Mr. Pinaki Misra, a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) is also the Chairperson of Parliamentary Standing Committee, Ministry of Urban Development, a Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence and a Member of General Purposes Committee. Mr. Misra’s extensive travel to over 25 countries includes his travels in 2013 to Sri Lanka as a part of Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the Hon’ble Speaker at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference and to Austria as a part of Indian Parliamentary Delegation Member of Hindi Salah Akar Samiti for the Planning Commission. He is also a Practicing Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and in almost all High Courts and major Tribunals in India. He holds specialisations in Corporate Law, Foreign Exchange, Customs and Excise Laws, Mining related Laws, Company Laws, Environmental Laws and Constitutional Laws. He has special interests for Music, Art, Literature, Gardening, Sports, Collection of Paintings, etc. and has participated in various literary, artistic, scientific, social and cultural activities and won prizes during his school and college days. He was also the Captain of St. Stephen’s College Football Team.