Wasnik, Shri Mukul Balkrishna Constituency   : Ramtek -SC (Maharashtra) Party Name     : Indian National Congress (INC)

Father’s Name Shri Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik Date of Birth 27 Sep 1959 Place of Birth New Delhi Marital Status Unmarried Educational Qualifications M.A., M.B.A. Educated at Hislop College and Department of Business Management, Nagpur University, Nagpur,Maharashtra Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address 365, Gandhi Nagar, Nagpur – 440 010 Maharashtra Tel. (0712) 2242197 Present Address 36 – Aurangazeb Road, New Delhi – 110 001 Tels. (011) 23014423, 23014432, 09013180257, 9811658584 (M) Fax. (011) 23012117 (R), 23381902 (O) Positions Held

1984-85 Treasurer, National Students` Union of India (N.S.U.I.)

1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha

1985-86 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

1985-88 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 Affairs

1998 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 Forests

Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-committee on Food Technology

Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

Feb 2001 Member, Congress Working Committee

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)

31 May 2009 – 27 Oct. 2012 Union Cabinet Minister, Social Justice and Empowerment

General Secretary, All India Congress Committee

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

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