Praful Patel
Praful Patel is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra.
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- 195717 February 1957
early life Born
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Read the source ↗ - 19851985 - 1991
public service President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra
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Read the source ↗ - 19911991 - 1996
public service Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 19941994-1995
public service Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
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Read the source ↗ - 19951995-1996
public service Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Read the source ↗ - 19961996-1997
public service Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)
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Read the source ↗ - 19981998-99
public service Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (third term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2000April 2000
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2001Jan. 2001- Feb. 2004
public service Member, Committee on Finance
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Read the source ↗ - 2002Jan. 2002 - Feb. 2004
public service Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Read the source ↗ - 2002May 2002 - July 2004
public service Member, Committee on Rules
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Read the source ↗ - 2005Aug. 2005 - May 2009
public service Member, General Purposes Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 2006April 2006
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term) (ceased to be Member w.e.f. 16 May 2009 consequent on his election to the 15th Lok Sabha)
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Read the source ↗ - 20092009 -2014
public service Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2004May 2004 - May 2009 and May 2009 - 19 Jan. 2011
public service Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Read the source ↗ - 201119 Jan. 2011 - May 2014
public service Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
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Read the source ↗ - 2014June 2014
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sept. 2014- July 2016
public service Member, Committee on Industry
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sept. 2014 - June 2018
public service Member, House Committee
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Read the source ↗ - 2014Sept. 2014 - June 2018 and Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2024
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Read the source ↗ - 2015May 2015 - April 2016 and Aug. 2016 - April 2018
public service Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Read the source ↗ - 2015May - July 2015
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014
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Read the source ↗ - 2015Sept. 2015 - July 2016
public service Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Read the source ↗ - 2015Dec. 2015 - Aug. 2016
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
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Read the source ↗ - 2016Jan. - April 2016
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015
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Read the source ↗ - 2016March - May 2016
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016
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Read the source ↗ - 2016May - July 2016
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
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Read the source ↗ - 2016July 2016
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2016Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
public service Member, Committee on Defence
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Read the source ↗ - 2017April - July 2017
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third Amendment ) Bill, 2017
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Read the source ↗ - 2017Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2018
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017
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Read the source ↗ - 2017Sept. 2017 - May 2019
public service Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
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Read the source ↗ - 2019Sept. 2019 - July 2022
public service Member, Committee on Finance
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Read the source ↗ - 2022July 2022
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term) (resigned w.e.f. 27 February 2024)
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Read the source ↗ - 2022Sept. 2022 - Feb. 2024
public service Member, Committee on Communications and Information Technology
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Read the source ↗ - 2023Jan. 2023 - Feb. 2024
public service Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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Read the source ↗ - 2024April 2024
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (sixth term)
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Aug. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025
public service Member, Committee on Defence
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Read the source ↗ - 2024Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2024Dec. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Rules
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2025Sept. 2025 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Finance
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service President, India - Brazil Parliamentary Friendship Group
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Read the source ↗ - 2026Sept. 2026 onwards
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 20262026-10-28
public work Latest dated reference in this collection
Publisher reference: Maha MLC polls: Praful Patel calls for introspection within NCP 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 Environment and Forests
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public service Member, Committee on Finance
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public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Praful Patel’s date of birth as 17 February 1957. The birthplace is recorded as Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: B.Com. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The professional background is listed as Industrialist, Political and Social Worker.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 1985 - 1991: President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra. A later recorded entry is Sept. 2026 onwards: Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
The person behind the office
- Education in the official biography
- B.Com. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Social & cultural work as reported
- Honorary Doctorate, Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.; Patron, Gondia Education Society, Gondia, Distt. Gondia, Maharashtra (the Society manages colleges and high schools, where nearly 1,10,000 students are studying); Chairman, Manoharbhai Patel Charitable Trust Source ↗
