Her sisters are Kusum Suri, a retired school teacher based in the United States, and Kamla Bhasin, a writer and feminist activist.
[1] Kak graduated from Home Science College, Udaipur in 1978, and then took a Master's degree from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
In 1985, as part of Rajiv Gandhi's much-touted efforts to bring 'new blood' into politics and into the Congress party, Bina, educated in government schools who had spent her childhood in small villages of Kota district began at the grassroots level as a Congress worker.
Bina Kak served for a long period as Cabinet Minister in the Government of Rajasthan, holding at various times the portfolios of Woman & Child Development, Tourism, Art & Culture, Archeology and Printing & Stationery.
In her Bollywood debut, Kak acted as the hot-headed mother of the hero Samir, played by Salman Khan.
She has acted in few other films such as, Nanhe Jaisalmer, Dulha Mil Gaya, and Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love and Jaanisar.
Ankur, the older of the two, is a trained chef and currently into real estate development in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan.
Umang is an initiative that strives for an inclusive society that provides equal opportunity for all, by enhancing the quality of life of individuals with various disabilities.
A keen environmentalist, Bina Kak as forest minister in 2011 was instrumental in converting Kumbhalgarh sanctuary into a national park.
[3] In 2013, Bina played a key role in getting Mukandara Hills notified as third tiger reserve after Ranthambore and Sariska.
Bina Kak recently published a book namely Silent Sentinels of Ranthambore, an outcome of her passion for Nature and love of the wild and its small and big creatures.