Milestones

• 1957

  Born at Nasik, Maharashtra on November 10

• 1974

  Passed SSC Examination from Govt Public School, Nasik
  Joined Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Pune

• 1975

  Participated in Satyagraha at the time of Emergency and was put behind bar for 45 days

• 1980

  Elected Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Mumbai. Also, started full-time work for ABVP as Organising Secretary in Mumbai

• 1982

  Appointed Organising Secretary of students Experience in Interstate Living (SEIL).

• 1984

  Nominated All India Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad

• 1987

  Member, Management Council and Senate of University of Mumbai

• 1988

  Executive Director of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini

• 1996

  Member of a study group working on a NGO participation in development activity, Govt of Maharashtra.
  Member, Governing Council (YASHADA) Pune.

• 1998

  Director General, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini

• 1999

  Chairman, National Organizing Committee of the Millennium Youth Parliament (MYP).

• 2001

  Member of Industry- Institution interaction subcommittee of CII, Mumbai.
  Monitored the implementation of the UNDP Project ‘Go Ballast- India’

• 2002

  Led a Goodwill Mission of Indian Voluntary Organisations to Afghanistan.
  Chairman, Western Regional Committee and member of the National Executive Council,CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India

• 2004

  Member of the Board of Governors of Sardar Patel Institute of Public administration, Govt. of Gujarat

• 2010

  In-charge of the National Good Governance Cell of the BJP

• 2011

  Director of Public Policy Research Center, New Delhi

• 2013

  Elected as Vice- President, Asiatic Society, Mumbai

• 2014

  Appointed Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
  Appointed Incharge of BJP, Madhya Pradesh

• 2016

  Elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

• 2018

  Appointed President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)