Pathak Harin Biography

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Pathak,Shri Harin Constituency   : Ahmedabad East(Gujarat ) Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : [email protected]

Father’s Name Late Shri Ramchandra Pathak Mother’s Name Late Smt. Madhu Kantaben Date of Birth 20.07.1947 Place of Birth Ratanpur, Distt. Godhara, Panchmahal (Gujarat) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 15 May 1972 Spouse’s Name Smt. Meenaxi Pathak No.of Daughters 2 Educational Qualifications B.A., B.Ed. Educated at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Profession Teacher (Retd.) Permanent Address “Madhuram”, Prankunj Society, Puspkunj, Maninagar, Ahmedabad – 380 028, Gujarat Telefax. (079) 22871199 Present Address 4, South Avenue Lane, New Delhi – 110 011 Tels. (011) 23014359, 23792058, 9868180601(M) Position Held

1967-68 President, Bharatiya Jan Sangh Khadia Ward Booth Samiti

1968-80 Member, Working Committee, Jana Sangh, Gujarat

1975-80 Member, National Council, Bharatiya Jan Sangh

1975-92 Elected Carporator, Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad (for 3 Consecutive terms-17 years)

1980 onwards Member, Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Gujarat

1982-83 President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Gujarat

1987-90 Chairman, Municipal Transport Committee, Ahmedabad

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1990-91 Member, Committee on Estimates

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-93 President, B.J.P., Ahmedabad

1992-94 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into irregularities in security and banking transactions

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

1995-96 Member, Committee on Finance

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Communications

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Labour and Welfare

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

13 Oct. 1999-11 Nov. 2000 Union Minister of State, Defence Production and Supplies

15 Oct. 2001-28 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Department of Defence Production and Supplies

29 Jan. 2003-11 Feb. 2003 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs

12 Feb. 2003-May 2004 Union Minister of State, Home Affairs with additional charge of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Law and Justice

18 May 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)

Member, House Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances Law and Justice

Member, General Purposes Committee

Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances

2004 onwards Member, National Executive, B.J.P.

5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice

17 May 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)

9 Jun. 2009 Member, House Committee

31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, Rajya Sabha

16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

23 Sep. 2009 Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table

19 Oct. 2009 Member, General Purpose Committee

20 Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex

21 Jan. 2010 Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti for the Department of Telecommunications

Apr. 2010 Elected President, First Contact Group Meeting on Parliamentarians for Education in the UNESCO, New Delhi Cluster Countries-India Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Maldives

26 Jul. 2010 Nominated as Vice-President, India-China Parliamentary Friendship Group

16 Sep. 2010 Member, India-Spain Parliamentary Friendship Group

3 Dec. 2010 Member, India-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group

4 Mar. 2011 Member, Joint Committee to Examine Matters Relating to Allocation and Pricing of Telecom License and Spectrum

15 Jun. 2011 Member, Press Council of India

Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Written several short stories, poems and ghazals Social And Cultural Activities Welfare of the poor and the downtrodden, relief work; served in a hospital as a social worker for three hours everyday for about 10 years; Managing Trustee, Madhuram Charitable Trust Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading, writing, watching movies and other programmes on T.V. Sports and Clubs Cricket Countries Visited Canada, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.; attended, (i) World Conference on Urban Transport, Jakarta, 1988; Member (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (C.P.C.), Ottawa, 1994; and (ii) C.P.C., Wellington, New Zealand, 1998; (iii) Nigeria, 2006 Other Information Sent to Baroda Central Jail during Emergency 1975-77 for about 11 months and took part in various public agitations and sometimes put behind the bars but never convicted by any Court

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