Indian American on Maryland panel

Shambhu Banik, a political activist, has been nominated to the Maryland Human Relations Commission by Governor Robert Ehrlich.

Shambhu Banik, a Maryland-based political activist, has been nominated to the Maryland Human Relations Commission by Governor Robert Ehrlich.

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Banik's nomination has been confirmed by the state's Senate Executive Nominations Committee and he will hold that office for four years.

A clinical psychologist, Banik is a long-time Republican and was first recognised by the elder president George Bush, who made him director of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation.

The Human Relations Commission is a nine-member body that looks into issues of discrimination and enforces the state's laws pertaining to these areas.