Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Erandol (Maharashtra )
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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 Kisan Rao
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Reshama Bai
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Date of Birth
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15.09.1939
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Place of Birth
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Savargaon, Distt. Nasik (Maharashtra)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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21 May 1962
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Lilavati
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No. of Sons
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2
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering) and ANSI Sugar Technology
Educated at Poona University, Pune (Maharashtra), Louisiana State
University (U.S.A.) and N.S.I., Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
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Profession
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Farmer
Engineer, Technologist, Agriculturist
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Permanent Address |
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Karagaon Road, Chalisgaon,
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Distt. Jalgaon – 425 001 (Maharashtra)
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(02589) 24934
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Present Address |
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AB-88, Shahjahan Road,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 23782280, 9868180570 (M)
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Position Held |
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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Member, Committee on Industry
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Joint-Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and
Farmers’ Rights Bill, 1999
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1999-2001
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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2000 -2001
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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1 Sept. 2001- May 2004
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Union Minister of State, Rural Development
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (4th term)
Member, Committee on Estimates
Member Committee on Rural Development
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Contributed articles in various magazines, newspapers and other publications
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Special Interests
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Social, educational and technical fields
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Countries Visited
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Brazil, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.
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Other Information
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Chairman, (i) Belganga Co-operative Sugar Mill, 1977-92; and (ii) Gramin Vikas Pratisthan
Chalisgaon, Distt. Jalgaon since 1977; Vice-President, (i) Deccan Sugar Technology Associations
for two years; and (ii) All India Sugar Technology Association, Kanpur for two years; Director, District Co-operative Bank, Jalgaon since 1991; Member, (i) Sugar Industry Development Council; and (ii) Central Council for Cooperation; working as International consultant and advised more than 100 industrial units in the country and abroad; pioneered application for bio-fuels in India, particularly use of ethanol in petrol and diesel; worked as incharge of bio-fuels during his tenure as Minister of State, Rural Development
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Reference: Loksabha