B.E.(Hons), M.S. Educated at B.I.T.S., Pilani, Rajasthan and University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

1991 Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology, Electronics,Atomic Energy
1992-93 Member, Standing Committee on Science and Technology
1994-96 Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Planning
Member, Standing Committee on Rural and Urban Development
1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
1995-96 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1996 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Secretary, Congress Party in Parliament
1996-97 Member, Public Accounts Committee
Member, Standing Committee on Energy
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
June 1997 onwards Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning and Program Implementation and Science and Technology
Member, Council of Indian Institutes of Technology; Joint Secretary, Constitution Club, New Delhi
2010-11, Replaced Ashok Chavan as Chief Minister of Maharashtra