency for more than one year.

9.   Attended every Morcha ( Agitation ) initiated by Shiromani Akali Dal for the benefit of Punjab state 

      including  Dharam Yudh morcha.

10. Worked with leaders like Panth Rattan Master Tara Singh, Sant Fateh Singh, Giani Bhupinder Singh,  

      Jathedar Mohan Singh Tur, Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, Panth Rattan  Jathedar Gurcharan Singh  

      Tohra, Jathedar Jagdev Singh Talwandi, Jathedar Surjan Singh Thekedar and as close confidant of  

      Sardar Prakash Singh Badal.

11.  Associated with various organisations on World Peace, Forests and Environment, Employment

      Opportunities and Economic Self-reliance in Rural areas.