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SHRI PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN
Constituency : Rajya Sabha Member (Maharashtra)

Party Name : Indian National Congress

Email Address : chavanprithviraj@sansad.nic.in
Designation : M.P. - Rajya Sabha  
 


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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