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Demand to improve the economic condition of women associated with Self Help Groups in the country
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Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik
Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra.
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- 197215 January 1972
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 2014May 2014 - May 2019
public service Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sept. 2014 - May 2019
public service Member, Committee on Commerce
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Read the source ↗ - 2022July 2022
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Commerce
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - June 2024
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Cooperation
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Dec. 2022 - March 2023
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India - Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 20262026-08-13
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Parliamentary question: Tourism infrastructure in Maharashtra This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
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public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik’s date of birth as 15 January 1972. The birthplace is recorded as Kolhapur (Maharashtra).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Com. Educated at Rajarshi Chh. Shahu College, Kolhapur and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The professional background is listed as Agriculturist, Businessperson.
Public life: the documented service history
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- Education details in PRS
- B.Com. Educated at Rajarshi Chh. Shahu College, Kolhapur and Shivaji University, Kolhapur Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- B.Com. Educated at Rajarshi Chh. Shahu College, Kolhapur and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Social & cultural work as reported
- Organizing dahi-handi programmes for the youth; cultural programmes for women; conducting scholarship exams and painting competitions for school students; organised wrestling, swimming, and kabaddi competitions; to work for the development of youth and women welfare; awarded, (i) Sansad Ratna (consecutively three times) by the Prime Point Foundation at IIT Madras and (ii) Second best Parliamentarian in the country Award Source ↗
- Hobbies & recreation
- Travelling abroad; reading books, petting, watching movies; owns a gym; President, (i) Kolhapur District Kabbadi Association and (ii) Petanque District Association; Member, Kolhapur Wrestling Association Source ↗
- Travel reported in biography
- Egypt, France, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, U.A.E., U.K., U.S.A., etc. Source ↗
- Other information in biography
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Chairman, Sugar factory; working for the upliftment of the marginalised sections of the society; established, (i) Bhima Business Group which is involved in welfare activities that have distinctively impacted the quality of life of the youth, women and the weaker sections of society, (ii) Dhananjay Mahadik Yuvashakti (an NGO), to provide a platform for young men and women to enhance the knowledge and skills and assist them in personal development, and (iii) Yuvashakti Food Bank, (with a motto ‘Not a single person in Kolhapur district should sleep hungry’), a noble social project catering to the families of the undernourished children and widows in distress in Kolhapur district; the project was launched by Rashtriya Yuva Sant P.P. Bhaiyyuji Maharaj; the food bank is distributing monthly requirement of food grains to large number of families; has been organising, (i) Bhima Festival, a two day annual cultural event in the month of January every year, (ii) Yuvashakti dahi-handi, an annual event organised on the day of Gopal kala which is attended by over 40,000 people, the biggest of its kind in western Maharashtra, (iii) Drawing Competition, every year, for school students which has a participation of about 20,000 students, (iv) Scholarship Competition for 1000 students selected from Kolhapur district and (v) Bhima Krushi, a state of the art Cattle/Agro/Urja/ Finance and Flora mega exhibition (Agri mega annual expo), with 800 exhibit stalls and 6 lakh visitors to the mega event
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- May 2014 - May 2019
Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Source ↗ - July 2022
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024 and Sept. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Commerce
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - June 2024
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Cooperation
Source ↗ - Dec. 2022 - March 2023
Member, Joint Committee on the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India - Australia Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| 2022 | 44 | 30 |
| 2023 | 94 | 47 |
| 2024 | 60 | 86 |
| 2025 | 89 | 45 |
| 2026 | 71 | 0 |
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Need for construction of a flyover at the Railway crossing gate in Davorlim Village in the district of South Goa
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Demand to formulate National Solar Waste Management Policy
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Demand to start Mehsana-Mumbai flights under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)
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Demand for mandatory provisions of First Aid training for teachers and students in the schools
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Demand for protection of GI-Tagged Alphonso mango of Konkan region of Maharashtra
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Concern over the destruction of forest at Hyderabad University
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Tourism infrastructure in Maharashtra
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NYKS in Maharashtra
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Implementation of skill development programmes in Maharashtra
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Coastal shipping and inland water transport in Maharashtra
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Warehouses and storage facilities in Maharashtra
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Cluster development in Maharashtra
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The cited biography records 15 January 1972.
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B.Com. Educated at Rajarshi Chh. Shahu College, Kolhapur and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
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Agriculturist, Businessperson.
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May 2014 - May 2019: Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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