MUTTEMWAR, SHRI VILAS BABURAO
[INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - NAGPUR (MAHARASHTRA)]
Father's Name Shri Baburao Sadashiorao Muttemwar Date of Birth 22 March 1949 Place of Birth Sindewahi, Distt. Chandrapur (Maharashtra) Marital Status Married on 7 January 1972 Spouse's Name Smt. Chhaya Muttemwar Children Two sons and one daughter Educational Qualifications B.Com. Educated at Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra) Profession Journalist, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address Himalaya Park, Plot No. 99, Shivaji Nagar, Nagpur-440012 (Maharashtra) Tels. (0712) 537441, 537377, 524046, 522289(O), 98230-49800 Fax. (0712) 744152 Present Address 1, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110011 Tel. (011) 3792044, 98110-97618 Positions Held 1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha 1980-81 Secretary, Indian Youth Congress 1981-84 President, Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress 1985 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1985-88 Joint Secretary, Indian National Congress 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1991-95 Secretary, Congress Parliamentary Party 1993-95 Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings 1995-96 Minister of State in the Ministries of Rural Areas and Employment (Department of Rural Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and Parliamentary Affairs 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees on Power; and on Action Taken Reports; also Convenor, Sub-Committee-II on Coal Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments Contributed several articles in Marathi newspapers on political events and cultural issues; Editor, Janavad - a Marathi daily published from Nagpur Social and Cultural Activities Participated in student and youth activities, trade unions; studied the problems of small cultivators against their exploitation by brokers in urban markets; and Secretary, Samajwadi Sangram Samiti, 1970 Special Interests Cultural activities and singing Favourite Pastime and Recreation Listening to music and intrested in drama Sports and Clubs Secretary, Nehru Mandal (a Sports Organisation), Nagpur Countries Visited Widely travelled (approximately 40 countries); Member, Indian Delegation, (i) European Parliament, 1988; (ii) 88th I.P.U.Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992 Other Information Organising-Secretary, Union of Working Journalists, Nagpur, 1974-75; Founder and Convener, Indira Gandhi Samarthan Kriti Samiti, Nagpur, 1976; imprisoned several times for participation in student and youth organisation activities in Vidarbha region
Election Result of Nagpur Lok Sabha Constituency