Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Akola
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Shamrao Dhotre
Mother's Name : Smt. Shakuntala Dhotre
Date of birth : 26 Feb 1959
Profession : Politician - Parliamentarian Agriculturist,Engineer,Industrialist
Positions held :
1999- 2004 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha5 Aug. 2004 and 5 Aug. 2007 - Aug. 2008 Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Rural DevelopmentMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Estimates1 Sep. 2014 - 31 Aug. 2016 Member, Standing Committee on RailwaysSep. 2014 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture3 July 2015 Convenor, Sub Committee-III, Committee on Estimates1 Sep. 2016 - 31 Aug. 2017 Member, Standing Committee on Rural Development22 June 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Business Advisory Committee1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on AgricultureMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)30 May 2019 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development; Ministry of Communications; and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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Social And Cultural Activities
Participated actively in Art of Living and conducting Navchetana Shivir
Special Interests
Infrastructure development in rural and semi-urban areas, water conservation, organic farming, yoga, personality development, spirituality and reading
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and Tennis
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Profile An engineer by training, a practicing agriculturist and industrialist he has remained active in social and political life for last four decades; public representative making his mark at all the important positions held in fields ranging from academics to agriculture to new age technology, keen interest to bring changes in the life of a common man by transforming agriculture in every possible way Awards Conferred: (i) Maharashtra Government Industry Award for excellent performance 1987; and (ii) Late Shri Vasantrao Naik Memorial Award for outstanding work in agricultural sector; President, Akola Engineers and Architects Association; Vice President, Sinchai Sahayog, Akola; Director, Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Ltd.; and Member, Executive Council, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural University, 2000-2004; Vice Chairman, Maharashtra, Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education And Research, Pune (1.8.2018 to 28.5.2019, State Cabinet Minister Rank)
