Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Sangli
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Vasant Dada Patil
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Malti V. Patil
Date of birth : 21 Jun 1947
Profession : Agriculturist Educationist, Journalist, Engineer
Positions held :
1985 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1990 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Agriculture2002-2004 Member, Committee on External affairs2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (5th term)Member, Committee on Agriculture
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Upliftment of backward classes and Harijans; social reforms; promotion of education; Chairman, Vasant Prakash Vikas Pratishthan for rural water supply, Sangli; Convenor, National Co-operative Union of India, and Vasantdada Vikas Pratishthan for rural development, Sangli
Special Interests
Community development, cooperative movement, industrial development of backward and rural areas
Sports and Clubs
President, Sangli District Cricket Association, Sangli
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Chairman, (i) Vasantdada Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Sangli; (ii) Vasantdada State Cooperative Agricultural Products, Fruits & Veg. Foods Processing Federation Ltd., Mumbai; (iii) Vasantdada Co-operative Makka Processing Ltd., Ranjani, Kavathe Mahankal, Sangli; and (iv) Vasantdada Sabu Co-operative Processing Project Palus, Distt. Sangli; President, (i) Swami Vivekanand Education Society, Kolhapur; (ii) Shetkari Shikshan Mandal, Sangli (Padmabhushan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Technology, Budhgaon); (iii) Navbharat Shikshan Mandal, Sangli; (iv) Vasant-Prakash Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha, Miraj, Distt. Sangli; (v) Vasant-Prakash Vikas Pratishthan, Sangli; (vi) Sanjay Industrial Estate, Madhavnagar, Sangli; (vii) Sangli Zilla Girni Kamgar Union (INTUC), Sangli; (viii) Maharashtra Rashtriya Veej Kamgar Union (INTUC), Sangli; (ix) Freedom Fighter Maharashtra; (x) Bharat Yuvak Samaj; (xi) Indian Institute of Youth Affairs; and (xii) All India Indo-Arab Friendship Association, (Maharashtra); Vice-President, India-China Friendship Association; Director, (i) The Sangli Bank Ltd., Sangli; (ii) Associated Journals Ltd. (Bombay) National Herald; (iii) National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Ltd., New Delhi; Ex.-Chairman, (i) Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh Ltd., Mumbai; (ii) Vasantdada Zilla Milk Producers Cooperative Sangh Ltd., Sangli; and (iii) Youth Development Cooperative Credit Society Ltd., Sangli; Expert Director, Vasantdada Patil Sahakari Soot Girni Ltd., Sangli; Member, Governing Council, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari (Bk.), Pune
