Goel Vijay Biography

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Goel,Shri Vijay
Constituency   : Chandni Chowk(Delhi )
Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Email Address : [email protected]
Father’s Name Shri Charti Lal Goel
Mother’s Name Smt. Basanti Devi
Date of Birth 04.01.1954
Place of Birth Delhi
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 08 Mar 1985
Spouse’s Name Prof. Preeti Goel
No. of Sons 1
No.of Daughters 1
Educational Qualifications M. Com., LL.B.

Educated at Shri Ram College of Commerce and Law Centre, University
of Delhi, Delhi
Profession Social Worker

Trader, Industrialist

Permanent Address
4/7 Roop Nagar,
Delhi – 110007
(011) 3966896, 2926362
Present Address
5, Mahadev Road,
New Delhi – 110001
(011) 23730789, 23730768
Position Held
1974-75 Treasurer, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.), Delhi
1980-82 General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (B.J.Y.M.), Delhi

1982-84 President, B.J.Y.M., Delhi

Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Delhi
1986-88 Secretary, All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
1991-93 General-Secretary, B.J.P., Distt. Delhi Sadar
1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996-97 Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Member, House Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment
Member, Municipal Corporation of Delhi

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Home Affairs and its Sub-Committee on
Personnel Policy of CPMFs

Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Member, Rules Committee
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
2000 -2001 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development

1 Sept. 2001- 1 Nov. 2001 Union Minister of State, Prime Ministe`s Office; and Planning

2 Nov. 2001- 30 June 2002 Union Minister of State, Prime Minister`s Office

1 July 2002- 28 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Prime Minister`s Office with additional
charge of Statistics & Programme Implementation

29 Jan. 2003- 23 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Labour

24 May 2003- onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports


Social And Cultural Activities
Established a social and cultural organisation, called Lok Abhiyan in 1990 which
organises sports, cultural and agitational programmes on issues of national and public importance;
led a country-wide campaign for banning lottery and a movement for prohibition of smoking in
public places

Special Interests
Social work; holding cultural functions; study of forts; establishing toy banks for the poor children

Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Music, films and playing tabla

Sports and Clubs
Honorary Member, (i) Roshnara Club, Delhi; and (ii) Delhi District Cricket Association
(D.D.C.A.); represented Delhi University and Delhi State in Kho-kho during 1971-73

Countries Visited
France, Hong Kong, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand and U.K.

Other Information
Detained during the Emergency under the leadership of Shri Jayaprakash Narayan; as President,
Swami Vivekanand Smarak Samiti, installed a statue of Swami Vivekanand in Delhi University;
exposed the fake certificates racket operating in Delhi University; Chairman, Governing Body,
Satyawati Co-educational College, University of Delhi 1994-99; President, (i) Lok Abhiyan; and
(ii) Delhi University Students Union; General-Secretary, Vaish Aggarwal Education Society; Joint
Secretary, Students Union, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, 1972-73;
Treasurer, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad, 1974-75; Convenor, Anti Lottery campaign;
Trustee, Maharaja Agrasen Medical Hospital, Pitampura, Delhi; Supreme Councillor, Delhi
University Students Union (D.U.S.U.); Executive Member, Vaish Manav Seva Sangh; Member,
(i) Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh; (ii) Monitoring Committee of the Planning Department, Delhi
Government; (iii) Anjuman (Court) of the Jamia Millia Islamia University; (iv) Finance Committee,
University of Delhi; (v) Executive Council, University of Delhi, 1986-89; (vi) Court of the Jawaharlal
Nehru University, 1998-99; and (vii) Court of the University of Delhi, 1998-99; and (viii) All India
Institute of Medical Sciences; Member,Governing Body, (i) Moti Lal Nehru College; and (ii) Laxmi
Bai College, University of Delhi,1994-95


Reference: Loksabha

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