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- At &
Post Nirgudsar, Tal. Ambegaon,
Dist. Pune.
- Born in
an Agriculturist family having a culture of social work.
- B.A. (Hons.), Diploma in Journalism, L.L.M.
- Nationalist
Congress Party.
Ruling Partner in Coalition Government.
- Reading, Making
Friends & Social Service.
- Active
in politics since College days and has been closely associated with
great Leaders of Maharashtra and the Co-operative Movement in the State.
- Elected
as a Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Ambegaon
Constituency in Pune District since 1990 till
date, i.e., 1990-1995-1999-2004-2009.
- Worked
as General Secretary of Congress Legislature Party in the Assembly.
- Worked
as Chairman of Estimates Committee of Maharashtra
Legislaure 1992-93.
- Recipient
of 'Best Parliamentarian Award' for the year 1997-98 in the Assembly.
- Worked
as Minister for Higher and Technical Education since 1999 and also
successfully handled Dept. of Energy, since 2001.
- Worked
as Minister for Energy, Medical Education, since Nov., 2004 with the
additional charge of Higher & Technical Education upto Dec., 2008.
- Worked
as Minister Finance and Planning from Dec2008 to Nov 2009
- Elected
unopposed to the post of Speaker Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 11th Nov 2009
- Founder
Chairman of National Centre for Rural Development which works for upliftment of rural/poor masses through activities
in the field of Education, Health, Rural Development, etc.
- Founder
of Bhimashankar Sugar Co-op. Factory and
recipient of National Award for its overall performance.
- Large
number of Tribal Welfare activities has been undertaken which has
changed lives of thousands of down-trodden and neglected sections of the
society.
- Created a
vast network of Dairy Societies that strengthened economy of the area
and also empowered rural women.
- A
new system of quality improvement through the process of Accredition has been introduced in Higher Education.
- Established
Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Ltd.
- Successful
implementation of Electricity Act, 2003 in the State of Maharashtra.
- As
a Minister of Energy, prepared a road-map for development of Energy
Sector. Generation projects of
6000 MW are under implementation & infrastructure development in
Transmission & Distribution is underway.
- Extensively
traveled abroad in connection with C.P.A. Conferences & as a Member
of Parliamentary Delegation.
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Vidhan Bhavan, Mumbai 400 032.