Vanlalzawma

Indian politician

Instrumental in accelerating the peace process in Mizoram in the eighties; participated actively in the Post Graduate Students Union as a leader during 1979-91 in North Eastern Hill University (N.E.H.U.), Shillong; served as National Service Scheme (NSS) Programme Officer for 4 years and had undergone N.S.S. Orientation Course at Kharagpur (West Bengal); taught at the Degree level for a period of 17 years; General Secretary, Mizoram College Teachers Association (M.C.T.A.), 1985-87; Vice-President, M.C.T.A., 1987-89; President, M.C.T.A., 1989-91; Leader of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the biggest voluntary organisation with a membership of over 2.5 lakhs scattered in 702 Branches/Units; General Secretary, Vice-President, President of this organisation since 1993 ; recipient of Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (I.G.P.P.) from the President of India on behalf of YMA in 1994 for outstanding contribution of the YMA towards Wildlife Preservation and Afforestation; Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Delhi Mizo Welfare Association; Member, (i) AIDS Control Society of Mizoram, (ii) Green Mizoram State Level Committee, (iii) Total Prohibition Council, Mizoram; (iv) 125th Gandhian Birth Anniversary Committee; (v) Mizoram Pollution Control Board; (vi) North Eastern Zone Cultural Centre (N.E.Z.C.C.) Programme Committee; (vii) Mizo Customary Law Committee; (viii) Reproductive Child Health Committee; (ix) Mizoram Blood Transfusion Council; (x) State Rural Development Committee; (xi) State Level Social Preservation Committee; and (xii) ACTIONAID -CYMA Joint Project on Socio-Economic Development of Mizoram; Chairman, (i) District Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee on Rural Development in 8 Districts of Mizoram; and (ii) State Consultative Committee of F.C.I. for the state of Mizoram