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Ashok Kumar (British politician)

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427:) launched the Ashok Kumar fellowship at POST in memory of Kumar. The annual fellowship will see the successful candidate spend three months at the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST). By 2017, the sixth Ashok Kumar Fellow had been appointed to work with POST she was a postgraduate engineering student, Erin Johnson, from Imperial College, London. 946: 55: 885: 398: 268: 71: 971: 434:. He regularly chaired the NEPIC MP/Industry meetings and contributed to the growth and innovation agenda of the Cluster. Tributes for his work came after his untimely death. 976: 617: 255: 40: 417: 424: 485: 961: 936: 926: 1006: 854: 378: 118: 729: 413: 264: 94: 66: 44: 966: 890: 863: 669: 465:
Kumar was found dead by police in his constituency home in Canberra Road, Marton, on 15 March 2010. Police announced that he had died from
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where he was awarded a BSc in 1978, and an MSc in Process Analysis and Control Theory in 1980, and a PhD in
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In June 2010, IChemE (the Institution of Chemical Engineers) and NEPIC (the
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Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union-sponsored MPs
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Kumar was a supporter of industrial engagement and the concepts of
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GuardianUnlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Ashok Kumar MP
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in Derby and left at the age of fifteen to study for
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Derby & District College of Art & Technology
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Retrieved 15 March 2010. 616:Panagopulos, Michael (26 January 2017). 543:"Tributes paid to Labour MP Ashok Kumar" 131:7 November 1991 – 16 March 1992 477: 307:at Wilmorton College, before attending 886:Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 571:. Thenorthernecho.co.uk. 16 March 2010 414:Parliamentary and Scientific Committee 399:Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 393:, but Bates won the seat again at the 269:Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 593:. IChemE. 5 July 2010. Archived from 7: 812:TheyWorkForYou.com – Ashok Kumar MP 639:Short, Patricia L. (January 2006). 84:1 May 1997 – 15 March 2010 732:from the original on 30 April 2010 488:. politicshome.com. Archived from 311:for his A-Levels. He then studied 25: 962:Councillors in North East England 937:Alumni of the University of Derby 346:. Kumar was a Research Fellow at 336:Institution of Chemical Engineers 838:Parliament of the United Kingdom 724:Langdon, Julia (15 March 2010). 641:"Making one out many in England" 486:"Labour MP Ashok Kumar has died" 377:(1987–97). He became the MP for 927:20th-century British scientists 645:Chemical & Engineering News 301:Rykneld Secondary Modern School 1007:20th-century British engineers 712:Ashok Kumar found dead at home 327:in 1982. The thesis title was 27:British politician (1956–2010) 1: 754:. Metro.co.uk. 15 March 2010 444:British Humanist Association 329:Velocity distributions in a 967:Indian emigrants to England 383:1991 Langbaurgh by-election 18:Ashok Kumar (UK politician) 1023: 942:British chemical engineers 932:Alumni of Aston University 829:The Ashok Kumar Fellowship 895: 884:Member of Parliament for 882: 877: 867: 853:Member of Parliament for 851: 843: 836: 657:10.1021/cen-v084n005.p025 620:. Imperial College London 352:British Steel Corporation 334:. He was a Fellow of the 263:politician who served as 245: 159: 124: 77: 61: 52: 822:13 February 2009 at the 688:. London. 16 March 2010. 700:HC Deb 10 Jan 2002 c349 412:He was a Member of the 348:Imperial College London 982:Politicians from Derby 184:, Uttar Pradesh, India 455:Marton, Middlesbrough 407:2010 general election 403:1997 general election 395:1992 general election 277:2010 general election 199:Marton, Middlesbrough 728:. 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Ashok Kumar (UK politician)
FIChemE
MP

Member of Parliament
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Constituency created
Tom Blenkinsop
Langbaurgh
Richard Holt
Michael Bates
Haridwar
Marton, Middlesbrough
Labour
Alma mater
Aston University
Chemical engineer
FIChemE
Labour
Member of Parliament
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
1997
2010 general election
Haridwar
India
Derby
Rykneld Secondary Modern School
O-Levels
Derby & District College of Art & Technology
Chemical Engineering

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