Vanlalzawma

He is interested in Reading and sports and has represented the State in Chess and Volleyball. He served as Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Delhi Mizo Welfare Association, Member of- (i) AIDS Control Society of Mizoram, (ii) Green Mizoram State Level Committee, (iii) Total Prohibition Council, Mizoram; (iv) 125th Gandhian Birth Anniversary Committee; (v) Mizoram Pollution Control Board; (vi) North Eastern Zone Cultural Centre (N.E.Z.C.C.) Programme Committee; (vii) Mizo Customary Law Committee; (viii) Reproductive Child Health Committee; (ix) Mizoram Blood Transfusion Council; (x) State Rural Development Committee; (xi) State Level Social Preservation Committee; and (xii) ACTIONAID -CYMA Joint Project on Socio-Economic Development of Mizoram. Also as Chairman of- (i) District Level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee on Rural Development in 8 Districts of Mizoram; and (ii) State Consultative Committee of F.C.I. for the state of Mizoram.

• He was re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term). He became Member of Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas and member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

• He also became the member of Committee on Information Technology.

• He was the Member of Consultative Committee, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports.

• Member of Committee on Human Resource Development.

• Vanlalzawma was elected to 13th Lok Sabha and later became Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the sitting of the House.

• He became the member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs.

• He became a leader of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the biggest voluntary organisation with a membership of over 2.5 lakhs scattered in 702 Branches/Units; General Secretary, Vice-President, President of this organisation since 1993.

• Taught at the Degree level for a period of 17 years. Served as National Service Scheme (NSS) Programme Officer for 4 years and had undergone N.S.S. Orientation Course at Kharagpur (West Bengal). He was General Secretary, Mizoram College Teachers Association (M.C.T.A.) from 1985-87. Vice-President, M.C.T.A. (1987-89); President, M.C.T.A.(1989-91).

• He served as a lecturer in Hrangbana College. He had an instrumental role in accelerating the peace process in Mizoram in the eighties.

• Participated actively in the Post Graduate Students Union as a leader in North Eastern Hill University (N.E.H.U.), Shillong.

He was the recipient of Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (I.G.P.P.) from the President of India on behalf of YMA in 1994 for outstanding contribution of the YMA towards Wildlife Preservation and Afforestation.