Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar

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Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar

Usha Kumari Prashar, Baroness Prashar CBE (born June 29, 1948 ) is a British politician .

Life

Prashar was born in Kenya . She came to Yorkshire with her father Naurhia Lal Prashar and her family in the 1960s . She attended the private Wakefield Girls' High School in Wakefield . There she became the student representative in 1967 . Prashar studied political science at the University of Leeds and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Prashar later completed post-graduate studies in "Social Administration" (such as: social policy , political sociology ) at the University of Glasgow .

Prashar has held various management positions in public organizations and institutions as well as in the private sector since the 1970s.

From 1971 to 1976 she was a conciliation officer at what was then the Race Relations Board. From 1976 to 1984 she was Director ( Director ) of the Runnymede Trust , an independent British think tank with the scientific focus on the topics of education policy, criminal policy , immigration and integration and minority policies. As director of the Runnymede Trust, Prashar has had a major impact on the development of social policy and legislation in the area of ​​ethnic minorities. During this time she was also a member of the Study Commission on the Family (1980–1983) and the Social Security Advisory Committee (1980–1983).

From 1984 to 1986 she was a fellow at the Policy Studies Institute in London ; Her research there included, among other things, a study on the subject of “Primary Health Care”, funded and financially supported by the King's Fund. Prashar published her research in the report Acheson and After - Primary Health Care in the Inner City . From 1986 to 1991 she was Director ( Director ) of the National Council for Voluntary Organizations, an umbrella organization of voluntary organizations in the UK. At the same time she was a member of the London Food Commission (1984–1990) and the Educational Broadcasting Council of the BBC (1987–1989).

Between 1989 and 1997 Prashar took on various tasks in the public sector. She was a member of the Solicitor's Complaints Bureau (1989–1990), the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991–1993) and the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (1991–1997). She worked several times for the Arts Council (1979–1981; 1994–1997); There she was Chair of the Arts Council Committee on Combined Arts and the Cultural Diversity Panel. She worked as a non-executive director of the British television broadcaster Channel Four Television Corporation (1992–1999) and as a non-executive director of the Energy Saving Trust (1992–1997). From 1993 to 1996 she was a member of the Ealing Hounslow and Hammersmith Health Authority, the local health authority.

From October 1997 to October 2000 she was Executive Chairman of the Parole Board of England and Wales , the national pardons committee. In August 2000 Prashar was appointed "First Civil Service Commissioner"; Since 1990 she was already Commissioner (in the Civil Service Commission (career civil servants Committee) Commissioner have been). She held the office of First Civil Service Commissioner until August 2005. In this role, Prashar was responsible for the operations and monitoring of the processes within the public administration, such as the procurement policy, the procedure for public tenders, compliance with the civil service code of ethics and public hearings.

Prashar was also Chairman ( Chairman ) of the National Literacy Trust from 2001 to 2005. In October 2005, she became the first Chairman ( Inaugural Chairman ) of the Judicial Appointments Commission; she held this office until September 2010.

She was also Non-Executive Director of UNITE Group plc (2001-2004), an organization that rents housing to students, and Non-Executive Director of ITV plc (2005-2010). From 2000 to 2004 she was a member of the board of the Salzburg Seminar . From 2006 to 2006 she was Chancellor of De Montfort University ; from 1996 to 2006 she was there also "Governor".

She is also "Governor" (since 2003) of the Ditchley Foundation, which organizes international conferences at its headquarters in Oxfordshire . Prashar since 2007 trustee ( Trustee ) of the Cumberland Lodge, a charity in the field of education policy and education. In 2002 she became trustee ( trustee ) of the BBC World Service Trust (until 2005) and was President of the Royal Commonwealth Society from 2002 to 2008 . She is the Deputy Chair of the British Council .

Since July 2009 Prashar has been a member of the British Iraq Inquiry .

Membership in the House of Lords

On July 15, 1999, Prashar was named a Life Peer . She bears the title Baroness Prashar , of Runnymede in the County of Surrey. In the House of Lords she sits as CROSSBENCHER . Their introduction to the House of Lords took place on July 26, 1999; she was accompanied by Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill and Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley .

On December 8, 1999, she gave her inaugural address.

Prashar's political interests include education policy , criminal justice, human rights , racial discrimination, and international relations. She is particularly interested in the countries of Africa , India and Mauritius .

She is currently (as of November 2012) Chair of the Sub-Committee "Lords' Interests" and a member of the "Privileges Committee". She was a member of the "House of Lords Joint Committee on Human Rights" (2001-2004; 2008-2009).

Honors

In 1994 Prashar was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

Prashar holds several honorary doctorates : De Montfort University, South Bank University , University of Greenwich (1998), Leeds Metropolitan University (1999), University of Exeter , University of Leeds and Aston University .

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) (1989) and an Honorary Fellow of Goldsmith College London (1992).

Private

Prashar is with Vijay Kumar Sharma, Esq. married. Prashar's hobbies include country walks, golf , music , reading, and the arts .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Usha Kumari Prashar, Baroness Prashar on thepeerage.com , accessed September 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ The Rt Hon the Baroness Usha Prashar, CBE Biography at Debretts (available online)
  3. ↑ a b Baroness Usha Prashar of Runnymede Biography (Official website of the Iraq Inquiry; accessed November 29, 2012)
  4. ^ The Governors ( September 28, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ) (Official website of the Ditchley Foundation)
  5. ↑ Cumberland Lodge: Trustees (Official website of the Cumberland Lodge)
  6. ^ The Right Honorable the Baroness Prashar of Runnymede CBE Biography ( British Council Official Website ).
  7. ↑ Baroness Prashar Protocol of Introduction of July 26, 1999
  8. ↑ The Universities (wording of the inaugural address of December 8, 1999)
personal data
SURNAME Prashar, Usha, Baroness Prashar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prashar, Usha Kumari, Baroness Prashar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1948