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| Constituency : Rajya Sabha Member (Maharashtra) Party Name : Swtantra Bharat Paksh Email Address : sharad@sansad.nic.in |
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| Designation : M.P. - Rajya Sabha |
Father's Name: Shri Anantrao
Mother's Name: Shrimati Indirabai Date of Birth: 3 September 1935 Place of Birth: Distt. Satara (Maharashtra) Marital Status: Married Date of Marriage: 25 June 1961 Spouse's Name: Late Shrimati Leela No.of Sons: - No.of Daughters: 2 Educational Qualifications: M. Com., Diplome d'informatique Educated at Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai and Institut de traitement d'information, Lausanne, Switzerland Permanent Address:Angarmala, Vill. Ambethan, Taluka Khed, Distt.- Pune, Maharashtra Present Address: 12-A, Meena Bagh, New Delhi.
Position Held:
1989-91 : Chairman, Standing Advisory Committee on Agriculture (rank of Cabinet Minister) 2000-01 : Chairman, Task Force on Agriculture (rank of Cabinet Minister) July 2004 : Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2004 onwards : Member, Committee on Agriculture Oct. 2004 onwards : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry May 2005 : April 2008 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes July 2005 onwards : Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Rajya Sabha Secretariat Aug. 2005 onwards : Member, National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development (NOVOD) Board Sept. 2005 onwards : Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management Oct. 2005 onwards : Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Dec. 2005 onwards : Member, Committee on Rules May 2006 onwards : Member, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Society Feb 2007 onwards : Member, Expert Committee on Futures Markets May 2008 onwards : Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
-> Undertook, (i) Narmada parikrama to understand problems of displaced farmers in Narmada Valley, (ii) programmes to generate awareness in Narmada region and sensitise them for creating pro-dam environment and (iii) massive social excercise to educate farmers on benefits derived after signing the WTO; has been working towards creating an amicable social mindset for women's share in properties in Maharashtra
Favourite Pastime and Recreation Trekking and mountaineering; scaling peaks and going for long walks Sports and Clubs Trekking and mountaineering; scaling peaks and going for long walks Countries Visited Switzerland, U.S.A., Canada, Netherlands, Kenya, Thailand, Zambia, Malaysia, Italy, France and Germany Other Information Received, (i) C. E. Randle Gold Medal for Banking in B. Com. examination, 1955 and (ii) Kursetjee Dady Prize for the thesis "River Valley Projects and their consequences for the economic development of India", 1957; Founder, (i) Shetakari Sanghatana, a farmers' organization in Maharashtra in 1978, (ii) Shetakari Mahila Aghadi, a women farmers' organization which is a leading movement for womens' property rights and (iii) Kissan Coordination Committee, the only national umbrella organisation of farmers; Founder & National President, Swatantra Bharat Paksha - the only liberal party and successor of C. Rajagopalachari's Swatantra Party; led several agitations for remunerative prices of farm/agriculture produce, fair electricity tariffs and write-off of loans; was arrested several times while agitating for farmers' issues in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat and Haryana; Member, (i) Advisory Board, World Agriculture Forum, U.S.A. since 1999, (ii) Parliamentary Committee on the Restoration of Democracy in Myanmar, (iii) Governing Body of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) (iv) Steering Committee of the GEF-World Bank Project on Capacity Building on Bio Safety, (v) Parliamentary Network on the World Bank, the Indian National Group, (vi) Advisory Committee on the Use of Hindi in the Department of Posts, (vii) District Telephone Advisory Committee, Pune District, Maharashtra and (viii) Railway Zonal Advisory Committee of the Central Railways; Chef de service d'informatique, International Bureau Universal Postal Union, Bern, 1968-77; served in the Indian Postal Service as Class I Officer, 1958-67; Lecturer in Economics, College of Commerce, Kolhapur, Pune University, 1957-58; visited, (i) Switzerland as member of an Indian delegation to the Council of Universal Postal Union, 1956-57, (ii) U.S.A., Canada, Netherlands, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia as representative of the Universal Postal Union to attend meetings of Inter-Organisation Administrative Committee of U. N. Specialised Institutions, 1961-68 and as member of Universal Postal Union Missions to various countries, 1968-77, (iii) Malaysia, as representative of Indian farmers' movement, 1988-89 and (iv) U.S.A., as member of International Advisory Board, World Agriculture Forum and World Agriculture Congress, 1999 and 2001-03
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