| Tarun Mandal | |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Jaynagar Majilpur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India |
| Residence: | 72, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001 |
| Office: | Member of Lok Sabha for Jaynagar |
| Term: | 2009-2014 |
| Predecessor: | Sanat Kumar Mandal |
| Successor: | Pratima Mondal |
| Party: | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
| Education: | M.B.B.S, P.G.C.C.H.M |
| Spouse: | Mahuya Nanda |
| Source: | [1] |
Tarun Mandal is an Indian Writer and politician, belonging to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and was the MP representing Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal in the 15th Lok Sabha. He contested as an independent candidate and defeated his nearest rival Nimai Barman of RSP by 53,676 votes, receiving 48.72% of the total votes polled.[2] He is a medical doctor and a member of the Medical Service Centre
All in Bengali
Written articles on educational and cultural problems, public health awareness, diseases, disaster management program related to health hazards, problems of health care delivery system of India and poetry published in journals
Recitation, mass songs, participation in drama as actor, speech on socio-political-cultural issues and on life, works of renaissance personalities, freedom fighters, medical scientists and organised and participated in language, health and education movements.
Participated and represented college football and cricket teams, physical exercise.
Junior Medical Officer (Er.) at Medical College, Hospital, Kolkatta, 1985–86; Medical Officer, CHS, 1986–90; Sr. Medical Officer, CHS, 1991–1995; Chief Medical Officers, CHS, 1996–2002; Chief Medical Officer (Selection Grade), ISPH, Nashik, 2002–07; Participated in disaster management works like rendered free medical services as member and leader of medical service centre, a socio-medical voluntary organisation different places for last 32 years i.e. West Bengal floods, Assam floods, Supercyclone Orissa, Kosi flood Bihar, Mumbai flood (2005), Baroda and Surat floods (2005–06), Tsunami, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Earthquake, Gujarat, Aila Cyclone, Sunderbans, West Bengal, Kolkata and Mumbai slums: Health movements organised for improvement of medical education, health care delivery system of West Bengal and India; participated in the people's resistance movement of Singur and Nandigram; and working for protection and upliftment of medical ethics and for propeople scientific health policies; Co-chairman, Vigilance and Monitoring Committee, South 24 PGS district.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]