Father's Name: Shri Baburao Sadashiorao Muttemwar
Mother's Name: Smt. Kamal Muttemwar
Date of Birth: 22.03.1949
Place of Birth: Sindewahi, Distt. Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 07 Jan 1972
Spouse's Name: Smt. Chhaya Muttemwar
No.of Sons: 2
No.of Daughters: 1
Educational Qualifications:B. Com.
Educated at Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Permanent Address: Ashoka Residency (Behind Das Jewellers), Plot No. 18,
Shivaji Nagar, Nagpur - 440 010 (Maharashtra)
Present Address:1, Pt. Motilal Nehru Marg,
New Delhi - 110 011
Position Held:
2009 : Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th erm)
23 May 2004- onwards : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
2004 : Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
2003-05 : Secretary Congress Parliamentary Party
2000-2004 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
2000-2001 : Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1999-2000 : Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1999 : Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1998-99 : Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees on Power; and on Action Taken Reports; also Convenor, Sub-Committee-II on Coal
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment
1998 : Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1995-96 : Minister of State in the Ministries of Rural Areas and Employment (Department of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and Parliamentary Affairs
1993-95 : Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings
1991-95 : Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
1991 : Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1985-88 : Joint Secretary, Indian National Congress
1985 : Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1981-84 : President, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress
1980-81 : Secretary, Indian Youth Congress
1980 : Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
-> Participated in student and youth activities, trade unions; studied the problems of small cultivators against their exploitation by brokers in urban markets; and Secretary, Samajwadi Sangram Samiti, 1970
Special Interests
Cultural activities and singing.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to music and interested in drama.
Sports and Clubs
Secretary, Nehru Mandal (a Sports Organisation), Nagpur.
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member, Indian Delegation, (i) European Parliament, 1988; (ii) 88th I.P.U. Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992 .
Other Information
Organising-Secretary, Union of Working Journalists, Nagpur, 1974-75; Founder and Convener, Indira Gandhi Samarthan Kriti Samiti, Nagpur, 1976; imprisoned several times for participation in student and youth organisation activities in Vidarbha region.
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