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    1957

    - Born at Nasik, Maharashtra on November 10.

  • Milestone
    1974

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

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    1975

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

  • Milestone
    1980

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

  • Milestone
    1982

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

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    1984

    - Nominated All India Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad.

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    1987

    - Member, Management Council and Senate of University of Mumbai.

  • Milestone
    1988

    - Executive Director of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini

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    1996

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

  • Milestone
    1998

    - Director General, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini

  • Milestone
    1999

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

  • Milestone
    2001

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

  • Milestone
    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.

  • Milestone
    2004

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

  • Milestone
    2010

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

  • Milestone
    2011

    - Director of Public Policy Research Center, New Delhi

  • Milestone
    2013

    - Vice-President, The Asiatic Society, Mumbai.

  • Milestone
    2014

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

  • Milestone
    2016

    - Elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

  • Milestone
    2018

    - Appointed as President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

  • Milestone
    2020

    - Appointed as Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD

  • Milestone
    2021

    - Re-Appointed as President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)