Party Name : Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency : Satara
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Shri Dadasaheb Patil
Mother's Name : Smt. Anusaya Patil
Date of birth : 11 Apr 1941
Profession : Social Worker Agriculturist,Civil Servant,Educationist
Positions held :
1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2004 Member, Panel of ChairmenMember, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Committee on PetitionsMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 Member, House Committee Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Rules Committee Member, Committee on Science & Techonolgy, Enviornment & Forests2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term) Member, Committee on Finance Member, House Committee Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development2005 Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Railways25 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee of Privileges5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Defence2013 - 2018 Governor, SikkimOctober 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha in a bye-election (3rd term)5 March 2020 -12 Sept. 2020 Member, Standing Committee on Chemical & Fertilizers13 Sept. 2020 onwards Member, Committee on Agriculture
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
President, (i) Organising Committee of 74th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Karad in January 2003; (ii) Organising Committee of 84th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan held at Karad, January 2004; and (iii) Balkumar Sahitya Sammelan 2005, held at Karad, January 2005
Special Interests
Solving problems related to sugar industry, watershed management in the constituency, forest and wildlife conservation, town planning, guiding farmers regarding changing scenario in agriculture sector and students aspiring to join administrative services
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Marathi Literature and Folk Art
Sports and Clubs
Special interest in Kabbadi, Wrestling, Kho-kho, Volleyball; Member, Pune Club, Pune; established Shivchhatrapati Kreeda Nagri at Balewadi in Pune; Served as Co-Chairman of Accommodation and Food Committee during the Third National Games held in 1994 ; constructed Olympic size swimming pool at Nagpur, World class skating ring at Nagpur; being ex-Director of Sports (Maharashtra) associated with various sports organisations
Countries Visited
Chile, Mauritius, Singapore, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Retired IAS Officer of 1979 Batch; worked as Deputy Secretary, 1979-85; Collector Beed, 1987-88; Collector, Pune District, 1988-92; Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Muncipal Corporation, 1992-95 ;Chairman, (i) Nagpur Improvement Trust, 1996-99, and (ii) Pimpri, Chinchwad New Township Development Authority; Director of Sugar, Maharashtra; Dy. C.E.O., Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