- Hobbies & recreation
- President, All India Football Federation (AIFF), 20 October 2009 to 18 May 2022; Senior Vice-President, Asian Football Confederation (AFC); Member, Finance Committee, FIFA; Council Member, FIFA; associated with, (i) Cricket Club of India, (ii) Lions Club International, (iii) Gondwana Club, Nagpur, (iv) Bombay Gymkhana, (v) Maharashtra Olympic Association, (vi) India International Centre, (vii) National Sports Club of India and (viii) India Habitat Centre Source ↗
Terms, responsibilities & positions
Positions held & committee service
- 1985 - 1991
President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra
Source ↗ - 1991 - 1996
Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Source ↗ - 1994-1995
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
Source ↗ - 1995-1996
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Source ↗ - 1996-1997
Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha (second term)
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗ - 1998-99
Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (third term)
Source ↗ - April 2000
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - Jan. 2001- Feb. 2004
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗ - Jan. 2002 - Feb. 2004
Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗ - May 2002 - July 2004
Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗ - May 2004 - May 2009 and May 2009 - 19 Jan. 2011
Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗ - April 2006
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term) (ceased to be Member w.e.f. 16 May 2009 consequent on his election to the 15th Lok Sabha)
Source ↗ - Aug. 2005 - May 2009
Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗ - 2009 -2014
Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term)
Source ↗ - 19 Jan. 2011 - May 2014
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Source ↗ - June 2014
Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2014- July 2016
Member, Committee on Industry
Source ↗ - Sept. 2014 - June 2018
Member, House Committee
Source ↗ - Sept. 2014 - June 2018 and Oct. 2019 - Feb. 2024
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗ - May 2015 - April 2016 and Aug. 2016 - April 2018
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Source ↗ - May - July 2015
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014
Source ↗ - Sept. 2015 - July 2016
Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
Source ↗ - Dec. 2015 - Aug. 2016
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013
Source ↗ - Jan. - April 2016
Member, Joint Committee on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015
Source ↗ - March - May 2016
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016
Source ↗ - May - July 2016
Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Source ↗ - July 2016
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
Member, Committee on Defence
Source ↗ - April - July 2017
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third Amendment ) Bill, 2017
Source ↗ - Aug. 2017 - Aug. 2018
Member, Joint Committee on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017
Source ↗ - Sept. 2017 - May 2019
Member, Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture
Source ↗ - Sept. 2019 - July 2022
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗ - July 2022
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fifth term) (resigned w.e.f. 27 February 2024)
Source ↗ - Sept. 2022 - Feb. 2024
Member, Committee on Communications and Information Technology
Source ↗ - Jan. 2023 - Feb. 2024
Member, Committee on Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
Source ↗ - April 2024
Elected to Rajya Sabha (sixth term)
Source ↗ - Aug. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Source ↗ - Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025
Member, Committee on Defence
Source ↗ - Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation
Source ↗ - Dec. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗ - Sept. 2025 onwards
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
President, India - Brazil Parliamentary Friendship Group
Source ↗ - Sept. 2026 onwards
Member, Joint Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS- Contd. I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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The “ Tribhuvan” Sahkari University Bill, 2025
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The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025
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GOVERNMENT BILLS The Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025 and The Finance Bill, 2025
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The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024
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DISCUSSION ON THE WORKING OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
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Number of unmanned railway level crossings
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National Optical Fibre Network Policy
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Private entities to manufacture space related equipment
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Classification of weaker section for Housing for All scheme
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CORRUPTION IN C.S.D. .
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EVALUATION PROCEDURE IN AIRCRAFT PURCHASE .
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Maha MLC polls: Praful Patel calls for introspection within NCP
Praful Patel calls for introspection as NCP candidate trails in Maharashtra Council polls
MLC Election Results 2026: Praful Patel’s veiled target at Sunetra Pawar after poll drubbing
NCP merger buzz revives as Parth Pawar, Praful Patel meet Sharad Pawar in Delhi. Then a denial
NCP leader urges Sunetra Pawar to induct Parth into Union Cabinet; targets Tatkare, Praful Patel
Sunetra Pawar was not aware of Praful Patel & Sunil Tatkare’s late-night meet with Maharashtra CM Devendr
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- 23311986, 23712317, 24914757 21430710, 23717980(R), Fax 23713344, Mobile:9013181080, 9013181102 Source ↗
- Permanent correspondence address in official biography
- Bagicha Ramnagar, Gondia Distt., Maharashtra 441614 Source ↗
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When was Praful Patel born?
The cited biography records 17 February 1957.
Read the supporting source ↗What education is recorded for Praful Patel?
B.Com. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Read the supporting source ↗What professional background is recorded for Praful Patel?
Industrialist, Political and Social Worker.
Read the supporting source ↗What is the earliest dated public role listed for Praful Patel?
1985 - 1991: President, Municipal Council, Gondia, Maharashtra. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
Read the supporting source ↗Which parliamentary record does this profile follow?
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Who is Praful Patel?
Praful Patel is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra.
What does this office do?
Serves in the Council of States. Rajya Sabha membership is state/UT based or nominated, rather than tied to a Lok Sabha constituency.
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