BIO-DATA of Shri Prithviraj Chavan
Father's Name : Late Shri D.R.Chavan
Mother's Name : Shrimati Premlabai Chavan
Date of Birth : 17 March 1946
Place of Birth : Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
Marital Status : Married on 16 December 1976
Spouse's Name : Shrimati Satvasheela
Children : One son and one daughter
Educational Qualification :B.E.(Hons), M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Profession : Engineer, Technologist
Permanent Address: Patan Colony, Shaniwar Peth, Karad, Distt.-Satara, Maharashtra415410 Tel. - (Tel. {02164} 220222, 220950
Present Address : 11, Race Course Road, New Delhi110001 Tel. - (Tel. 23013132, 23013124, Fax 23017839
E-mail :
Positions Held: 1991- May 1996 Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Electronics, Atomic Energy
1992-93 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning Member, Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development
1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Special Invitee, Business Advisory Committee 1996-97 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha Deputy Chief Whip, Lok Sabha, Congress Parliamentary Party Member, Committee on Energy Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
1996-97 and 1998-2000 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1996-98 Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party
1996-99 Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament
1997 Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Planning and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Science and Technology
1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs Member, Committee on Government Assurances (resigned on 20 November 1998)
1998-99 and April 2002-Feb.2004 Member, Committee on Finance 2000-01 Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
April 2002 Elected to Rajya Sabha
Aug. 2002-Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence
May 2004-22 May 2009 and 28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
September 2007 onwards Member, Congress Working Committee (C.W.C.) General-Secretary, AICC
April 2008 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
April 2008-22 May 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Additional charge)
28 May 2009 onwards Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :Member, (i) India International Centre, New Delhi, (ii) India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and (iii) Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; cricket, tennis, badminton, table tennis, chess, golf and reading
Countries Visited :U.S.A., France, Japan, U.K., Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan, Germany, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Oman, Bahamas, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Panama, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Tajikistan and Thailand
Other Information :Member, Indian National Congress since 1973; Special Invitee, Congress Working Committee; was Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegations to (i) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and (ii) Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA); was Member of first ever Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan