Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Chhota Udaipur
State : Gujarat
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Pataliyabhai Rathwa
Mother's Name : Smt. Dhagdiben Rathwa
Date of birth : 01 Jun 1951
Profession : Political and Social Worker Artist, Agriculturist, Businessperson
Positions held :
1982-94 Member, Rajya Sabha (Two Terms)1982-84 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development1984-1986 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of HRD1986-88 Member, Committee on Subordinate LegislationMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas1988-1990 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1990-92 Member, Railway Convention Committee1992-94 Member, Consultative Committee, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2004 Member, Standing Committee on Finance2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009-May 2014 Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests15 Mar. 2010-2014 Member, Railway Convention CommitteeMay 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2017 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Awarded certificate of merit by the Association of Working Artists in 1984; held Art exhibitions at regional, national and international levels; the paintings have formed a part of the collectional heritage of Art Gallery of National Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi; Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh; Birla Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi; Lalit Kala Academy, Bangalore; Karnataka State, Lalit Kala Acadamy Bangalore; All India Fine Arts and Craft Society, New Delhi; Bombay Art Society; Manipur State Lalit Kala Acadamy and Graphic workshops organised by Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy and faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Vadodara
Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with various developmental activities for the upliftment of the weaker sections in Gujarat and with tribal development programmes and also with culture, dance, drama, tribal music and tribal arts activities
Special Interests
Painting, Photography and Print making "PITHORA" Painting - the traditional idiom of Adivasi Land.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Tribal Painting
Sports and Clubs
Member, Fine Arts, Film Club, Vadodara, Gujarat
Countries Visited
Denmark, Egypt, France, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People`s Republic of China), Israel, Italy, Japan (as a member of Parliamentary Delegation), Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland and Thailand
Other Information
Gallery artist; active in college activities; participated in, (i) various developmental activities in and around Anand Niketan Ashram; (ii) All India Khet Parishad activities; and (iii) Art exhibitions at regional, national and international levels; was an art teacher in Jeevan Sadhana High School, Baroda, 1977–81; devoted to Print Making group. Served as a Gallery Artists-Darbar Hall Museum, Junagarh, Gujarat, 1981-82; always willing to help people
