Dr. Tarun Mandal is an Indian politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the MP representing Joynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Joynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jaynagar is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Joynagar in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.-Assembly segments:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 in the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

. He contested as an independent candidate and defeated his nearest rival Nimai Barman of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...

 by 53676 votes, receiving 48.72% of the total votes polled. He is a medical doctor and a member of the Medical Service Centre. He served as the Chief Medical Officer in Kolkata and Nasik

Books Published

All in Bengali

• Maranphande Janswasthya
• Swasthya Bikshan
• Aamar Katha-on quotations of Saratchandra
• Saratchandra-Anupam Sailite Bhaswar Manisa
• Saratchandra-Manisa Saili Uttaradhikar
• Swasthya Aamar Adhikar
• Dr. Nani Guha - Manane Smarane.

Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments

Written articles on educational and cultural problems, public health awareness, diseases, disaster management program related to health hazards, problems of health care delivery system of India and poetry published in journals

Social And Cultural Activities

Recitation, mass songs, participation in drama as actor, speech on socio-political-cultural issues and on life, works of renaissance personalities, freedom fighters, medical scientists and organised and participated in language, health and education movements.

Special Interests

1. Eradication of poverty, illiteracy, ill health, food crisis, housing problems, drinking water crisis of Indian population;
2. Facilitate people's movement towards change over of present society to an exploitation free socialist society; and (iii) listening to music

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Medical social work to provide free medical services, especially at times of disaster for distressed and deprived people, watch good games/sports items, good films, dramas, listening music/song and study literature, history and journals and adda with close friends

Sports and Clubs

Participated and represented college football and cricket teams, physical exercise.

Other information

Junior Medical Officer (Er.) at Medical College, Hospital, Kolkatta, 1985–86; Medical Officer, CHS, 1986–90; Sr. Medical Officer, CHS, 1991–1995; Chief Medical Officers, CHS, 1996–2002; Chief Medical Officer (Selection Grade), ISPH, Nashik, 2002–07; Participated in disaster management works like rendered free medical services as member and leader of medical service centre, a socio-medical voluntary organisation different places for last 32 years i.e. West Bengal floods, Assam floods, Supercyclone Orissa, Kosi flood Bihar, Mumbai flood (2005), Baroda and Surat floods (2005–06), Tsumani, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Earthquake, Gujarat, Aila Cyclone, Sunderbans, West Bengal, Kolkata and Mumbai slums: Health movements organised for improvement of medical education, health care delivery system of West Bengal and India; participated in the people's resistance movement of Singur and Nandigram; and working for protection and upliftment of medical ethics and for propeople scientific health policies; Co-Chairman, Vigilance and Monitoring Committee, South 24 PGS district.