Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel

Chandel, Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Constituency   : Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Email Address : kunwarps[DOT]chandel[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in pushpendra[DOT]chandelmahoba[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name Kunwar Harpal Singh Chandel Mother’s Name Smt. Sheel Singh Chandel Date of Birth 08 Oct 1973 Place of Birth Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 18 Feb 1999 Spouse’s Name Smt. Deepali Singh No. of Sons 2 Educational Qualifications M.A. (Political Science), LL.B. Educated at Bundelkhand University Profession Social Worker Agriculturist, Writer, Businessperson Permanent Address Aashirwad Palace, Mahoba, Distt. Mahoba-210 427, Uttar Pradesh Tel : (05281) 255635, 09415145100 (M) Present Address 25, North Avenue, New Delhi-110 001 09415145100, 09839810000 (M) Positions Held

May, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha

1 Sep. 2014 – 31 Aug. 2017 Member, Standing Committee on Railways

Member, Consultative Committe, Ministry of Agriculture

2 August 2016 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit

1 Sept. 2017 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Finance

Social And Cultural Activities Associated inter alia with a renowned trust working towards the self empowerment, betterment of people and families suffering from leprosy; organisations working for orphaned children and organisations working for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage and folk arts of the Bundelkhand region. Special Interests Social work, education, innovation in the field of agriculture, development of aromatic and medicinal plants, animal husbandry, wild life protection, water resource management, preservation of historical and cultural heritage, protection to endangered species and environmental issues. Favourite Pastime and Recreation Travelling, playing chess and badminton, riding, fishing and reading spiritual and motivational literature, writing creative prose and poetry, spending quality time with the social workers and spiritual personalities and family. Sports and Clubs Shooting and Badminton; Winner of various Shooting events in Mahoba District (Pistol, Rifle, Pigeon Clay; Convenor : Sports Cell of BJP (Uttar Pradesh); Countries Visited Austria, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore and Thailand Other Information       Associated with the RSS as the Bal Swayam Sevak and since then taking active part in the Sangh activities as a devout Sevak. As a Member of the Vidyarthi Parishad, taken up various responsibilities towards the betterment of the organization; Associated with the programs to spread awareness among the people to save and conserve water resources and their development; Associated with the organization that performs Samoohik Vivah in the order to discourage people from one of the banes of society i.e. dowry; At present working as the Convener of friends of BJP and member of State Working Committee (Uttar Pradesh); Organized an all State meet of the Sportspersons, for the first time ever (as the Convener of the BJP Sports Cell) during the tenure of Hon’ble Mr. Rajnath Singh (then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) at his residence. It was the very first time that such a meet was organized for the sport personnel, to listen and discuss the problems and hurdles faced by them. Annually organizing cultural events to provide platform and recognition to the local artisans and folk arts such as Diwari dance (a form of martial arts, performed with cane sticks); Organizing annual Dangals and other sporting events (Kabaddi, Cricket and Hockey matches) in the rural areas of the region to promote local sports and awareness among the rural populace; Has been organizing events to spread awareness among people specially children towards the environment and global warming. Has worked as the Convener, BJP Sports Cell; Worked zealously towards the promotion of sports and the improvement of the sports persons and their socio-economic conditions within the State; As an ardent believer of the Swami Vivekanand’s teachings, had been organizing youth events and meets to motivate and give positive directions to the school and college students. As a connoisseur of art and literature, has been associated with various cultural and literary organizations and provided support and mentorship to various local poets and artists; Has been promoting Aalha Gayan a world famous form of singing, the songs of bravery and valour of war heroes; Has initiated various programs to bring awareness among the rural people towards education and environment; Water management being one of the burning issues of the region, has put in gigantic efforts to revive water resources of the region provided by the Chandel rulers of the Chandel dynasty which includes revival of Keeratsagar, Beejasagar, Kalyansagar and many others of historic significance in Bundelkhand region; Has headed several movements against the vulgar and obscene movie being shown in the local movie theatres; Active participation and endeavors were made in the Mahoba Zila Banao Aandolan, which eventually was a success with the creation of Mahoba District. Development of agriculture by implementation of various innovative techniques of tillage, drip irrigation and crop rotation organic farming to get better yield; Developing dairy and poultry farms in order to provide alternate resources of income to the farmers. Providing better health care to the farmers as well as their animals with the help of local, State health services; Taken up projects of breed enhancement of nearly extinct breed of cows like Sahiwal, Gir and Tharparkar; Providing farmers the latest technologies of horticulture with the help of qualified agricultural scientists and engineers who give individual attention to the farmers in setting up orchards and nurseries to have financial gains; Introducing farmers to the government policies of loan and insurance to provide them a sense of financial security; Development of nurseries for medicinal and aromatic plants like stevia, lemon grass and jasmine to set up perfumeries with the help of scientists of C.I.M.A.P. (Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants); Rural development; Environmental issues; Issues concerning life style and health aspects of the labour class working in the mines and stone crushing industries of the area; Working as a bridge between the governing body and the local populace; Development, conservation and maintenance of the water resources of the region with the help of local administrative body; Working towards the development of downtrodden, under developed region of Bundelkhand so that it comes parallel to the main stream of the country; Advisor to various educational institutes. Convenor of the Friends of BJP, BJP Working Committee (U.P.); Member : Bar Council of UP Constitution Club; Bharat Vikas Parishad; and also Member of many prestigious educational and social service institutes in all over India

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