Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Mumbai-South
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Murli Deora
Mother's Name : Smt. Hema Deora
Date of birth : 04 Dec 1976
Profession : Businessperson
Positions held :
2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha5 Aug. 2004 Member, Standing Committee on DefenceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence7 Aug. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Information TechnologyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1 May 2010 Member, Committee on EstimatesJuly 2011 Union Minister of State, Communications and Information Techology30 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Shipping
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Actively pursuing the cause of propagating free job-oriented computer education to economically underprivileged students through NGO Sparsh. Committed to provide free service to over 100 needy schools in Mumbai covering over 1 lakh students. The program is an example of Public-Private-Partnership
Special Interests
Conducting Free Eye Camps for the poor of Mumbai; providing spectacles, basic testing as well as cataract operations
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to music; an avid jazz guitarist; tastes range from Indian Classical to blues; reading biographies and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Swimming and playing squash, Member, (i) Breach Candy Swimming & Bath Trust; (ii) Bombay Gymkhana and (iii) Cricket Club of India
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
