Political Career
Pritish Nandy was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, in July 1998. He was a Member of Parliament for six years and was on a number of committees including the National Committee to Celebrate 50 years of Independence, the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, the Parliamentary Committee for Communications, the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs. He headed the Expert Committee for upgradation of the International Film Festival of India set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and submitted its findings to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in 2011.
In December 2012, he was conferred the Liberation War Honour by Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Dhaka to honour his contribution to the war effort that led to the formation of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1971.
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