Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Nanded
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Bapurao Patil
Mother's Name : Smt. Manjula Bai Patil
Date of birth : 23 Jul 1944
Profession : Engineer Agriculturist, Trader, Social Worker
Positions held :
1990-98 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (two terms)1991-93 Minister for Co-operation, Home (Jail) and Rural Development and Rehabilitation, Maharashtra1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on CommerceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Commerce
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Worked for the welfare of poor farmers and agricultural labourers in the rural areas of Bikoli Taluka and Nanded district 1980-90; worked for making arrangements of drinking water the villages and construction of link roads in the rural areas; also associated with the Dalit Basti upliftment programmes and worked for implementation of Government’s schemes chalked out for the benefit of people living below the poverty line
Special Interests
Upliftment of agricultural labour, dry land farming, rural development and water conservation programme
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, co-operative movement and education in rural areas
Countries Visited
France, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Founder Chairman, (i) Godavari Manar Co-operative Sugar Factory, Nanded; and (ii) Sri Narsinha Sahakari Soot Girni Maryadit, Khanpur, Distt. Nanded; Chairman, (i) Godavari Manar Charitable Trust, Shankar Nagar; (ii) Nanded District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Nanded, 1989-90; (iii) Nanded Co-operative Industrial Estate Ltd., Nanded; and (iv) Godavari Educational Institute; Vice-Chairman, Maharashtra State Cotton Producers’ Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd., Mumbai; Director, (i) The Premier Co-operative Printers Ltd., Pune; (ii) Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai; (iii) State Bank of Hyderabad, 1971-76; (iv) Marathwada Gramin Bank, 1976-82; and (v) Nanded Co-operative Spinning Mill Ltd., Nanded; Member, Governing Council, Sri Guru Gobind Singhji College of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
