| Iswar Prasanna Hazarika | |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1937 |
| Birth Place: | North Lakhimpur, Assam Province, British India |
| Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Father: | Tirtheswar Hazarika |
| Constituency: | Tezpur |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Term Start: | 1996 |
| Term End: | 1998 |
| Predecessor: | Swarup Upadhyay |
| Successor: | Moni Kumar Subba |
| Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Otherparty: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Chhaya Hazarika |
| Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3687.htm |
| Alma Mater: | Delhi School of Economics |
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika (22 January 1937 – 13 May 2024) was an Indian politician and civil servant. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Tezpur constituency as a member of the Indian National Congress.[1] [2] [3]
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika was born on 22 January 1937 to lawyer and independence activist Tirtheswar Hazarika from North Lakhimpur and Mokshada Devi, both active in the Indian independence movement.[4] Hazarika studied at Banaras Hindu University and the Delhi School of Economics,[5] and went on to become a civil servant, serving in key positions related to public-sector undertakings, including as the Director of the Board of NTPC and the chairman and managing director of MMTC.[6] [7]
In 1996, Hazarika was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency, Assam.
Dilip Kumar Neog's 204 book A Voice for Assam in Parliament presents a collection of speeches and questions raised by Hazarika during his tenure as an MP.[8]
Hazarika died as a result of "prolonged heart ailment and associated complications" on 13 May 2024, at the age of 87.[9]