Party Name : Nationalist Congress Party
Constituency : Hingoli
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Late Shri Jayawantrao Patil
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 15 Aug 1948
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Journalist, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1971 onwards President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (Women`s Wing), Nanded1972-74 General-Secretary, Distt. Youth Congress, Nanded1974-82 Member, Municipal Council, NandedChairperson, Education Committee, Municipal Council, Nanded1977-78 Founder-Member, D.C.C. (Indira), Nanded1980-85 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1981-82 Chairperson, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1981-85 General-Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra1986-91 Member, Rajya Sabha1988-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and ChemicalsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests1988-90 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha1991-96 Executive Member, Congress Parliamentary Party (Indira)1997-98 Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (I), Maharashtra1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-CommitteesMember, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal LawsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism2000-2002 Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra2002 onwards Member, Central Working Committee, NCP2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)May 2004 onwards Union Minister of State, Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Editor, Godawari Times- a Marathi daily , 1976-92; Owner, Jagrati Mudranalaya, Nanded
Special Interests
Solving the problems of women; labour movements; rural development and upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden, agricultrue
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, listening to music, enjoying nature and tourism
Sports and Clubs
Swimming, shooting and table tennis
Countries Visited
China, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, New Zealand, Nicaragua, U.A.E., U.K. and .U.S.A.
Other Information
Took initiative in building women`s labour union; imprisoned thrice during the Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission; President, District Journalists Association (associated with Akhil Bharatiya Patrakar Parishad) since 1980; Chairperson, (i) Maharashtra Council for Agriculture Education & Research, Government of Maharashtra, Pune (Cabinet status) for four years; (ii) Marathwada Rural Education Society, Nanded; (iii) Shard Pratibha Pratisthan, Nanded; (iv) Mahila Udyog Vikas Sanstha, Nanded since its formation in 1977-78; and (v) Multipurpose Labour Union, Nanded; Founder Chairman, Hutatma Jayawantrao Patil Cooperative Sugar Factory, Suryanagar, Hadgaon, Distt. Nanded; Director, (i) Distt. Nanded Cooperative Consumer Federation since 1988; and (ii) Maharashtra State Co- operative Bank, Mumbai for ten years from 1994-2004; Member, (i) Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of Steel and Mines and Ministry of Water Resources; and (ii) Central Advisory Committee for Light House, Ministry of Surface Transport, 1988-90; Runs schools and colleges in tribal and rural areas of Nanded district
