Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Constituency : Saran
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Shri Vishwanath Singh
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 30 Mar 1962
Profession : Social Worker Educationist, Lawyer, Type Rated A-320 Commercial Pilot
Positions held :
As an Union Minister1 Sept. 2001- 23 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry24 May 2003 - 21 May 2004 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Civil Aviation9 Nov. 2014 - 5 July 2016 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs5 July 2016 - 2 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Enterpreneurship;As a MLA and MP1990-95 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha (1st term1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)4 July 2008 Member, Rajya Sabha (1st term)8 July 2010 - 16 May 2014 Member, Rajya Sabha (2nd term)May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)Represented as a Member of Committees in ParliamemtMember, Committee on Pollution and Environment, Bihar Legislative Assembly; Standing Committee on Finance; Standing Committee on Environment and Forests; Standing Committee on Transport and Tourism; Committee on Subordinate Legislation; Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999; Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 199913 June 2014 Member, Business Advisory Committee1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Chairperson, Standing Committee on EnergyMember, Rules Committee1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Finance22 Dec. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Estimates11 Jan. 2018 Convener, Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievance, Law & Justice15 Feb. 2018 - 25 May 2019 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Water Resources13 Dec. 2018 - 25 May 2019 Member, House Committee20 June 2019 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Estimates13 Sept. 2019 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture09 Oct. 2019 onwards Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation16 Oct. 2020 onwards Member, Committee on PrivilegesPolitical Appointment1998 National Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha; Member, National Executive, BJP onwards; National Spokesperson, BJP; National General Secretary, BJP; BJP State Incharge Kerala, Nagaland, Sikkim, Goa MaharashtraOther PositionPresident, Aero Club of India; Secretary (Administration), Constitution Club of India; President, All India Dart Association; Commercial Pilot and Captain A-320; Ex. Member, Press Council of India; Member, National Tiger Conservation Authority; Member, India Habitat Centre; Member, India International Centre; Member, Delhi Golf Club; Member, Patna Golf Club & New Patna Club
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Special Interests
Environment, Wild Life, Tourism, Aviation & Rural Development and offering consultancy on landscaping and construction (i) Bharat ASEAN Maitri Park (ii) North Avenue Flats (iii) Type VIII New Flat (iv) renovation of Constitution Club of India
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Photography, Reading and Flying, Cruise Travel & Tourism
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, Badminton, Swimming, River-rafting, Snorkelling and Scuba diving Secretary (Administration), Constitution Club of India
Countries Visited
1. Nepal, 2. Singapore, 3. Thailand, 4. U.S.S.R. (now Russia), 5. Sweden, 6. United Arab Emirates, 7. Belarus, 8. Israel, 9. Switzerland, 10. United States, 11. United Kingdom, 12.Germany, 13. Spain, 14. Brazil, 15. Japan, 16. Bangladesh, 17. France, 18. Italy, 19.Canada, 20. Australia, 21. Sri Lanka, 22. Belgium, 23. Bahrain, 24. Croatia, 25. Trinidad and Tobago, 26. Maldives, 27. Saint Lucia, 28. Denmark, 29. Finland, 30. Slovakia, 31. Norway, 32.New Zealand, 33. Kuwait, 34. Jamaica, 35. Lithuania, 36. Seychelles, 37. Dominica, 38.Saint Kitts & Nevis, 39. Nigeria, 40. Mexico, 41. Ethiopia, 42. Turkey, 43. Tanzania, 44.South Africa, 45. Myanmar, 46. Kenya, 47. Uganda, 48. Sudan, 49. Poland, 50. Morocco, 51. Saudi Arabia, 52. Netherlands, 53. Rwanda, 54. Cuba, 55. Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, 56. Dominican Republic, 57. Austria, 58. Oman, 59. State of Palestine, 60. Qatar, 61. Latvia, 62. Mauritius, 63.Bahamas, 64. Grenada, 65. Antigua and Barbuda, 66. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 67. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, 68. Greece, 69. Mozambique
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Started career as a student union representative, becoming an eminent political leader in India. He has served as the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in Shri Narendra Modi’s government. In Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government, was the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and later, the Minister of State with Independent Charge of Civil Aviation in 2003. Currently serving his 4th term in the Lok Sabha and was previously also elected twice to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar; Elected as a State Legislator from Bihar at the age of 27 in the 1990s. Served in various organizational roles, including the National General Secretary and the National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in his political career spanning nearly three decades; As a student union leader, was the President, Students Union, Government College, Chandigarh, 1982; General Secretary, Panjab University Students Union, 1984; Elected as the youngest member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1990; Professionally, an academician a teacher of economics, Was Lecturer in Economics, A.N. College, Patna (under Magadh, University), Bihar; and also has had a stint as a Legal Counsel, apart from a deep association with the field of Aviation. His tenure in Civil Aviation Ministry during the period 2003 - 2004, had witnessed comprehensive reforms and its footprints can be observed even today. Modernisation of Indian Airports, launch of Low Cost Airlines, ATF tax reduction, abolition of IATT, revising the charter policy etc. were some major milestones. He is credited as the only Parliamentarian on globe Captaining Airbus-320 Jets, flying with one of the largest airlines in India and also figures in the Limca book of World records. A distinction of being the few civilians to have flown Sukhoi 30-MKI fighter aircraft, Grippen, Rafale fighter; Makes special efforts to develop the District of Saran in Bihar as a model district by way of Industrial investment, infrastructure and raising resources and creating employment opportunities for the posterity and fulfilling their aspirations; Also credited with having the largest GPS monitored Ambulance services numbering 65 in Chapra Parliamentary Constituency with a centralized toll free control room
