Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Rajkot (Gujarat )
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Party Name :
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Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri Ramjibhai
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Rambhaben
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Date of Birth
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30.11.1954
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Place of Birth
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Kagvad, Distt. Rajkot (Gujarat)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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12 May 1980
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Kantaben Kathiria
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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M.B.B.S., M.S. (Surgery), LL.B.
Educated at B.J. Medical College, Gujrat University, Ahmedabad and LL.B Saurashtra University, Rajkot
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Profession
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Medical Practitioner
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Permanent Address |
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Avkar 24-B, Vidyakunj Society, Amin Road,
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Rajkot – 360 001 (Gujarat)
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(0281)2431334
Fax (0281) 2465211
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Present Address |
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78, Lodhi Estate,
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New Delhi – 110 003
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Tels. (011) 24635522, 9868180576 (M)
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Position Held |
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1995-96
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President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Distt. Rajkot
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1996-97
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Secretary, B.J.P., Gujarat
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha (1st term)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Member, Committee on Defence
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Member, Nursing Council of India
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Member, All India Council of Health and Family Welfare
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) (with highest margin of 3,54,816 in 12th Lok Sabha)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
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Member, Tuberculosis Association of India
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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13 Oct. 1999-29 Jan. 2003
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Union Minister of State, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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30 Jan. 2003- 8 Jan. 2004
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Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development
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9 Jan. 2004- May 2004
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Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
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2004
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Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha( 4th term)
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Member, Committee on Industry
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, All India Council of Health and Family Welfare
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Member, Indo German Parliamentary Forum
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Co-operation
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Convenor- Sub Committee on Agro and Rural Industries
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Member, Indian Council of Medicine and Research
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Member, Committee on Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
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Chairman, Indo-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Goup
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Member & Co-Chairman, International Medical Parliamentary Forum
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Member, International Parliamentary Forum on Intellectual Property Rights
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Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
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Member, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum
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Member, Indo-UK Parliamentary Forum
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Management
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Member, Parliamentary Forum on HIV/AIDS
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Member, Federation of Legislators of India
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Member, Consultative Committee on HRD
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Member, Indo-Japan Parliamentary Forum
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Member, Constitution Club
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Industy
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Book Published
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i) Doctors! Beware of Eggs; and (ii) Spiritual Compilations
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Contributed regularly papers on Medical Science in Medical Journals and articles on various current topics in Gujarati newspapers, magazines
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Trustee, (i) Shri Arvindbhai Maniar Trust, Rajkot; (ii) Sadbhavna Hospital, Mahuva, Gujarat; and (iii) Adarsh Seva Mandal, Patanvav, and (iv) Vasundhara Trust, Rajkot
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Special Interests
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Reading religious and spiritual books; Practicing Vipassana meditation and fond of performing various major surgical operations; working for water-shed activities, organic farming and rural development; organising Seminar on value education; and active in strengthening educational institutions
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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listening to old songs and bhajans; visiting tourist place and sight seeing; meeting the people; charitable and service activities
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Sports and Clubs
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Swimming and walking
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Countries Visited
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Belgium, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan,Thailand and USA; Attended, (i) International Medical Parliamentarians Conference
on Women, Health and Environment at Bangkok in Thailand, 1997; (ii) SAARC Conference on
Reproductive Health and AIDS, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1998; and (iii) IMPO Conference on
Economic Crisis and its impact on Health, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1998; (iv) attended Annual Conference of AAPI, 2002, 2003 in U.S.A.; (v) attended Conference on HIV / AIDS amd Population in Pakistan,2004 (vi) Conference on Women`s Empowerment and Population Development in Malaysia 2004; (vii) Conference of Parliamentarians on Population Development, France 2004
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Other Information
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Associated with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.) since childhood; participated in
Nav-nirman agitation in Gujarat, 1973-74; as a surgeon, operated over 7500 patients and
diagnosed and cured over 1,00,000 patients; associated with several medical organisations in
different capacities in Rajkot and Saurashtra since 1983; donated blood 104 times; organised more
than 500 general diagnostic camps and 350 blood donation camps; imprisoned during Emergency;
introduced the mobile hospital concept, especially mobile dispensary service in rural areas;
Member, (i) All India Council for Health and Family Welfare, 1998-99; (ii) Tuberculosis
Association of India, 1998-99; (iii) Nursing Council of India 1996-97; (iv) International Medical
Parliamentarian Association; (v) Divisional Railways Users’ Consultative Committee, Rajkot and
Bhavnagar Division; (vi) Telephone Advisory Committee; (vii) Federation of Legislators of India
(viii) International Forum of Parliamentarians on Intellectual Property; and (ix) National
Cooperative Forum; (x) Constitution Club, Delhi; and (xi) Indian Council of Medical Research; Conferred Dadabhai Navarojaji
Industrial Peace and Development Award, 2000; instrumental in organising (i) “Heavy meets the small” – a giant industrial show in Rajkot, 2000; (ii) Agro Vision-2003 (Revolutionary Agricultural Event); (iii) Rajkot Book Fair-2003; and (iv) Arogya Mela Feb. 2004; (v) Blood Donation Camp in which 5174 blood donors donated their blood at a time following the unprecedented earthquake in Gujarat in 2001, undertook untiring work of rescue, relief and rehabilitation of the affected people; tried to solve water scarcity problem with the help of Check Dams & Water Harvesting structures; and is popularily known as `Check-Dam Sansad
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professing faith in “Nothing but the hard work succeeds” and nurturing vision of ” The glorious, the great and the divine India” of 21st Century
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Reference: Loksabha