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 on 16 December
1976
Spouse's Name :
Shrimati Satvasheela
Children :
One son and one daughter
Educational Qualification : B.E.(Hons),
M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and University of
California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Profession :
Engineer/Technologist
Permanent Address: Patan Colony, Shaniwar
Peth, Karad, Distt.-Satara, Maharashtra415410 Tel. - (Tel. {02164}
220222, 220950)
Present Address
: 11, Race Course Road, New Delhi -110001
Phone (Office):
(23714230,23316766,23316745)
Phone (Residence’s):
(23013132,23013124,23017839)
E-mail : chavanprithviraj@sansad.nic.in
Positions 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 2004-22 May 2009 and Minister of State in the Prime
Minister's Office 28 May 2009 onwards September 2007 onwards Member,
Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.) General-Secretary, AICC April
2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha April 2008-22 May 2009 Minister of
State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Additional charge) 28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth
Sciences Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions, and Minister of State in the Minitry of
Parliamentary Affairs
Social and
Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific
Accomplishments and other Special Interests :
Research
in Computerisation of Indian languages
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes 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
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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