Patil, Smt. Suryakanta Constituency   : Hingoli (Maharashtra) Party Name     : Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Email Address : suryakanta[DOT]patil[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Late Shri Jayawantrao Patil Date of Birth 15 Aug 1948 Place of Birth Umerkhed, Distt. Yeotmal (Maharashtra) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 02 Jan 1966 Spouse’s Name Shri R. B. Maske No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.A. Profession Agriculturist Social Worker, Journalist, Trade Unionist Permanent Address `Priyadarshini`, Kailashnagar, Nanded, Distt. Nanded-431 605 (Maharashtra) Tels. (02462) 251111 Fax: (02462) 253111 Present Address 5 & 7, Mahadev Road, New Delhi-110 001 Tels. (011) 23359542, 23359574 (R), 23782063, 23782211, 23010895, 23011824, 23034638 (O) Fax: (011) 23359542, 23359574 (R), 23782328 (O) Positions Held

1971 onwards President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (Women`s Wing), Nanded

1972-74 General-Secretary, Distt. Youth Congress, Nanded

1974-82 Member, Municipal Council, Nanded

Chairperson, Education Committee, Municipal Council, Nanded

1977-78 Founder-Member, D.C.C. (Indira), Nanded

1980-85 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

1981-82 Chairperson, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

1981-85 General-Secretary, Pradesh Youth Congress (I), Maharashtra

1986-91 Member, Rajya Sabha

1988-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests

1988-90 Member, Committee on Rules, Rajya Sabha

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-96 Executive Member, Congress Parliamentary Party (Indira)

1997-98 Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (I), Maharashtra

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Defence and its Sub-Committees

Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal Laws

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism

2000-2002 Vice-President, Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra

2002 onwards Member, Central Working Committee, NCP

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

May 2004 onwards Union Minister of State, Rural Development & Parliamentary Affairs

Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments Editor, Godawari Times- a Marathi daily , 1976-92; Owner, Jagrati Mudranalaya, Nanded Special Interests Solving the problems of women; labour movements; rural development and upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden, agricultrue Favourite Pastime and Recreation Reading, listening to music, enjoying nature and tourism Sports and Clubs Swimming, shooting and table tennis Countries Visited China, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, New Zealand, Nicaragua, U.A.E., U.K. and .U.S.A. Other Information Took initiative in building women`s labour union; imprisoned thrice during the Janata regime and appeared before the Shah Commission; President, District Journalists Association (associated with Akhil Bharatiya Patrakar Parishad) since 1980; Chairperson, (i) Maharashtra Council for Agriculture Education & Research, Government of Maharashtra, Pune (Cabinet status) for four years; (ii) Marathwada Rural Education Society, Nanded; (iii) Shard Pratibha Pratisthan, Nanded; (iv) Mahila Udyog Vikas Sanstha, Nanded since its formation in 1977-78; and (v) Multipurpose Labour Union, Nanded; Founder Chairman, Hutatma Jayawantrao Patil Cooperative Sugar Factory, Suryanagar, Hadgaon, Distt. Nanded; Director, (i) Distt. Nanded Cooperative Consumer Federation since 1988; and (ii) Maharashtra State Co- operative Bank, Mumbai for ten years from 1994-2004; Member, (i) Hindi Salahkar Samiti, Ministry of Steel and Mines and Ministry of Water Resources; and (ii) Central Advisory Committee for Light House, Ministry of Surface Transport, 1988-90; Runs schools and colleges in tribal and rural areas of Nanded district

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