Chandrashekhar Bawankule

The Honourable
Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule
चंद्रशेखर क्रिष्णराव बावनकुळे
Chandrashekhar Bawankule Energy Minister
Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra
Assumed office
6 December 2014
Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao
Preceded by President's rule
Guardian Minister of Nagpur
Assumed office
26 December 2014
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Kamthi
Assumed office
2009
Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
for Kamthi
Assumed office
2004
Preceded by Sulekha Narayan Kumbhare
Succeeded by Deoraoji Santoshrao Radke
Personal details
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969
Koradi, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Jyoti Bawankule
Children Adv. Payal Bawanklule
Sanket Bawanklule
Occupation Politician
Religion Hinduism
Website www.cbawankule.in

Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule (was born on 13 Jan 1969) is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[1] & currently Minister for Ministry of Energy, New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra[2][3] and also appointed as Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.[4][5] He represents the Kamthi Assembly Constituency and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). It is his third term as Member of Legislative Assembly since 2004, 2009 & 2014.[6] He was Secretary of Bhartiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State Unit in Devendra Fadnavis Team in 2012.

Background and family

Chandrashekhar Bawankule was born in Kamthi into a Marathi Teli family.

Chandrashekhar Bawankule married Jyoti. He has a daughter named Payal and son Sanket. His daughter Payal is LLB,LLM(London).

Early life

Chandrashekherji K. Bawankule was born & brought up in a farmer’s family with a non-political background. Koradi located near Nagpur is the place where he pursued his higher education in the stream of Science & completed first year. He had started his social work with his first group named “Chhatrapati Sena” and his first movement for to fight for the supply of electricity to the Remote Areas. 1995 was the year he entered Bharatiya Janata Party

Political career

Mr. Chandrashekherji K. Bawankule's career commenced in earnest in the early nineties, he started movement for supply of Electricity and went behind the bars in 1990. He started “Chhatrapati Sena” and continued its social work till 1994 without any self interest. Then he joined Bhartiya Janata Party under leadership of Late Gopinath Munde & Nitin Gadkari in 1995 and became Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the BJP) in Maharashtra in 1995.

In 1997 & 2002, Bawankule was elected as a District Council Member. In 2004, he was elected to the Maharashtra state assembly for the first time. He is currently serving his third term as MLA as of 2014. Bawankule was sworn in as the Minister for Energy, New & Renewable Energy of Maharashtra from the BJP on 6 December 2014.

Positions held

Within BJP

Legislative

  • Member, Zilha Parishad, Nagpur (1997 & 2002)
  • Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly - Since 2004
  • Cabinet Minister Maharashtra, Energy, New & Renewable Energy
  • Guardian Minister of Nagpur

References

Political offices
Preceded by
 Cabinet Minister for Energy, New and Renewable Energy;
Maharashtra State
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
 Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Nagpur district
2014–present 		Incumbent
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