The Chief Justice of India Shri K.G. Balakrishnan administering the oath of the office of the President of India to Smt. Pratibha Patil at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of Parliament, in New Delhi on July 25, 2007.

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CV OF SMT. PRATIBHA DEVISINGH PATIL, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

 

Father's Name : Shri Narayanrao

 

Date of Birth : 19th December, 1934

 

Place of Birth : Distt.Jalgaon ( Maharashtra )

 

Marital Status : Married on 7th July 1965

 

Spouse's Name : Dr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat

 

Children : One son and one daughter

 

Educational Qualification : M.A., L.L.B.

Educated at M.J.College, Jalgaon

( Maharashtra ) & Govt. Law College , Mumbai

 

Profession : Social worker, practiced as Advocate at

Jalgaon

 

Permanent Address : 57, New Congress Nagar, Opp. Govt. Milk

Scheme, Amrabati ( Maharashtra )

1701, Vainganga, Worli Sagar Co-operative

Housing Society, Pochkhanwala Road , Worli,

Mumbai-400025. Tel.24950888

 

Position held – 1962-85 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

1967-72 Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition,

Tourism, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs,

Govt. of Maharashtra

 

1972-74 Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Govt. of

Maharashtra

 

1974-75 Cabinet Minister, Public Health and Social

Welfare, Maharashtra

 

1975-76 Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation

and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Maharashtra

 

1977-78 Cabinet Minister, Education, Govt. of

Maharashtra

 

July 1979 to Feb.1980 Leader of Opposition, CLP(I), Govt. of

Maharashtra .

 

1982-85 Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and

Housing, Govt. of Maharashtra

 

1983-85 Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social

Welfare, Govt. of Maharashtra

 

June, 1985-90 Elected to Rajya Sabha

 

18 Nov. 1986 to 5 Nov.

1988 Deputy Chairperson, Rajya Sabha

 

1986-88 Chairperson, Committee on Privileges, Rajya

Sabha Member, Business Advisory Committee,

 

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha, Chairperson, House Committee, Lok Sabha

 

8 November, 2004 Governor of Rajasthan

 

Other positions held President – P.C.C. Maharashtra 1988-1990,

Director of National Federation of Urban

Cooperative Banks & Credit Societies, Member of Governing Council, National Cooperative Union of India .

 

Social & Cultural

Activities

· Welfare of Women, established a Hostel

for working women in Mumbai and

Delhi

 

· Engineering College at Jalgaon for the

benefit of rural youth

 

· Managing Trustee, Shram Sadhana

Trust

 

· Chief Promoter and Chairperson of a

Sugar Factory in Jalgaon, District

Maharashtra

 

· Established Mahila Vikas Mahamandal,

a Government owned cooperation

 

· Industrial Training School for Blind in

Jalgaon and Managing a school for poor

children of Vimukta Jamatis & Nomadic

Tribes

 

· Establishment of Mahila Cooperative

Bank at Jalgaon, Maharastra while a

Minister in the Govt. of Maharashtra ,

established Govt. owned Corporation

Mahila Vikas Mahamandal.

 

 

Special Interests Development of Rural Economy, Welfare of

Women

 

Sports and clubs Champion in table tennis during college days and won shields in Inter-college tournaments

 

Countries visited Widely traveled –

· Attended International Council of Social

Welfare Conference, Nairobi and Puerto

Rico

 

· Leader, Delegation to Austria on Status

of Women

 

· Conference Member, A.I.C.C. (I)

 

· Delegation to Bulgaria, 1985

 

· Attended Common Wealth Presiding

Officers Conference, London 1988

 

· Attended World Women Conference at

Beijing – China .

 

 

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