BIO-DATA of Shri Prithviraj Chavan

Father's Name : Late Shri D.R.Chavan

Mother's Name : Shrimati Premlabai Chavan
Date of Birth : 17 March 1946
Place of Birth : Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status : Married on 16 December 1976
Spouse's Name : Shrimati Satvasheela
Children : One son and one daughter

Educational Qualification :
B.E.(Hons), M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Profession :
Engineer, Technologist

Permanent Address:
Patan Colony, Shaniwar Peth, Karad, Distt.-Satara,
Maharashtra415410 Tel. - (Tel. {02164} 220222, 220950

Present Address :
11, Race Course Road, New Delhi110001 Tel. - (Tel. 23013132,
23013124, Fax 23017839
E-mail :

Positions Held:
1991- May 1996 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science
and Technology, Electronics, Atomic Energy
1992-93 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
Environment and Forests
1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning
Member, Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development
1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member,
Committee on Subordinate Legislation Special Invitee, Business
Advisory Committee 1996-97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha Deputy
Chief Whip, Lok Sabha, Congress Parliamentary Party Member,
Committee on Energy Member, Consultative Committee for the
Ministry of Finance

1996-97 and 1998-2000 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1996-98 Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
1996-99 Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members
of Parliament
1997 Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of
Planning and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Science
and Technology
1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha Member, Consultative
Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Committee on
Government Assurances (resigned on 20 November 1998)
1998-99 and April 2002-Feb.2004 Member, Committee on Finance
2000-01 Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug. 2002-Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the
Ministry of Defence
May 2004-22 May 2009 and 28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State
in the Prime Minister's Office
September 2007 onwards Member, Congress Working Committee
(C.W.C.) General-Secretary, AICC
April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
April 2008-22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions (Additional charge)
28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Science and Technology Minister of State (Independent
Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Minister of State in the
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of
State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :

Member, (i) India International Centre, New Delhi, (ii) India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi and (iii) Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; cricket,
tennis, badminton, table tennis, chess, golf and reading

Countries Visited :
U.S.A., France, Japan, U.K., Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan,
Germany, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Oman, Bahamas, China, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Panama, Portugal,
Singapore, Switzerland, Tajikistan and Thailand

Other Information :
Member, Indian National Congress since 1973; Special Invitee,
Congress Working Committee; was Member of Indian Parliamentary
Delegations to (i) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and (ii)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA); was Member of
first ever Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan

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