The Rajya Sabha,constitutionally the Council of States,is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023,it has a maximum membership of 250,of which 238 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots,while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art,literature,science,and social service. The total allowed capacity is 250 according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. The current potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245,after the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act,2019,the seats came down to 245. The maximum seats of 250 members can be filled up at the discretion and requirements of the house of Rajya Sabha.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is India's largest professional accounting body under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs,Government of India. It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory body under the Chartered Accountants Act,1949 enacted by the Parliament for promotion,development and regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India.
Khurshed Alam Khan was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.
Central Waqf Council is an Indian statutory body established by the Government of India under the Waqf Act,a subsection of the Waqf Act,1995. It was established for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the State Waqf Boards and proper administration of the Waqfs in the country. Waqf is a permanent dedication of movable or immovable properties for religious,pious or charitable purposes as recognized by Muslim Law,given by philanthropists. The grant is known as mushrut-ul-khidmat,while a person making such dedication is known as Wakif.
Qamar ul Islam,generally referred to as Qamar Sab was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly,one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Housing and Labour,Minister of Municipal Administration,Public Enterprises and Minister of Wakf and the MLA from Kalaburagi-North constituency for the state of Karnataka.
Azeez Sait was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for Transport,Tourism,Labour Wakf Department and Industries and Commerce of Karnataka from 1972 to 1984. A prominent minority leader of the Congress Party,he represented the Narasimharaja constituency in the legislative assembly a record six times between 1967 and his death in 2001.
Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),and a senior Member of Parliament in his 32nd year as a Parliamentarian.
S. Tarlochan Singh is an Indian politician. He is a Member of the Parliament of India,representing Haryana. He served as Chairman National Commission for Minorities from 2003 to 2006,was member,National Human Rights Commission of India,Govt. of India,2003 to 2006. He served as Vice Chairman,National Commission for Minorities from 2000 to 2003.
Pulikkal Veettil Abdul Wahab is an Indian politician and social worker from Nilambur,Malappuram. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Kerala in the Rajya Sabha . He is also a non-resident Indian businessman with activities in India and the Middle East.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan,Queens Road,Bengaluru. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the pas activities and campaigns within the state,as well as selecting candidates for local,state,and national elections.
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge is an Indian lawyer and politician serving as the President of the Indian National Congress since 2022,and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2020.
Kamlesh Shivji Vikamsey is an Indian Chartered Accountant and a Past President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Past President of The Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA). He is an expert on governance and oversight;and has served in his personal capacity on several international organizations like UNDP,IMF,UNICEF,ITU and WMO in Audit and Oversight Committees.
Tiruchi Siva is a member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of parliament. He is from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party,and was elected in 1996,2002,2007,2014 and 2020. He is a speaker and a writer.
Narendra Kumar Prasadrao Salve was a veteran Indian politician from Indian National Congress,parliamentarian and a cricket administrator. Former Union minister and president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (1982–1985),he was instrumental in bringing the Cricket World Cup outside England and to the Indian subcontinent in 1987. Salve was a staunch advocate for the separate statehood of Vidarbha.
Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim,also spelled as Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim (1889-1968),was a leader of Indian National Congress. He was governor of Punjab,India in 1965. Ibrahim was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1958 to 1962 and served as union minister of power and irrigation. He was leader of the Rajya Sabbha from 1961 to 1963. He served as Communication and Irrigation minister for United Provinces (1937–50).
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the youngest Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Punjab constituency. He was the former Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi till 2022. Chadha has been elected as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha. He is also a practising chartered accountant.
Imran Pratapgarhi is the current Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra July 2022 and Indian Urdu-language poet and Indian National Congress politician from Uttar Pradesh,India. Pratapgarhi is known for his protest poetry that particularises the Muslim experience and identity in India and other parts of the world;he is especially known for his Urdu nazms "Madrasa" and "Han Main Kashmir Hoon."
Narain Dass Gupta is Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from NCT of Delhi,practicing chartered accountant,and former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He is a financial policy expert who has written several books on taxation.
Irfan ur Rahman Khan also known as Irfan Khan is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress from Parbhani,Maharashtra,he was Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee,and served as Vice President of Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress Committee from 1989 to 2004.
Muppala Sridhar is an Entrepreneur,Chartered Accountant and a Educationist. He is the founder and chairman of Tapasya College Of Commerce And Management and Tapasya group of Institutions. He is the member of the 25th council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He has been conferred with Business Leader Award,2012 from the then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Kiran Kumar Reddy.
