Vimla Batham

Vimla Batham
विमला बाथम
MLA, 16th Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
Sep 2014
Preceded by Mahesh Sharma
Constituency Noida
Personal details
Born (1951-12-06) December 6, 1951[1]
Gautam Budh Nagar district[1]
Nationality  India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party[1]
Spouse(s) Roop Narayan Batham Vaish (husband)
Parents Lata Rikhilal Shah (father)
Ram Devi Gupta (mother)
Residence Gautam Budh Nagar district
Alma mater Kanpur University,
Bareilly College &
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University[2]
Profession Businessperson & Politician
Religion Hinduism[1]
Website Official website

Vimla Batham (Hindi: विमला बाथम) is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of India.[1][2] She represents the Noida constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.[3][4]

Early life and education

Vimla Batham was born at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh in a traditional Vaish business family. She attended GF college at Shahjahanpur for Graduation & was able to cajol her brothers & father to allow her to pursue post-graduation (MA in Hindi lit.) from Bareilly. She had an arranged marriage with Roop Narayan Batham of Kanpur & moved to Delhi. Here, she was a homemaker & did her second MA (in Fine Arts). A few years down the line, the young couple decided to turn entrepreneurs. As Roop Batham was in a Govt. job, the responsibility of running the business fell on Vimla. They set up a Printing Press at sector 6, Noida in 1981, publishing Art Journals & doing small print jobs. Gradually, she bought big sized printing machines for printing cartons. Gradually, she forayed into the corrugated carton industry, setting up units at sector 80 & sector 58, Noida.

Political career

Vimla Batham is MLA for the current term. She represents the Noida constituency and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. She was elected in the by-election which she won by a huge margin of almost 60,000 votes, cornering 63.5% of the total votes polled. This bye-election was held when Mahesh Sharma vacated the seat after winning the 15th Lok Sabha elections.[1][2] Before being named as the candidate for Noida-61 constituency, she has held many important posts at the district & State levels in the BJP organization.

Posts Held

# From To Position Comments
01 2014 Incumbent Member, 16th Legislative Assembly

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Member Profile". U.P. Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Candidate affidavit". My neta.info. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. "Election Results". The Hindu. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. "All MLAs from constituency". elections.in. Retrieved Oct 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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