Name of Member: Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Karad (Maharashtra)
Lok Sabha Experience: 10,11,12
Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha
CHAVAN, SHRI PRITHVIRAJ D.
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - KARAD (MAHARASHTRA)]
Father's Name Late Shri D.R. Chavan
Date of Birth 17 March 1946
Place of Birth Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status Married on 16 December 1976
Spouse's Name Smt. Satvasheela
Children One son and one daughter
Educational Qualifications
B.E. (Hons.), M.S.(M.E.)
Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani (Rajasthan) and
University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.)
Profession
Engineer, Industrialist, Political and Social
Worker
Permanent Address
Patan Colony, Karad, Distt. Satara-415410
(Maharashtra)
Tel. (02164) 20222
Fax. (02164) 20950
Present Address
C-1/2, Humayun Road,
New Delhi
Tel. (011) 4652919, 4616160
Fax (011) 4616428
Positions Held
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Science and Technology, Electronics,Atomic
Energy
1992-93 Member, Committee on Science and Technology,
Environment and Forests
1994-96 Member, Committee on Finance and Planning
Member, Committee on Rural and Urban Development
1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party
1996-97 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Member, Committee on Energy
Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to
Members of Parliament
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
1997 Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry
of Planning and Programme Implementation and Science
and Technology
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1998-99 and Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1999-2000
1998-99 Member, Committee on Finance
Member, Committee on Government Assurances*
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to
Members of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on
Maintenance of computers and related activities
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Articles on computer science; engineering design;
contribution to research in computerisation of Indian languages
Special Interests
Technical education, popularisation of science, computerisation in
Indian languages, rural industrialisation and youth welfare
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, chess and photography
Sports and Clubs
Cricket, tennis, table tennis, badminton and swimming
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (10 countries); Member, Indian Parliamentary
Delegation to, (i) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association,
London; (ii) Inter-Parliamentary Union (I.P.U.), Paris;
(iii) Regional Conference, I.P.U., Tokyo; and Member Congress
Party Delegation to the U.K. Conservative Party Conference
Other Information
Member, (i) Council of Indian Institute of Technology,
1998-99; and (ii)India International Centre
Election Result of
Karad Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,26,239
Total votes polled 6,56,187
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan (I.N.C.) 3,99,797
(2) Shri Jayawantrao Krishna Bhosale (S.H.S.) 2,26,890
(3) Shri Allauddin Yakub Aga (Ind.) 6,944
(4) Shri Manohar Laxman Kulkarni (Ind.) 5,275
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