Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Shri Prithviraj Chavan a politician from Indian National Congress party is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Shri Prithviraj Chavan has a B.E. (Hons.) from BITS, Pilani (Rajasthan) and also a M.S. from University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.).

He is currently the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office.

1991 Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology, Electronics,Atomic Energy1992-93 Member, Standing Committee on Science and Technology1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning Member, Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1995-96 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation1996 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) Secretary, Congress Party in Parliament1996-97 Member, Public Accounts Committee Member, Standing Committee on Energy Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of FinanceJune 1997 onwards Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation and Science and Technology

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments : Articles on computer science; engineering design; contribution to research in computerisation of Indian languages

Special Interests :Technical education, rural industrialisation, computerisation in Indian languages and youth welfare and popularisation of science Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading, chess and photography

Sports and Clubs : Cricket, tennis, table tennis, badminton and swimming

Countries Visited : Widely travelled (10 countries)

Other Information :Member, Council of Indian Institute of Technology; Joint Secretary, Constitution Club, New Delhi Election result of :Karad Lok Sabha constituencyTotal electorate 10,15,322Total votes polled 6,27,156Votes polled in favour of thefirst four leading candidates :(1) Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan (I.N.C.) 3,07,840(2) Shri Jaywantrao Krishna Bhosale (Ind.) 1,58,244(3) Shri Nagnath Ramachandra Naikwadi (S.P.) 97,044(4) Shri Manohar Laxman Kulkarni (Ind.) 34,065

External links

* [http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1854 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mh18.htm Profile on Parilament of India website]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/15spec2.htm Article on Rediff] http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11mh18.htm


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