VijayJawaharlalDarda-Maharashtravotes.com-Maharashtra Leaders,Vidhansabha election Candidates 2009

Father's Name: Shri Jawaharlal Darda

Mother's Name: Shrimati Veena Devi Jawaharlal Darda

Date of Birth: 14 May 1950

Place of Birth: Yavatmal (Maharashtra)

Marital Status: Married

Date of Marriage: 16 February 1971

Spouse's Name: Shrimati Jyotsna Vijay Darda

No.of Sons: 1

No.of Daughters: 1

Educational Qualifications: Diploma in Jounalism & Printing Technology

Permanent Address:Rahate Colony, Swatantra Senani Jawaharlal Darda Marg, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440022

Present Address: Yavatmal House, 49, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003

Position Held:

July 1998 :Elected to Rajya Sabha

1998 : Member, Standing Committee on Labour and Employment Welfare

Aug. 1998 - Feb. 2004 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Member, Standing Committee on Finance Aug.

1998-Feb. 2004 and Aug. 2004 - Dec. 2006 : Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology

2001-Feb. 2004 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture

2002 onwards : Vice-President/Member India-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group

2003 onwards : Member, Indo-China Society Member, Parliamentary Forum on HIV/AIDS Member, Regional Direct Taxes Advisory Committee (RDTAC), Nagpur

2003 : Member, Committee on Petitions

July 2004 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (Second term)

2004 onwards : Member, Indo-US Parliamentary Forum Member, Indo-Pak Parliamentary Forum

Aug. 2004 onwards : Member, Parliamentary Committee to review the rate of Dividend payable by the Indian Railways to the General Revenues Member, Railway Convention Committee

Sept. 2004 onwards : Member, Konkan Railway Users Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Railways

Oct. 2004 -2006 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Culture

2005 onwards : Member, Indo-Japan Parliamentary Forum

Feb. 2005 onwards : Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Company Affairs

May 2005 onwards : Member, Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games

2010 Oct. 2006 onwards : Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Member, Informal Consultative Committee for Central Railways Member, Informal Consultative Committee for South East Central Railway

2006 - 2007 : Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

2006 onwards : Vice-President, India-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group Member, Central Consumer Protection Council

Dec. 2006 onwards : Member, Bureau of Indian Standards Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Sep. 2007 onwards : Member, Consulative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation

May 2008 onwards : Member, Commiittee on Petitions

Special Interests : Honoured with most prestigious Feroze Gandhi Memorial Award, 1990-91 presented at the hands of the then Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao in recognition of contribution for fostering the spirit of national integrity and unity through investigative journalism; Outstanding Youth Person,1987, awarded by Indian National Jaycees, Chapter-Yavatmal Cotton City Jaycees; Best Produced Newspaper Award presented at the hands of the then President of India, Hon'ble Shri Giani Zail Singh: awarded for Best Printing Technology; Nemichand Shrishrimal Foundation Award - 1996 for excellence in the field of journalism; Giant International Journalism Award,1997 for best contribution in the field of journalism in Maharashtra State; was bestowed "Ten Outstanding Businessmen, Industrialists & Professionals Award, 2001"; Brijlal Biyani Award for Journalism, 2006 in Indore, Late Vidydhar Gokhale Memorial Award - 7th Maharashtra Cine Natya Paritoshik 2003, awarded by Maharashtra Kala Niketan, Mumbai, Yavatmal Bhushan Award on 28th June 2007, Awarded by Yavatmal Rotary Club and Late S.M. Garge Journalism Award for 2007 at Aurangabad by hands of Shri Vilasraoji Deshmukh, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharastra on 23rd October 2007

Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Member, India Habitat Centre; music, (Instrumental, Vocal - light and classical), gardening, organizing sports events at state or regional level with a focus on popularizing Indian games, travelling within India and all around the globe, literary pursuits

Sports and Clubs : Member, India Habitat Centre; music, (Instrumental, Vocal - light and classical), gardening, organizing sports events at state or regional level with a focus on popularizing Indian games, travelling within India and all around the globe, literary pursuits

Countries Visited : U.S.A., Switzerland, Indonesia, China, Korea, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, U.A.E., Lebanon, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.K., Malaysia, Thailand, Oman, Germany, France, Austria, Russia, Japan, Italy, Canada, etc.

