Gurudas Kamat
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Gurudas Kamat is an India
n politician. He is an advocate by profession. He is from the Indian National Congress
. He has represented Mumbai North East
constituency of Maharashtra
in the Lok Sabha
five times (1984, 1991, 1998 1999 and 2004).
He has an MBA degree and is a commerce graduate. He got married on 11 May 1981 and has a son. In 1976, he was awarded the Principal Wellingkar Trophy for the outstanding Student Award at the R.A. Podar College and in 1979 a fellow of Government Law College in Mumbai. He served as the Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications, Government of India during 2009 to 2011. In July 2011 he resigned as minister and decided to withdraw from active politics.
He has held membership in the following government agencies :
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n politician. He is an advocate by profession. He is from the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
. He has represented Mumbai North East
Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra.-Assembly segments:...
constituency of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
in the Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
five times (1984, 1991, 1998 1999 and 2004).
He has an MBA degree and is a commerce graduate. He got married on 11 May 1981 and has a son. In 1976, he was awarded the Principal Wellingkar Trophy for the outstanding Student Award at the R.A. Podar College and in 1979 a fellow of Government Law College in Mumbai. He served as the Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications, Government of India during 2009 to 2011. In July 2011 he resigned as minister and decided to withdraw from active politics.
Positions held
- 1976-1980 - President, National Student's Union of India
- 1984 - Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
- 1984-1987 - President, MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
Pradesh Youth Congress - 1987-1988 - President, Indian Youth Congress
- 1991 - Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
- 1997 - Vice President, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee
- 1998 - Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
- 1998-99 - Member, Committee on Petitions Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
- 2003 - Elected as Mumbai Regional Congress Committee President. Heads the Mumbai City Congress
- 2004 - Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
- 2004-2005 Chairman, Standing Committee on Energy
- 2005 - Re-Elected as Mumbai Regional Congress Committee President
- 2009 - Elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West
- 2011 - Minister of State of Drinking Water and Sanitation (2nd reshuffle of cabinet ministry)
He has held membership in the following government agencies :
- Film Advisory Board of Film Censors, Government of India, 1980–84
- Central Purchases Advisory Council, Government of India, 1980–83
- Bombay Police Liaison Committee
- Bombay Telephones Advisory Committee
- National Shipping Board, 1985–89