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Father's Name: Shri Madhavrao Waghmare

Mother's Name: Shrimati Rukminibai Waghmare

Date of Birth: 11 November 1934

Place of Birth: Village Kavtha, Distt. Latur (Maharashtra)

Marital Status: Married

Date of Marriage: 23 May 1962

Spouse's Name: Shrimati Sulochana

No.of Sons: 1

No.of Daughters: 2

Educational Qualifications: M.A., LL.M., Ph. D. Educated at Osmania University, Hyderabad, Pune University, Pune and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad

Permanent Address:Shram Safalya Society, Ambajogai Road, Latur

Present Address: 12, South Avenue, New Delhi

Position Held:

1970-94 : Principal, R.S. College, Latur

1994-99 : Vice-Chancellor, S.R.T. University, Nanded

Dec. 2001 - 2006 : President, Municipal Council, Latur

2002 - 2007 : Member, Planning Board, Maharashtra Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra

April 2008 : Elected to Rajya Sabha

April 2008 onwards : Member, Committee on Ethics

June 2008 onwards : Member, Committee on Agriculture Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs

→ Has social work as his vocation; Literary, Artistic and Scientific constructed a village of 80 houses named Rashtriya Seva Gram in Ausa taluka in the earthquake affected area of Latur District, Maharashtra, the village has no caste barriers (under N.S.S. 2000); worked for leprosy-stricken people; awarded by (i) Government of Maharashtra , 1983, 1990, 1994 and 2005, (ii) Maharashtra Philosophy Conference, Pune, 1983, (iii) Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune, 1994 and (iv) Maharashtra Foundation, U.S.A., 1996 for his literary works

Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading and writing, music and fine arts

Sports and Clubs : Reading and writing, music and fine arts

Countries Visited : U.S.A., U.K. (under Fulbright Project), Canada to attend the Conference of Vice- Chancellors of Commonwealth Countries; and Sri Lanka, as a member of study group of ten Presidents of Municipal Councils from Maharashtra

Other Information : Has worked on various educational, social, cultural and literary bodies and committees: (i) Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education, Pune, (ii) Academic Council, Senate, Board of Studies in English and other important Committees of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (iii) Committees appointed by the Government of Maharashtra, (iv) The State Gazetteers' Committee, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, (v) Maharashtra State Planning Board, Mumbai and (vi) State Literary and Cultural Board, Mumbai; was Chairman, (i) Quality Assurance Cell and Working Group, Sponsored by NAAC, Bangalore, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai and (ii) Yashwantrao Chavan Foundation, Regional Centre, Latur; was President, Samaj Probodhan Sanstha, Pune; was Chancellor's Nominee, Selection Committee for Selection of Teachers, University of Pune; worked as Lecturer in English, (i) Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji College, Omerga, District Osmanabad, 1959 - 62, (iii) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College, Aurangabad, 1962-64, (iii) Deogiri College, Aurangabad, 1964-70 and (iv) Rajarshi Shahu College, Latur, 1970- 94; was Member, Dr. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jotiba Phule, Shahu Source Material Publication Committee, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai; awarded for educational and social work, namely (i) Meritorious and Ideal Teacher Award at the University level by the Government of Maharashtra, 1990- 91, (ii) Dr. Ambedkar Dalit Mitra Award by Government of Maharashtra 1993 - 94, (iii) Late Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Award by Zilla Parishad, Beed, 1994, (iv) Dr. Ambedkar Vishesh Seva Puraskar, Dalit Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, 1994, (v) Late P.Y. Deshpande Memorial Chandrabhaga Teeri Award for literature, 1999, (vi) Marathwada Gaurav Puraskar, 2001, (vii) Lal Bahadur Shastri Seva Gaurav Puraskar, 2002, (viii) Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar by Social Intergration Institute, Parbhani, 2003, (ix) Late Narhar Kurundkar Puraskar, 2003, (x) Rashtriya Ekta Award by Image Welfare Achievers Forum, Mumbai, 2004, (xi) Satyashodhak Dinkarrao Jawalkar Memorial Award, Pune, 2004 and (xii) Maharashtra Bhooshan Award by Maharashtra State Freedom Fighters' Committee, Aurangabad, 2005; has had the honour and privilege to be the President of various conferences and seminars; has given lectures on educational, social, cultural and literary topics in different parts of the country and in almost all the universities in Maharashtra; pioneered Latur pattern in education; as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded (Maharashtra), he developed non-conventional courses of study useful for the development of the Marathwada region and introduced several innovations

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