Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Ramtek
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Shri Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 27 Sep 1959
Profession : Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1984-85 Treasurer, National Students` Union of India (N.S.U.I.)1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha1985-86 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1985-88 President, N.S.U.I.1988-90 President, Indian Youth Congress (I)1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1993-96 Minister of State, Human Resource Development (Department of Youth Affairs and Sports) and Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)1998-99 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and ForestsMember, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-committee on Food TechnologyMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeFeb 2001 Member, Congress Working Committee2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)31 May 2009 - 27 Oct. 2012 Union Cabinet Minister, Social Justice and EmpowermentGeneral Secretary, All India Congress Committee
More Information :
Special Interests
Agriculture, law, industry, labour, education and upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and travelling
Sports and Clubs
Cricket and athletics
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; attended 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow, 1985; Member, Delegation to the United Nations 42nd General Assembly Session, 1987; and 10th Anniversary Celebrations of Sandinista Front, Nicaragua, 1987; Leader (i) Indian Delegation to the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students at Pyongyong, D.P.R. Korea; and (ii) Youth Delegation to the Closing Ceremony of the Festival of India in USSR, 1987; attended (i) the inaugural function of the Festival of India in U.S.S.R., 1987; and (ii) Conservative Party Annual Conference, U.K., 1988
Other Information
Vice-President, Hislop College Student`s Council, 1981; General-Secretary , Nagpur University Student`s Council, 1981-82; Member (i) National Youth Advisory Board, 1988-89; (ii) Board of Governors, Nehru Yuwak Kendra; (iii) National Advisory Committee for Festival of India in Germany; (iv) Indian Delegation for International Conference on Youth Tourism; (v) India International Centre; (vi) India Habitat Centre; (vii) DDA Sports Club, Siri Fort, New Delhi (vii) Member, Senate, Nagpur University; (vii) Member, Board of Visitors, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur
