| Father's
Name |
Shri Hira
Lal Sibal |
| Date of
Birth |
August 8,
1948 |
| Place of
Birth |
Jullundur,
Punjab |
| Marital
Status |
Married on
April 13, 1973
Now Widower |
| Spouse’s
Name |
Late Nina
Sibal |
| Children |
Two sons |
| Educational
Qualifications |
- M.A. (History) from St.
Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
- L.L.M., Harvard Law School, USA
|
| Profession |
Senior
Advocate |
| Address |
AB-7, Purana
Qila Road,
New Delhi-110 001 |
| Phone |
23381021,
23388260, 23782378 |
| Fax |
23388286 |
| Email |
kapilsibal@hotmail.com
kapil@kapilsibal.com
ksibal@sansad.nic.in |
| Position
Held
December 1989 – December 1990:
Additional Solicitor General of India
1995-96,1997-98 and 2001-2002:
President, Supreme Court Bar Association.
July 1998: Elected to Rajya Sabha.
July 2001: Member, Executive Council, Institute of
Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies.
August 2001: Member, Business Advisory Committee.
January 2002: Member, Committee on Home Affairs.
2002: Co-Chairman, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum, Member, Board
of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, headquartered in the US
2003: Member, Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation’s Indian AIDS Initiative.
|
| Publications |
Contributed
articles on important issues such as security, nuclear
proliferation, terrorism etc., in national dailies and periodicals. |
| Social
and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic & Scientific
Accomplishments and other Special Interests |
Public
issues and cultural events. |
| Sports,
Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation |
- Belvedere Club, The Oberoi
Hotel, New Delhi.
- India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- Reading, writing, traveling and
cooking. Actively interested in spreading scientific knowledge
and reasoning.
|
| Countries
visited |
U.S.A.,
Canada, Switzerland, China, Bhutan, Vietnam, South Africa, Nigeria,
Senegal and several South East Asian countries, traveled throughout
Europe and North Africa. |
| Other
Information |
- Studied and worked in the United
States.
- Offered appointment to the I.A.S.,
but declined.
- Joined the Bar in 1972.
- Designated Senior Advocate in
1983.
- Leader, Indian delegation to the
Human Rights Commission, Geneva, January 1991.
- Member, Working Group on
Arbitrary Detention set up by the Human Rights Commission,
Geneva.
- Member, Board of Management,
Indira Gandhi National Open University, 1993.
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