Other Information : Chairman and Managing Director, Lokmat Group of Newspapers (Publishers of Marathi, Hindi and English dailies with Marathi daily published simultaneously from 10 cities with 16 editions from Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Nashik, Kolhapur, Solapur, Amola and Ahmednagar, Chairman, IBN - LOKMAT News (P) Ltd., (a Marathi TV channel from Mumbai) JOURNALIST: Chief Editor,Lokmat Group of Newspapers - Lokmat, a Marathi Daily, published from 10 Centres, having sixteen editions since 1977; Chief Editor, Lokmat Samachar, a Hindi daily, published from Nagpur, Aurangabad, Akola and Kolhapur since 1989; Chief Editor, Lokmat Times, an English daily, published from Nagpur and Aurangabad since 1992; Lokmat is number one newspaper of Maharashtra and fourth largest of India, with a circulation of over 13.5 lakhs and combined readership of over 1.25 crore STATUS IN NEWSPAPER AND ALLIED FIELD: Founder President, South Asian Editor's - 1999 formed by the Editors of National and Indigenous Language dailies in South Asia; Ex-President, Indian Newspaper Society, 1997-98, Headquarters at New Delhi; Ex-Member, Press Council of India, New Delhi (two terms); Member, World Association of Newspapers, Paris, France; Member, Commonwealth Press Union, London (U.K.); Member, All India Newspapers Editors Conference, New Delhi; Member, Indian Languages Newspapers' Association, Mumbai; Member, Committee to decide the comprehensive policy and regulate advertisements in Newspapers and Periodicals; Member, Coordination Committee to combat and control attacks on journalists and press establishments; Member, Maharashtra State Accreditation Committee (the Committee provides accreditation facilities to journalists); Member, Ad hoc Board of Studies in Mass Communication, Nagpur University; Member, National Readership Studies Council, Mumbai (India); Managing Trustee, Press Institute of Maharashtra, Pune; Member, Executive Council Audit Bureau of Circulation, Mumbai 2003; Member, Vidarbha Daily Newspapers Association, Nagpur; Member, Vidarbha Daily Newspapers Association, Nagpur; Life Member, The Advertising Club of India, Mumbai; Member, (i) International Advertising Association Inc., New York (U.S.A.) and (ii) Advisory Panel of Central Board of Film Certification RALLIES AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE COMPETITIONS: (1) In 1985: Organised a General Knowledge Competition for Children at Yavatmal in which nearly 40,000 children from all over the State participated, (2) In 1990 : Organised a 'Lokmat Ekatmata Luna Rally' from Bhandara to Pune to promote National Integration. In this rally 21 persons participated and covered a distance of 960 kms. STATUS ON CORPORATE SECTOR: Chairman and Managing Director, (i) Darda Investment & Properties Ltd. and (ii) Bombay Well Print Inks, Nagpur, Chairman, (i) Priyadarshini Cooperative Spinning & Ginning Textile Mill Ltd., Yavatmal (India) with a capacity of 25,000 spindles; and (ii) Prithvi Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad; Director, Hotel President Park, Aurangabad (India's first Vegetarian Five Star Hotel); Managing Trustee, Smt. Kusumabai Darda Trust, Foundation STATUS ON EDUCATIONAL BODIES : President, Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Yavatmal; (a) Founder of Amolakchand College of Science, Commerce, Arts and Law (approximately 4,000 students are studying in the college); This college was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India; (b) Founder of Amolakchand Law College, Yavatmal 2003-2004 (approximately 250 students are studying in the college), Chairman, Hanuman Vyayamshala Krida Mandal, Yavatmal; Founder of Shri Jawaharlal Darda College of Physical Education (Sports College) and Bachelor of Education (approximately 500 students from various parts of the country are studying in the Sports College and B.Ed. College); President, Jawaharlal Darda Education Trust - (A) : Founder of Shri Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering & Technology at Yavatmal (approximately 1400 students from various parts of the country are studying in the institute) and (B) Founder of Matoshree Veenadevi Darda English medium school at Yavatmal (approximately 1300 students from nursery to 10th standard are studying in the school); Founder, Yavatmal Public School, Yavatmal (approximately 950 students are studying in the school); President, Hindi Prasarak Mandal, Berar Yavatmal; Founder of Anglo - Hindi High School (Primary, Middle and Junior College), about 3,000 students are studying in the school; Member, Maharashtra State Sports Council, Government of Maharashtra, to promote games and sports at State level; Member, University Senate, Nagpur University, Nagpur, (India); Council Member, Makhanlal Chaturvedi University for Journalism, Bhopal; Chairman of Organising Committee - 1986: All India Kabaddi Gold Trophy Tournament at Yavatmal, to promote Indian game Kabaddi at international level. The Souvenir of the event was released at the hands of the then Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi CONFERENCES & SEMINARS ATTENDED WITH THE PRIME MINISTER: Attended Security Council Meeting-1992 along with Prime Minister of India: U.N.O. Headquarters, New York (U.S.A.); attended World Economic Forum-1992 along with Hon'ble Prime Minister of India: Davos, Switzerland; attended Non-Aligned Movement Summit-1992 along with Hon'ble Prime Minister of India: Jakarta, Indonesia; covered the visit of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to China and Korea, as Chief Editor, Lokmat Group of Newspapers: China and Korea; covered the visit of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India