K. C. Pant

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Krishna Chandra Pant
The deputy chairman, Planning Commission Shri K.C. Pant speaking at the inauguration of the "6 Asian Security Conference" organized by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in New Delhi on January 27, 2004
18th Minister of Defence (India)
In office 1987–1989
23rd deputy chairman, Planning Commission of India[1]
In office 1999–2004
Personal details
Born	(1931-08-10)10 August 1931 Bhowali, United Provinces, British India
Died	15 November 2012(2012-11-15) (aged 81) Delhi, India
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Ila Pant
Children	2

Krishna Chandra Pant (10 August 1931 – 15 November 2012) was an Indian Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the prime minister's interlocutor on Kashmir.^[2] He was a cabinet minister in the Government of India and held several constitutional positions over a period of 37 years. Pant had held the positions of Minister for Defence, Minister of state for Home Affairs, Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering, Finance, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology.^[3] He was the first chairman of the Advisory Board on Energy, chairman of the 10th Finance Commission and the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India, the economic planning body of India; his Vision 2020 document was published as India's Development Scenario, Next Decade and Beyond.^[4]