Party Name : Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency : Bhandara-Gondiya
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Manoharbhai Patel
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 17 Feb 1957
Profession : Industrialist Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1985 President, Municipal Council, Gondia (Maharashtra)1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests1994-95 Member, Committee on Science and Technology1995-96 Member, Committee on Home Affairs1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Civil Aviation2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (2nd term)2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)till 18 Jan 2011 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Civil Aviation19 Jan 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Social And Cultural Activities
President, Gondia Education Society, Gondia, Maharashtra (the Society manages colleges and high schools, where nearly 80,000 students are studying); Chairman, Manoharbhai Patel Charitable Trust
Sports and Clubs
Associated with (i) Football, as President, All India Football Federation (AIFF); (ii) Cricket Club Mumbai; (iii) Mumbai Cricket Association, Mumbai; (iv) Lions Club International, Gondia; and (v) Gondwana Club, Nagpur
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
