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
Date of Marriage: 16 December 1976
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Satvasheela
No.of Sons: 1
No.of Daughters: 1
Educational Qualifications: B.E.(Hons), M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A
Permanent Address:Patan Colony, Shaniwar Peth, Karad, Distt.-Satara, Maharashtra 415410
Present Address: 11, Race Course Road, New Delhi 110001
Position 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 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 onwards : Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Special Interests
Research in Computerisation of Indian languages
Favourite Pastime 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
Sports and Clubs
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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