Shri Prakash Javadekar

Profile of Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Prakash Javadekar

Name	Shri Prakash Javadekar
Father's Name	Shri Keshav
Mother's Name	Shrimati Rajani
Date of Birth	30/01/1951
Birth Place	Pune (Maharashtra)
Spouse Name	Dr. Prachee Javadekar
No. of Children	Two Sons
State Name	Maharashtra
Email id	Prakash.j@sansad.nic.in
Educational Qualifications	B. Com. University of Pune
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
Books Published	In Marathi: ·         Bekaricha Jwalamukhi (Problem of Unemployment), 1986, ·         Nanenidhiche Karz (IMF Loan), 1987, ·         Shetkanyanchi Karzmukti (Farm Loan Waiver), 1988 and ·         Mahagaicha Bhasmasoor (Problem of Inflation), 1999 and 2010; has written 300 articles in various newspapers on contemporary subjects; has also written many booklets on unemployment, infiltration, IMF loan and other political issues
Countries Visited	·         U.S.A and Europe, visited o   U.S.A, as a Member of the Young Political Leaders under the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) Programme, 1985; o   As a member of the Government of Maharashtra delegation to participate in Government Road-shows on IT, 1998, o   Europe, to participate in the Marathi Sammelan, 1998, o   Boston (U.S.A), as leader of the delegation to negotiate MIT’S Media Lab Asia Project, 2000, o   U.S.A., to participate in the FICC-Yale Leadership Development Programme, 2009, ·         Israel, to participate in the Indo-Israel Friendship Programme, 2010, ·         Taiwan, 2008, ·         Chicago, (U.S.A.), to attend a conference on the Telangana issue, 2010, ·         China, to participate in the conference organised by the O.R.F., 2011, ·         Belgium, to attend the conference organised by the Climate Parliament, 2011 and ·         Finland and Iceland, as Indian parliamentary delegate; attended, GLOBE Conference in o   Japan, June 2008, o   Rome (Italy), 2009, o   Copenhagan (Denmark), 2009 and o   Cape Town and Durban (South Africa), 2011
Other Information	·         Led the students’ movements under the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in various capacities, 1969 - 77; ·         worked with the Bank of Maharashtra for 10 years (1971-81), ·         Worked in the Employment Promotion Programme, Sick Unit Cell, Rural Development Department, Bank of Maharashtra; Organised Satyagraha against the emergency rule and was imprisoned for 16 months, 1975-77; ·         Elected Senate Member, Pune University for 12 years (1975-87); ·         Full time party worker, Bharatiya Janata Party since 1981; ·         National Secretary and General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, 1984-90; ·         State Secretary and Campaign Chief, B.J.P., Maharashtra, 1989-95; ·         Spokesman, B.J.P., Maharashtra, 1994 - 96 and 2002-03; ·         All India Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party since 2005