Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Guna
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 9 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia
Mother's Name : Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia
Date of birth : 10 Mar 1945
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1971 Elected to 5th Lok Sabha1977 Re-elected to 6th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1980-83 Member, Consultative Committe, Ministry of External Affairs1983-84 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (4th term)1984-86 Union Minister of State, Railways1986-89 Union Minister of State, Railways (Independent Charge)1987-90 Member, Consultative Committee constituted under the Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 19871989-91 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (5th term)1990-91 Chairman, Subject Committee on Science and TechnologyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (6th term)Member, General Purpose CommitteeUnion Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism1995-96 Union Cabinet Minister, Human Resource Development1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (7th term)1996-97 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1996-98 Member, Committee on Defence1997-99 General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee1997 onwards Member Congress Working Committee1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (8th term)Member, Committee on External Affair, and its Sub-Committee -IIIMember, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action PlanMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (9th term)Deputy Leader Congress Party, Lok SabhaMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on Private Members` Bills and ResolutionsMember, Committee on Defence2000 onwards Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Special Interests
Social service, prommotion of education, wildlife preservation, development of sports and education
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Cricket, bridge, swimming and golf
Sports and Clubs
President, (i) Board of Control for Cricket in India, 1990-93; (ii) Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association; (iii) PILCOM, Wills World Cup Organising Committee, 1996; (iv) INDCOMM, Indian Committee for Wills World Cup, 1996; and (v) Kendriya Sainik Board; Member, (i) Gymkhana Club, Delhi; (ii) Roshnara Club; (iii) National Sports Club of India, Mumbai; (iv) Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi; (v) Delhi Race Course Club; (vi) Air Force Golf Club; (vii) Willingdon Club, Mumbai; (viii) Western India Turf Club, Mumbai; (ix) Cricket Club of India, Mumbai; (x)India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; (xi) India International Centre, New Delhi; (xii) Noida Golf Club; (xiii) Lions Club; (xiv) Rotary Club; (xv) Army Golf Club; (xvi) ITC Classic Golf Club; (xvii)DLF Golf Resorts; and (xviii) National Sports Club of India, Mumbai
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (27 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Havana, Cuba, 1981; Delgate to Indo-German Seminar at Bonn, F.R.G., 1984; Leader, Indian Delegation to Algeria, Australia, Austria France, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Turkey, U.K. former U.S.S.R. and also the 4th World Women Conference, Beijing, 1995; Led Delegation of Board fo Control for Cricket in India to Sharjah for the Asian Circket Conference and the International Cricket Conference at London; accompanied the then Prime Minister of India as Human Resource Development Minister to Copenhagen to attend the Summit on `Education for All`, 1995 accompanied shri R. Venkatraman, the then President of India, as Minister in Waiting, on his official trip to West Germany and Seychelles, 1989; Chaired the Ministerial meeting of E-9 Countries at Bali (Indonesia), 1995
Other Information
President, (i) Board of Governors, Scindia School; (ii) Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Society; (iii) Samrat Ashok Technical Institute; and (iv) Maratha Mandir, Mumbai; Vice Chairman, Doon School, Dehradun; Member, (i) Madhav Institute of Technology and Science; (ii) Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior; Former Member, Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage Govenring Council (I.N.T.A.C.H.)
