Party Name : Swatantra Party
Constituency : Junagadh
State : Gujarat
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 4
More Information :
SHAH, SHRI VIREN, Swa., (Gujarat-Junagadh-1967): s. of Shri Jawaharlal Motichand; b. at Calcutta, May 12, 1926; ed. at Bombay University; participated in the Management Course of the American Managment Association, New York and the First Advanced Management Programme in India of AIMA and MIT, U.S.A.; married ; 2 s. and 1 d.; Industrialist ; Director of several companies; previously associated with the Congress; participated in the 1942 movement and in the movement for liberation of Junagadh from accession to Pakistan; was Joint Secretary of Junagadh Rajya Praja Mandal; was Founder-Chairman, Steel Furnace Association of India; Chairman, Steel Re-Rolling Mills Association of India; Vice-Chairman, Mukand Iron and Steel Works Ltd.; Member, (1) Technical Committee on Assessment of Re-Rolling capacity, Government of India; (2) Maharashtra State Advisory Council of Industries; (3) Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi; (4) Committee of the Indian Merchants Chamber, Bombay. Social activities: Vice-President Sorath Vikas Mandal; Trustee, (1) Sasta Sahitya Trust; (2) March of the Nation Trust; (3) Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust; Member, Rotary Club, Bombay; associated with many other cultural and educational institutions and sports clubs. Favourite pastime and recreation: Reading, meeting people and sports. Special interests: Industrial and economic activities. Clubs: Member, Bombay Presidency Radio Club; Cricket Club of India; Willingdon Sports Club and Delhi Polo Club. Travels abroad: Travelled extensively in U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Europe and Japan. Permanent address: 21 A. Meher Apartments, Altamount Road, Bombay—26.
