Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Bhilwara
State : Rajasthan
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Gopal Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Raj Kanwar Nathawat
Date of birth : 12 May 1948
Profession : Agriculturist Social Worker, Businessperson
Positions held :
1977-80, 1985-90 & 1993-99 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (four terms)1993-98 Chairman, Committee on Government Assurances, Government of Rajasthan1998 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Government of Rajasthan1998 onwards Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Energy and Defence and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Action Taken Report2001 Convenor of the Sub-Committee on Electricity Bill, 2001Convenor, Sub-Committee on Nuclear Energy2001-2002 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam2001-2003 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External AffairsMember, National Advisory Committee, NCC2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term)Member, Committee on EnergyMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Energy
More Information :
Special Interests
Environment and Wild life photography
Sports and Clubs
Swimming; participated at the national school level swimming competitions; Member, (i) Delhi Golf Club; and (ii) Delhi Gymkhana Club
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; Member (i) Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canada, 1994 and 2004 (ii) Indian Delegation to China (2001), Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa (2002), England, U.S.A. (2003), Japan (2004) (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation of South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) to Pakistan, 2003; (iv) Delegation of Parliamentary Network on World Bank (PNOWB), Greece, Switzerland, Japan (2004)
Other Information
Member, (i) National Advisory Committee on Tourism, 2002-2003; (ii) National Committee on NCC; (iii) Wild Life Preservation Board, Rajasthan for the last 20 years; (iv) Steering Committee, “Project Tiger”; and (v) Board of Governors, Mayo College, Ajmer since 1985; worked in London (U.K.) in 1970 in New Caxton Encyclopaedia; Co-Chair of the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum; Founder member and executive member of the Indo-British Parliamentary Forum; worked for Escorts Ltd. (India) in the Management Cadre 1970-77 and also in 1980-81; Chariman, Empowered Committee of Forests & Wild Life Management in Rajasthan
