Shri Venur Dhananjaya Kumar

Dhananjaya Kumar, Shri Venur Constituency   : Mangalore (Karnataka) Party Name     : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Email Address : kumarvd[AT]sansad[DOT]nic[DOT]in

Father’s Name Shri P.A. Alva Mother’s Name Smt. Gunavathi Alva Date of Birth 04 Jul 1951 Place of Birth Venur, Distt. Dakshina Kannada (Karnataka) Marital Status Married Date of Marriage 20 Dec 1978 Spouse’s Name Smt. Vanitha D. Kumar No. of Sons 1 No.of Daughters 1 Educational Qualifications B.Sc., LL.B. Educated at Mahaveera College, Moodbidri, Mysore University and Udupi Law College, Udupi (Karnataka) Profession Advocate Agriculturist Permanent Address Pavithra, Dhandakheri Road, Yeyyadi, Mangalore- 575008 (Karnataka) (0824) 211471,216396 Present Address 1, Janter Manter Road, New Delhi – 110001 (011) 23736494, 23752629 Positions Held

1982-84 President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Karnataka

Vice-President, All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Karnataka

1983-85 Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly

1986-90 President, B.J.P., Distt. Dakshina Kannada Unit

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1993-96 Member, Committee on Industry and Steel & Mines

1994-96 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

16 May 1996— 2 June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism

1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

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

1998-99 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals

Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)

13 Oct. 1999- 30 Sept. 2000 Union Minister of State, Finance

30 Sept. 2000- 30 June 2002 Union Minister of State, Textiles

Special Interests Reading and viewing television Sports and Clubs Cricket and Kabaddi Countries Visited Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, U.K. and U.S.A. Other Information Member, (i) Indian Coffee Board, 1991-96; (ii) Central Silk Board, 1994-96; and (iii) Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, 1998-99

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