Naik, Shri Ram Constituency   : Mumbai-North (Maharashtra) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Email Address : ramnaik[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Shri Damodar Date of Birth 16 Apr 1934 Place of Birth Sangli (Maharashtra) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 17 May 1960 Spouse’s Name Smt. Kunda No.of Daughters 2 Educational Qualifications B.Com., LL.B. Educated at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune and Kishinchand Chellaram Law College, Mumbai (Maharashtra Profession Social Worker Consultant Permanent Address 9, Shivsmriti, 51, Jayprakash Nagar, Goregaon East, Mumbai-63 (022)8733339 8732333, FAX: (022) 8731133 Present Address 9, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi – 110011 (011) 23017111 Positions Held

1969-77 Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Mumbai, Maharashtra

1977-78 General-Secretary, Janata Party (J.P.), Mumbai, Maharashtra

1978-89 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (three terms)

Member, Public Accounts Committee; Estimates Committee; Privileges Committee; and Rules Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

1979-80 President, Janata Party (J.P.), Mumbai

1980-86 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Mumbai

1986-89 Vice-President, B.J.P., Maharashtra

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1989-95 Member, Railway Convention Committee

1989-97 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

1990-91 Member, Committee on Science and Technology

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1992-94 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam

1992-97 Member, Committee on Railways

1993-95 Chairman, Joint Committee on Catering in Parliament Complex

1995-96 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (with highest votes and margin in Maharashtra)

1996-97 Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Committee on Railways

Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Women’s Reservation Bill

Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women

Member, Rules Committee

Convener, Study Group of the Committee on Railways for suburban Railway services in Metropolitan cities

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) (with highest votes and also highest margin among six Lok Sabha Constituencies in Mumbai, and also the first Member of Parliament to get consecutively Elected four times in Mumbai)

1998-99 Union Minister of State, Railways (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Programme Implementation and Home

Special Invitee, General Purposes Committee

Member, National Executive, B.J.P.

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) (with highest votes in Maharashtra)

13 Oct. 1999- onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum and Natural Gas

Social And Cultural Activities Slum improvement work in Mumbai’s slums; participation in co-operative banking, urban credit societies, housing societies and educational institutions; pioneer in suburban railway commuters movement in Mumbai Special Interests Favourite Pastime and Recreation Public service, reading, travelling, sports and games Sports and Clubs Played Indian games and basket ball at inter-college level Countries Visited France, Nepal, Sweden and U.K.; Member, 88th I.P.U. Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992 Other Information Succeeded in introducing national song, ‘Vandematram’ in Parliament and also in changing the name of Bombay to Mumbai; campaigned successfully resulting in sanction of Rs. one crore per annum per MP for suggesting development works in their constituencies; introduced a Private Member’s Bill for promotion of breast-feeding and prohibiting advertisements of baby food which was debated in Tenth Lok Sabha and finally converted into an official Bill and passed

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