Kishore Kar is a politician based in West Bengal. He is the former President of Kolkata North Suburban District (KNSD) of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2021. Prior to this, he served as IT and Social Media Head of BJP West Bengal, when party leaders, workers were not used to this task. However, he increased the speed of work in all districts of the state by holding group meetings, which helped the BJP IT cell function across the state and grow in popularity, especially among the youth. This happened gradually since 2013. Later he became as Co-Convener of the party’s State Co-Operative Cell. In 2017, he was appointed as Co-Observer of Hooghly District and later became the Observer. During his tenure, he worked hard to leave a lasting impression.
Aside from his political career, Mr. Kar is also a Business Associate of Kotak Securities Ltd., a leading stock broking company in India, since 2019. He has been an active retail investor in the Indian stock market, dealing in various instruments like equity, mutual funds, commodities, ETFs, bonds and more since 1992.
Born in a middle-class, small-town Bengali patriotic family, Mr. Kar learned the values of nationalism and ancient Indian culture and tradition from his family, especially his army father Shri Nepal Chandra Kar, who fought for the country during the Indo-Pak war in 1971. He was introduced to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1989 by Shri Ramapada Paul and Dr. Sanat Kumar Mondal. Later, he joined Shri Ram Janmabhumi movement, inspired by Late Shri Tapan Ghosh, and worked for the student organization until 2009.
Mr. Kar has held various positions from the local unit to the national level, with a long experience in student politics and social works. He has traveled around different parts of rural and urban areas of West Bengal, as well as many states in India, for organizational work and visited numerous educational institutions in various districts in the state. He is known for his humble nature and dedication towards serving the people.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
1989
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
1989
SM campaign for Shri Lal Krishna Advani
2009
IT and SM Convenor, State BJP
2013
Co-Convenor, Co-Operative Cell, State BJP
2016
Observer, BJP Hooghly District
2017
President, BJP Kolkata North Suburban District (KNSD)
2019