Santosh Gangwar

Early life

Born on November 1, 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been an alumnus of the Agra University and the Rohilkhand University in Uttar Pradesh from where he completed his B Sc and LLB Degrees.

Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, state-of-the-art library and mini bye pass, etc. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, he is blessed with two children (one son and one daughter).

Career

Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.

Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.

He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India. He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999

Currently, He is Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha.

He served in as Minister of State for Textiles from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance.

Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.

Countries Visited

France, Japan, Malaysia, Romania, Russia, U.A.E, U.K, U.S.A and China

Positions Held

1989 onwards Member, State Working Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.),Uttar Pradesh

1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha

1990 Member, Committee on Privileges

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Transport and Tourism

1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1991-96 Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party

Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Member, Committee on Estimates Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1996 onwards General Secretary, B.J.P., Uttar Pradesh

1996-97 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1998-99 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas with additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)

Special Invitee, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha

Oct.-Nov. 1999 Union Minister of State, Science & Technology in addition, assisted Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

22 Nov. 1999- 29 Jan. 2003 Union Minister of State, Petroleum & Natural Gas; and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs

29 Jan. 2003-24 May 2003 Union Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas

24 May 2003- 8 Sept. 2003 Union Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs; Labour

8 Sept. 2003- May 2004 Union Minister of State, Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)

Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party in Lok Sabha, Member, Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas Member, Business Advisory Committee

5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Defence

Member,Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation & Management

May, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)

27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textile; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Other work

Gangwar was instrumental in establishing the Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. in Bareilly and was its chairman from its inception in 1996.

Under his commitment towards overall development of villages, he has initiated a project in Bareilly on Integrated Rural Development through Co-operative Movement using Animal Husbandry Technologies.

He has managed to get the Projects of CHOPULA Railway Over Bridge, Mini Bye Pass and state of Art library (Cantt) executed as pride milestones for Bareilly.

Chairman: (i) Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Bareilly; Member, (ii) Court of the Aligarh Muslim University; (iii) Governing Body, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (I.C.A.R.)