Career
He has been an Youth Congress leader and had held post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress, when Shri Maninder Singh Bitta was the President. He unsuccessfully fought the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra in 2008, against industrialist Rahul Bajaj. He is Congress party All India Congress Committee (Italian Association for Cells Culture) Secretary.
Last time he was defeated by Rahul Bajaj by one vote for Rajya Sabha.
He was again nominated to contest June 2010 Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. 1985-1989:Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1986:Member, Maharashtra State Mathadi Board Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry 1986-1987:Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1987:Member, Accommodation Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Chairman, Minimum Wages Committee for Bidi Workers Member, India"s 40th year of Independence Celebration Committee 1987-1988:Member, Maithilisharan Gupt Centenary Committee 1988:Member, Nagpur University Senate, Member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration Committee 2006-2010:Chairman, Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited.
July-2010:Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development August 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development September
2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti for the Ministry of Panchayati Raj Member, Governing Council of the National Mission of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Member, Development Council for Sugar Industries Elected General Secretary, Nagpur University Students Council, 1977-1978.
President, (i) Maharashtra North.S.U.I. (I), 1983-1987, and (ii) Maharashtra Youth Congress, 1988-1989. Vice-President, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 2002-2005. General Secretary, (i) Indian Youth Congress (I), 1993-1997 and (ii) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 1998-2002.
Secretary, All India Congress Committee since 2009.
Chief Convener, Historic National Convention of NSUI at Nagpur, 1984. Member, Training Department A.I.C.C., 2007.
