Name: Shri Prakash Javadekar
Father’s name: Shri Keshav
Mother’s name: Shrimati Rajani
Date of Birth: 30th January 1951
Age: 63
Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra
Current Position: Minister of State Information & Broadcasting and Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment Ministry
State: Maharashtra
Party: Bharatiya Janta Party
Permanent Address: 11,Suvan Apartment, Mayur Colony, Kothrud, Pune – 411038
Present address: 24, Mahadev Road, New Delhi – 110001
Educational Qualifications: B. Com. Educated at University of Pune, Pune
Marital status: Married
Spouse name: Dr. Prachee Javadekar
Children: two sons
Self Profession: Political and Social worker
Positions Held:
1990 – 2002 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council
1995 – 99 Executive President, State Planning Board, Maharashtra
1997 – 99 Chairman, Task Force on IT, Government of Maharashtra
2000 Chairman, Working Group on ‘IT for Masses’, Government of India April 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha
May 2008 – May 2009 and Jan. 2010 onwards Member, Parliamentary Forum on Youth
May 2008-May 2009 Member, Committee on Energy
May 2008 – Sept. 2010 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
July 2009 onwards Member, Press Council of India
Aug. 2009-Aug. 2010 Member, Committee on Defence
May 2010-April 2012 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
May 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts
June 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Power
Aug. 2010-Dec. 2011 Member, Select Committee to the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010
Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
October 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-I on the Implementation of the Right to Education Act of the Committee on Human Resource Development
– By Anwesha Rath
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