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Father’s Name	Shri Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik
Date of Birth	27th September, 1959
Place of Birth	New Delhi
Marital Status	Unmarried
Educational Qualification	M. A., M. B. A. Educated at Mount Carmel Convent, SFS High School, Hislop College and Department of Business Management, Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Profession	Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address	365, Gandhi Nagar, Nagpur-440 010. Tel. 0712-2242197
Present Address	D1/35, Rabindra Nagar, New Delhi. Tel. 011-23018278 (O), Tele-Fax:011-24636655 (Res.) 011-24645844 (Res.) Fax: 011-23016168 (O)
Present Position	General Secretary, All India Congress Committee
Position Held	1979-80 Joint Secretary, Nagpur City NSUI 1980-81 Vice President, Hislop College Students Council 1981-82 General Secretary, Nagpur University Students’ Council. 1981-84 General Secretary, Maharashtra State NSUI 1984-85 Treasurer, All India NSUI 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha 1985-86 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. 1985-88 President, All India N.S.U.I. 1988-90 President, Indian Youth Congress. 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1993-96 Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development (Department of Youth Affairs and Sports) and Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs. 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1998 – Feb. 2001 Secretary, All India Congress Committee (AICC) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Food Technology. Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme. Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests. Feb. 2001 – till date Member, Congress Working Committee
Special Interests	Agriculture, law, industry, labour, education and Upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Favourite Pastime and Recreation	Reading and travelling
Sports and Clubs	Cricket and athletics Member, India International Centre, New Delhi. Member, India Habitate Centre, New Delhi Member, DDA Sports Club, Siri Fort, New Delhi.
Countries Visited	Widely traveled; attended 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow, 1985; Member, Delegation to the United Nations 42nd General Assembly Session, 1987; and 10th Anniversary Celebrations of Sandinista Front, Nicaragua, 1987; Leader (i) Indian Delegation to the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students at Pyongyong, D. P. R. Korea; and (ii) Youth Delegation to the Closing Ceremony of the Festival of India in USSR, 1987; attended (i) the inaugural function of the Festival of India in U.S.S.R., 1987; and (ii) Conservative Party Annual Conference, U. K., 1988. Also visited Canada, China, Philippines, Japan, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, France, Switzerland, Egypt, Sharaja, Dubai, Kuwait, Singapore, Hongkong and Afganistan. Other Information Senate Member, Nagpur University; Member, Board of Visitors, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, Vice President, Hislop College Students’ Council, 1981; General Secretary, Nagpur University Students’ Council, 1981-82; Member (i) National Youth Advisory Board, 1988-89; (ii) Board of Governors, Nehru Yuwak Kendra; (iii) National Advisory Committee for Festival of India in Germany; and (iv) Indian Delegation for International Conference on Youth Tourism.
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