Anil Madhav Dave

Anil Madhav Dave
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Assumed office
5 July 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Prakash Javadekar
MP of Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
30 June 2010
Constituency Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1956-07-06)July 6, 1956
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal
Alma mater Gujarati College, Indore
Profession Politician
Religion Hindu

Anil Madhav Dave (born 6 July 1956, in Badnagar, Madhya Pradesh) is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician.

Early life

Dave was born on 6 July 1956 in Badnagar, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He did his M. Com at Gujarati College, Indore.[1]

He joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and is working for conservation of the Narmada River.[1][2]

Political career

He is a Member of Parliament, representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian Parliament) since 2009.[1][3]

He was a member of various committees including the Committee on Water Resources and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change from March 2010 to June 2010.[1]

He was appointed as the Minister of State MoS independent charge of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Modi Government's cabinet expansion on 5th July 2016.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Modi cabinet reshuffle: Anil Madhav Dave is a leader who comes with strong RSS roots", The Indian Express, 5 July 2016
  2. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, 10 July 2016
  3. ↑ "Detailed Profile: Shri Anil Madhav Dave", NIC, New Delhi, Government of India, 21 May 2015

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