Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Mangalore
State : Karnataka
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri P.A. Alva
Mother's Name : Smt. Gunavathi Alva
Date of birth : 04 Jul 1951
Profession : Advocate Agriculturist
Positions held :
1982-84 President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, KarnatakaVice-President, All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Karnataka1983-85 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly1986-90 President, B.J.P., Distt. Dakshina Kannada Unit1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1993-96 Member, Committee on Industry and Steel & Mines1994-96 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)16 May 1996— 2 June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsMember, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General RevenuesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)13 Oct. 1999- 30 Sept. 2000 Union Minister of State, Finance30 Sept. 2000- 30 June 2002 Union Minister of State, Textiles
More Information :
Special Interests
Reading and viewing television
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and Kabaddi
Countries Visited
Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Member, (i) Indian Coffee Board, 1991-96; (ii) Central Silk Board, 1994-96; and (iii) Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 1998-99
