Sri Ramdas Athawale
Sri Ramdas Athawale
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment
- Name : Sri Ramdas Athawale
- Father’s Name : Shri Bandu Bapu Athawale
- Mother’s Name : Shrimati Honsabai Bandu Athawale
- Date of Birth : 25 December 1959
- Birth Place : Agalgaon, Distt. Sangli (Maharashtra)
- Maritial Status : Married on 16 May 1992
- Spouse Name : Shrimati Seema Ramdas Athawale
- No. of Children : One Son
- Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
- Permanent Address : 647, ‘Savindhan’ Gandhi Nagar, Near Guru Nanak Hospital, Bandra (East), Mumbai- 400051, Tel: 022- 26455164, 226656099, Mob: 09004809627
- Present Address : 102, New Maharashtra Sadan, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001, Telefax : (011) 23380328
- Educational Qualifications : Under Graduate Educated at siddharth College, Mumbai
- Profession : Political and Social Worker, Industrial worker/Trade Unionist, Journalist/Writer, Publisher and Sportsperson.
- Positions Held : 199096 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council 199095 Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare and Transport, Employment Guarantee Scheme and Prohibition Propaganda, Governemnet of Maharashtra 199899 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha 199899 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry 19992000 Member, Committee on Industry 19992004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (second term) 20022004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports 20042009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (third term) 2004 Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture April 2014 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug 2021 onwards Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Sept. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Industry Nov. 2014 onwards Member, Library Committee
- Freedom Fighter : No
- Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation : Cricket, Volleyball, football, Khokho, kabaddi and carrom; reading, travelling, music, discussion on social and economic problems.
- Countries Visited : Widely travelled (more than 60 countries)
- Other Information : President, (i) Republican Party of India, 1998, (ii) Republican Employees Federation; and (iii) Muncipal Majdur Sangh developed by NIC Parliament Informatics Division.