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Ambika Soni
  • Date of Birth:
    November 13, 1942
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Lahore, Undivided India
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Hinduism
  • Education:

    Indraprastha College, Delhi University

    University of Havana, Cuba

  • Address:
    79, Sector 9 - A, Chandigarh
  • Email:
    ambika@sansad.nic.in
  • Phone:
    0172 - 2742775

Family

Ambika Soni
  • Father:
    Late Shri Nakul Sen
  • Mother:
    Smt. Indu Nakul Sen
  • Spouse:
    Uday Soni

Career

Ambika Soni

Trivia

Ambika Soni
  • Chandigarh 29 Jan. 2006 onwards Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture.
  • Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
  • Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment and ForestsMarch 2005 - Jan. 2006 Member.
  • Committee on Transport, Tourism and CultureJan. 2003-Feb. 2004 Member.
  • Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation Feb. 2000-2001 Member.
  • All India Congress Committee Jan. 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 10 June 2004)Jan. 2000-Feb. 2004 Member.
  • All India Mahila Congress1999 onwards General Secretary.
  • She is an elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha.
  • After serving in Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture from 2004-2009.
  • She currently serves in the Union Cabinet as the minister in charge of Ministry of Tourism.

Quotes

Ambika Soni
  • "Projecting Manmohan as PM worked for us."
  • "The trends are very positive... We want to thank the people of India who have shown faith in the Congress party."
  • “We hope that this would be one of the first steps towards improving relations and more doors would soon open so the two countries can come closer.”
  • “If the government has ordered, then even our ministry will have to implement it. But reservations are not the only solution.”
  • “On one hand we have received more budget allocation for tourism promotion, we will also need skilled professionals to advance its growth. More hotel management institutes will ensure more trained staff to the hotel industry. And that will lead to further growth in the sector.”
  • “Ministers from both the Congress and the JD-S attended this meeting.”
  • “I do not know what is there in the CD. But let me say that RSS ideology has been of cultural policing and Joshi was its representative in the BJP to teach it. Their claims of moral and cultural policing have been exposed again and again.”
  • “I do not know what is there in the CD but let me say that RSS ideology has been of cultural policing. Joshi was a representative of the RSS in the BJP. Their claims of moral and cultural policing have been exposed again and again.”
  • “I don't look at this as a setback. There are often hiccups in coalition politics so we sit down and talk to resolve them.”
  • “We have sent a letter to the UN secretary general requesting him to make available the documents and other related papers based on which the Volcker Committee named Congress in its report.”
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Biography

Ambika Soni
Last Updated: Thursday, September 24, 2009

Ambika SoniAmbika soni was whelped on 13th Nov 1942 in whole Punjab, Metropolis as the daughter of Nakul Sen, I.C.S and Indu Nakul Sen. She gained her quantification from Indraprastha College, Metropolis University, Credentials Langue Francaise from Bond Francaise, Bangkok and Post-Graduate Certification in Romance Art and Literature from Lincoln of Havana, State.

She was married to Shri Uday C.Soni and they get a son. Her governmental progress was spreaded many than 33 age. She was started her governmental procession in 1975 when she was korea as the presidentship of Indian Cohort Legislature.

In 1976, she was elected to Rajya Sabha and in 1998, she became the president of "All Bharat Mahila Congress". She performed advisable in both of these posts. She was again elected to Rajya Sabha in 2000. From 2000 to 2004, she has served as the member of committee on national undertakings and also held the post of member of consultative ngo on polite air. She custody many otherwise positions including member of ngo on dod, member of house commission, member of commission on instrumentation and touristry, member of breeding and explore etc.

In the old Manmohan Singh's governance, she was the housing rector of tourism and civilization. As a tourism minster, she increased development in exotic holidaymaker arrivals by her "Improbable India" operation. But she featured disceptation in ram sethu affidavit and Vijay Mallya's involution in the sell for Gandhi's individual items.

Soni expressed that Vijay Mallya participated in the sell on the behalf of India regime, but Mallya uttered that it was his ain decision. She is art lover and ethnical worker and e'er earned friendliness of the lot activity finished her entirety.

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