Father's Name: Shri Parashuram Apte
Mother's Name: Shrimati Sita Apte
Date of Birth: 18 January 1939
Place of Birth: Rajgurunagar, Distt. Pune (Maharashtra)
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 28 February 1967
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Urmila Apte
No.of Sons: -
No.of Daughters: 1
Educational Qualifications: M.A., LL.M. Educated at University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Permanent Address:Girish Building, T.H. Kataria Road, Mahim, Mumbai. 400016
Tel. - {022} 24376441, 24372419
Present Address: C-702, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi. 110001
Tel. - (022) 23311966
Position Held:
1996-98 : Additional Advocate General, State of Maharashtra
April 2000 : Elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2000 onwards : Member, Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee for the Central Railway Zone Member, Committee on Rules
May 2000 - Feb. 2004 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
Jan.2001 - Feb. 2004 : Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
Dec.2001 onwards : Member, India-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group Member, India-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group
Jan.2002-May 2004 : Member, Board of Governors, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan
Jan.2002-2005 : Member, Samsad (Court) of Visva Bharati
May 2002 onwards : Member, Governing Council of National Mission for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Feb. 2002-Feb. 2005 : Member, Central Advisory Committee for Light Houses Member, Railway Convention Committee
Aug. 2002 - Feb. 2004 : Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
Aug. 2002 - March 2006 : Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jan. 2003-April 2006 : Member, Council of National Literacy Mission Authority
Nov. 2003-April 2006 : Member, Central Advisory Board (S.8 Minimum Wages Act, 1948)
July 2001-April 2006 : Member, Central Advisory Board on Child Labour
July 2004-April 2006 : Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
Aug. 2004-April 2006 and June 2006 onwards : Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Aug. 2004-April 2006 : Member, General Purposes Committee
May 2006 onwards : Member, Central Advisory Board of Education
Sept. 2004-2006 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Nov. 2004-2006 : Member, Informal Consultative Committee (S) for Central Railway and Western Railways Member, Telephone Advisory Committee for MTNL, Mumbai
April 2006 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
Sept. 2006 onwards : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
July 2007 onwards : Vice-President, India-China Parliamentary Friendship Group
May 2008 onwards : Member, Committee on Rules
August 2008 onwards : Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways
→ Was National President, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (A.B.V.P.) and was active in A.B.V.P. for 38 years; was on Governing Council of Shikshan Prasarak Mandali, an educational institution running 20 colleges and schools for about two decades; was President, Advocates Association of Western India (A.A.W.I.), High Court, Mumbai; President, Sawarkar Darshan Pratisthan (Trust), Mumbai; Vice-President, Ram Bhau Mahalgi Prabodhni, Mumbai; Chairman, (i) Vidyarthi Nidhi Trust, Mumbai and (ii) 'Srijan' Dipex Centre for Entrepreneurship Development; Founder Member, Students' Experience in Inter-State Living Trust, Mumbai
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading and writing
Sports and Clubs :
Reading and writing
Countries Visited : U.S.S.R. as a member of Indo-U.S.S.R. Youth Meet in 1978, China, South Korea, Panama, U.K. and U.S.A. as a member of parliamentry delegation, Germany, Switserland; attended the 119th assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held at Geneva in October 2008
Other Information :
Fought against the Emergency, 1975-77; was detained under the MISA from December 1975 to February 1977; taught Law as Hon. Professor at (i) New Law College, Mumbai, for twelve years, (ii) University of Mumbai, Mumbai for twelve years; designated Senior Advocate by the High Court, Mumbai; was Member, Senate, University of Mumbai; National Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) since 2002
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