SHRI GANPATBHAI VESTABHAI VASAVA

Bharatiya Janata Party

162, Mangrol Constituency

(Surat District)

 

Born: on 1st June 1971, Wadigam.

 

Education: M.A. (Gujarat University).

 

Occupation: Agriculture, petrol pump.

 

Parliamentary Career: Was Member of the Eleventh Gujarat Legislative Assembly during 2002-07. At present, Member of the Twelfth Gujarat Legislative Assembly since December 2007 and has been unanimously elected the Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 24th February 2011. Moreover, during Eleventh and Twelfth GLA, he was Member and Chairman of the Committee of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Welfare of Scheduled Tribes for two terms. He has also been Member of GLA Committee on Public Undertakings, Committee on Papers to be laid on the Table of the House, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, MLA’s Hostel Committee.

 

Activities: Director, Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation, 1997-2000. Member, (1) Consultative Committee, Forest Department, Govt. of Gujarat, (2) Consultative Committee, Tribal Development Department, Govt. of Gujarat,  (3) Forest Right Committee, Govt. of Gujarat, (4) Review and Advisory Committee, Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana, Govt. of Gujarat. President, (1) Sahara Manav Kalyan Trust since 2000, (2) Quarry Association, Mangarol - Umarpada Taluka. Trustee, G. N. Education Trust, Gundia. Director, Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Umarpda. President, Umarpada Taluka Bharatiya Janata Party, 1998-2001. General Secretary, Mangrol Taluka Bhartiya Janata Party, 1996-97.  Secretary, Gujarat Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party. Secretary, Tribal Front, Gujarat Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party.

 

Hobby: Social service, book reading, sports especially Cricket and Kabaddi.

 

Permanent Address:          At and Post Wadi, Taluka Umarpada,

Dist. Surat - 394440.

Tel. Nos. (02629) 256443,

98253 62728; 99784 05686 (M).

 

Present Address:                Bungalow No. 10, Ministers’ Enclave,

Sector – 20, Gandhinagar – 382 020.

Tel. Nos. 23222617, 23225955, 23259598 (R),

23220941, 23222024 (Fax-phone), 23253013, 23253016, 23253017 (Tata) (O).