to Zimbabwe (Harare) from November 1 to November 5, 1996 (G-15 Summit): Harare, Zimbabwe Participated in a week-long India-Yale Parliamentary Leadership Programme in USA, 8 to 14 June 2008. This comprised four-day session with the Yale faculty and further complemented by two days of interactions of Indian Parliametarians with US politicians, policy analysts and senior government officials in Washington on India-US bilateral issues. The primary focus was exposure to new fields and ideas which offer insights, perspectives, new ways of thinking and planning on issues ranging from climate change, poverty, economic development, styles of the US Presidential elections, higher education in India, leadership challenges, etc. emerging in two largest democracies of the world ACHIEVEMENTS, CONFERENCES & SEMINARS ATTENDED ON INVITATION: I.P.E.X.-80: International Printing Exhibition; I.P.E.X.-84: International Printing Exhibition at Birmingham, England; 14th Asian Advertising Congress: Seoul, Korea, September, 1993; 17th Asian Advertising Congress-90: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Drupa-86:World Printing Machinery Exhibition, Dusseldorf (West Germany); Drupa-90:World Printing Machinery Exhibition, Dusseldorf (West Germany); Drupa-94: World Printing Machinery Exhibition, Dusseldorf, (West Germany); I.F.R.A. Conference-1988: Singapore; I.F.R.A. Conference-1989: Singapore; I.F.R.A. Conference-1998: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Member of Judging Committee-80 of 22nd National Awards for Excellence in PTG & Designing of Books & other publications : Appointed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Deeply concerned for betterment of small and marginal farmers, especially of Vidarbha region; made incessant and vigorous follow-up with the concerned authorities regarding approval of laying of new Railway Line for Wardha-Yavatmal-Nanded sector, to usher in an era of prosperity through resultant multiple employment generation opportunities in Vidarbha region STATUS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BODIES: Chairman, Lokmat Newspapers Charitable Trust, Nagpur. This trust is formed for the rehabilitation of people affected by natural calamities. The work undertaken includes: (a) 1984-Constructed School in flood-affected villages in Nanded and Parbhani districts of Maharashtra, (b) 1988-Collected an amount of Rs. 18 lakhs during Bihar earthquake and handed over the same to the then Prime Minister late Shri Rajivji Gandhi; (c) 1989- A team of Lokmat Group of Newspapers helped in the rehabilitation of the earthquake affected people in Latur and Beed districts of Maharashtra and constructed a community hall, (d) Constructed an 8-room Primary School at Jalalkheda and a 10-bed hospital in Mowad, Maharashtra, which was affected by flash floods. The same was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Sharadchandra Pawar; (e) constructed ICU ward in Seth Govind Das Hospital, Jabalpur; (f) constructed 8 school buildings in earthquake affected areas of Bhuj in Gujarat and handed over to the Government of Gujarat after their dedication by the then Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji and (g) constructed 3 hostels for the children of Kargil war martyrs, one each at Nagpur, Aurangabad and Solapur and also distributed Rs. 1 Lakh each to 40 families of Kargil martyrs in Maharashtra and Rs. 10 thousand each to 39 disabled Jawans of Kargil wars and (h) Rehabilitation of malnourished children of Melghat; the Lokmat Group has taken up an initiative to bring relief to hundreds of malnourished children in Melghat (Amravati district of Maharashtra); in July 2004, a team headed by the executive director of the group visited the area and launched a food-aid programme in 36 most affected villages of the area; about 750-800 children were rescued and foodgrains, medicines, clothing and other essential items for the rehabilitation were provided; (i) The Lokmat Krishi Manch organised a Shetkari Atmanirbharata Rath Yatra in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra to motivate distressed farmers not to commit suicide in November 2006; it also conducted social and educational programmes in suicide-hit districts. (j) The Lokmat Krishi Manch Organised a mega agriculture exhibition (State Krishi Pradarshani-2008) at Amravati (Maharashtra) in January 2008 to acquaint farmers with advanced technologies and various government schemes; apart from Maharashtra, firms from Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh had installed their stalls in the expo which was visited by over 3.5 lakh farmers from all over Vidarbha.; President, Sakal Jain Samaj, (All Jain Community), Nagpur; Chairman - Sakal Jain Foundation: A Social and Spiritual Organisation to promote Indian culture, national integration, religious harmony and brotherhood as propagated by "Lord Mahavir". Member, Mahavir International, Nagpur (India): A social organisation which has opened its branch of Jaipur Foot Centre at Nagpur and undertaken the job of free distribution of Jaipur Foot to the handicapped. The organisation is also distributing foodgrains free of cost to the needy persons; Member, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal; Member, Tercentenary of Guru-Ta-Gaddi to be held at Nanded in 2008; Ex-Member, Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, Government of India, Dehradun (Uttaranchal); Ex-Member, Environmental Appraisal Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi; Ex-Member, National AIDS Committee, Ministry of Health, Government of India, New Delhi

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