K. C. Pant
K.C. Pant (full name: Krishna Chandra Pant) is a former cabinet minister in the federal Government of India.
He was born in 1931 in Nainital (Uttarakhand, then Uttar Pradesh) and educated at St. Joseph's College, Nainital. [1]. He is the son of Govind Ballabh Pant, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. He did his MSc from the University of Lucknow, and then joined politics and became a member of the Indian National Congress party.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1962, and then in 1967, 1971 and 1989. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1978 and was leader of the house during 1979-1980 . K.C. Pant was Union minister with cabinet rank holding the portfolios of Finance, Steel and Heavy Engineering, Home Affairs, Electronics, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology. He was deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India .
He left the Indian National Congress Party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. His wife Ila Pant was also elected to the Lok Sabha.
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