Maj Gen Bhuwan Chandra AVSM (Retd.) Khanduri

Name of Member: Maj Gen Bhuwan Chandra AVSM (Retd.) Khanduri

Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Constituency & State: Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

Lok Sabha Experience: 10,12,13,14,16

Sixteenth Lok Sabha

Members Bioprofile

Khanduri, Maj Gen Bhuwan Chandra AVSM (Retd.)

Constituency :	Garhwal (Uttarakhand)
Party Name :	Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)
Email Address :	bc[DOT]khanduri[AT]nic[DOT]in khanduribc[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Father’s Name

Late Shri Jai Ballabh Khanduri

Mother’s Name

Late Smt. Durga Devi Khanduri

Date of Birth

01 Oct 1934

Place of Birth

Dehradun (Uttarakhand)

Marital Status

Married

Date of Marriage

17 Feb 1964

Spouse’s Name

Smt. Aruna Khanduri (Nee Shakuntala Nailwal)

No. of Sons

No.of Daughters

Educational
Qualifications

B.Sc.(Previous), B.E.(Civil), M.I.E. (India), psc Defence Services Staff College, Willington, Tamil Nadu, (First Reserve for Defence Services Staff College, Camberley, England; 1969). Post Graduate Diploma in Managment; Administrative Behavior and Leadership Course. Long Defence Management Course.
Educated at Allahabad University, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) 1951 – 1953; College of Military Engineering, Pune (Maharashtra) 1957 – 59; Institute of Engineers, New Delhi; Institute of Defence Management, Secunderabad (Andhra Pradesh), 1973 -74; Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 1976.

Profession

Engineer
Consultant

Permanent Address

Jai Durga Niwas, 12, Vikas Marg,

Pauri Garhwal-246 001, Uttarakhand

Tel. (01368) 222600

Present Address

7, K. Kamraj Lane,

New Delhi – 110 011

Tels. (011) 23794554, 23794555, 23016415

Positions Held

1991-96

Elected to 10^th Lok Sabha

1991-96

Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1992-97

Member, National Executive, B.J.P.

1996-97

Vice-President, B.J.P., Uttar Pradesh

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

1998-99

Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Member, Committee on Public Accounts

Member, Rules Committee

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Committee on Home Affairs; [Departments of, (i) Law and Company Affairs; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions] and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Personnel Policy of Central Para- Military Forces (CPMFs)

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence

1999	Re-elected to 13^th Lok Sabha (3^rd term)

Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1999-2000

Member, Business Advisory Committee

Member, Committee on Home Affairs; [Departments of, (i) Law and Company Affairs; and (ii) Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions] and Convenor of its Sub-Committee on Personnel Policy of Central Para- Military Forces (CPMFs)

1999-2001

Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

2000-2001

Member, Committee on Ethics

2000 till Date

Member, National Executive, Bharatiya Janata Party

Nov. 2000-23May 2003

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Road Transport and Highways

24 May 2003- 21May 2004

Union Cabinet Minister, Road Transport and Highways

12 July 2003 – 8 Sept. 2003

Union Cabinet Minister, Road Transport and Highways with additional charge as Minister, Urban Devlopment and Poverty Alleviation

May 2004

Re-elected to 14^th Lok Sabha (4^th term)

June 2004-August 2004

Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

Chairperson, Standing Committee on Finance

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Buisness Advisory Committee

2 Sep. 2007-13 March 2012

Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttarakhand

13 September 2007

Resigned from Lok Sabha

8 March 2007-27 June 2009 and

Chief Minister, Uttarakhand

11 Sep. 2011-13 March 2012

Chief Minister, Uttarakhand

16 May, 2014

Re-elected to 16^th Lok Sabha (5^th term)

1 Sep. 2014 – 31 Aug. 2018

Chairperson, Standing Committee on Defence

15 Sep. 2014 onwards

Member, Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha

29 Jan. 2015 onwards

Member, General Purposes Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Shipping

1 Sept. 2018 onwards

Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture

Social And Cultural Activities

Managing “Chandra Ballabh Trust”, an Educational Trust, started in Garhwal, in 1917 by his grand-father.

Special Interests

Prohibition and Cultural Heritage of India; Environment and Forests, Defence, Social Work, Population Control.

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Sports and Reading

Sports and Clubs

Vice-President, Archery Association of India, State President (Uttrakhand); and Member, India International Centre, New Delhi ; Tennis, Squash, Hockey and Football

Countries Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K., U.S.A. and Vietnam

Other Information

– Served Indian Army, Corps of Engineers, 1954-1990; (i) Commander of an Engineer Regiment during Indo-Pak War, 1971 in Samba Sector; (ii) Commander of an Engineer Brigade, Meerut, (Uttar Pradesh), (iii) Chief Engineer, Siliguri Zone (West Bengal); and (iv) Deputy and Additional Military Secretary, Military Secretary’s Branch, Army Headquarters, New Delhi; conferred Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) by the President of India for distinguished services in the Indian Army, 1982; Patron, Parvatiya Sanskriti Parishad, Dehradun, 1990-93; Founder President: (i) Poorva Sainik Seva Parishad,Uttar Pradesh, 1992-2000; and (ii) Uttaranchal Pradesh Sangarsh Samiti, 1994-96; Member, Wild Life Society of India, 1990-2000; Member, G.B. Pant Himalaya Environment and Development Committee, 1998-2000.

– Elected as Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Garhwal Constituency in Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand in 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2014.

– As Minister of Road Transport and National Highways, he was responsible for the National Highways Development Project, involving development and construction of four/six laning of about 13,510 km of road at the cost of over Rs. 54,000 crore (1998-99 prices). This Dream Project of the then Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, included the Golden Quadrilateral (Delhi – Kolkata – Chennai – Mumbai – Delhi circuit) involving 5,846 km at a cost of over Rs. 25,050 crore (1998-99 prices). About 85 per cent of the project was completed by May 2004.

– The Economic Times Newspaper Survey (24 March, 2011) gave 9^th rank to Golden Quadrilateral, among the 50 Historic Works of India after Independence (since 1947).

– Placed among the SIX TOP POLITICIANS of the country by The Hindustan Times Newspaper (Jan. 6, 2008) survey for being one of the unsung politicians and real force behind the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project and change in Uttarakhand governance.

– Judged as the best Chief Minister of India by India Today magazine (18 Feb. 2008), out of 35 Chief Ministers of the Country.

– The 13^th Finance Commission headed by Shri Vijay Kelkar, visited Uttarakhand and held meeting from 27 to 29 of January 2009, and awarded Rs. 1000 crore, to Uttarakhand for Good Financial Management for the years 2007-08 and 2008-09, when I was Chief Minister.

– Awarded Mother Teresa International Award for the year 2013 on 16 June 2013

– As Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, credited with bringing and passing in Vidhan Sabha, Uttarakhand, the FIRST strong Lokayukta Act in the country, which was approved by the President of India; Citizen Charter Act; Transfer Act for Government employees and introducing a number of major Administrative and Financial reforms in the State of Uttarakhand.

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