BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

KHAPARDE, MISS SAROJ

B.A.; I.N.C.(Maharashtra); d. of Shri Purushottam S. Khaparde and Shrimati Yashodabai Khaparde; b. at Bombay, August 15, 1941; ed. at (i) Seva Sadan School, Nagpur and (ii) Hislop College, Nagpur; Unmarried.

Chairman, (i) House Committee, Rajya Sabha, 1982-83 and 1983-84, (ii) Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha,1996-98 and (iii) Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha, January 1996 to July, 1996 and again since August 1998; Leader, (i) Indian Delegation to the 40th, 41st and 42nd World Health Assembly at Geneva,1986-87 and (ii) States Health Ministers' Delegation to South Korea and Indonesia to study the Family Planning Programme; Alternate Delegate at the U.N.O.,1981; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation to I.P.U. Conferences held at (a) Seoul, in October, 1983, (b) Geneva, in April, 1984, (c) Camroon, in April, 1992 and (d) Turkey, in 1996, (ii) Indian Delegation to U.N. Conference on Environment, 1991, (iii) U.N. General Assembly, 1992, (iv) International Women's Conference, Beijing, 1995, (v) International Women's Conference on Population, Manila (Philippines), 1995, (vi) UNDP Workshop in Ethiopia, 1996, (vii) Jail Administration Reforms Committee, (viii) Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, 1980-81 and 1981-82, (ix) General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, 1982-83, 1983-84 and since 4th June, 1991, (x) Committee on Public Undertakings, 1985-86, (xi) Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha, 1990-92, (xii) Public Accounts Committee, 1993-94 and 1994-95, (xiii) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, 1993-96, (xiv) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry,1996-97, (xv) Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport and Tourism since August,1998, (xvi) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation till 1997, (xvii) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Tourism and (xviii) National Shipping Board; Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 1986-89 and in the Ministry of Textiles, 1989; Nominated to the Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha since 1994 ;elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1972 (upto 1974) in bye-elections, again elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1976, April 1982, April, 1988 and April, 1994.

Travels abroad: South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, East Germany, West Germany, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Switzerland, Holland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, Singapore, Egypt, Mexico, Indonesia, North Korea, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Philippines, Ethiopia and other European countries.

Special interest: Welfare of women, children and weaker sections of the society.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Travelling, knitting, reading and social work.

Permanent address: Gandhikuti, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Nagpur-440 017.