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| About MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.)
BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI, AVSM |
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| Name | MAJOR GENERAL (RETD.)
BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal |
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| Parent |
| Father | Late Shri Jai Ballabh Khanduri |
| Mother | Late Smt. Durga Devi Khanduri | | Spouse | Smt.
Aruna Khanduri (Maiden Name : Ms. Shakuntala
Nailwal) | | |
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| Date & Place of Birth | 1st
October, 1934. Dehradun in state of Uttaranchal, India | |
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| Addresses |
| Office | 501, Parivahan Bhavan,
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Parliament Street,
New Delhi - 11 00 01, India |
| Phone Numbers | 91-011-2371 0121,
91-011-2371 1252
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91-011-2371 4095, 2371 9023 (Telefax) |
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| Residence | 1, Dr. Bishambar Das Marg,
New Delhi - 11 00 01, India | | Phone
Numbers | 91-011-2335 2255,
91-011-2375 3133 &
91-011-2373
7921 (Telefax) | |
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| Permanent | JAI DURGA NIWAS,
12, Vikas
Marg,
Pauri Garhwal - 246001
Uttaranchal, India | | Phone
Numbers | 91-01368-222600 | | |
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| Children |
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| Daughter | One | | Son | One |
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| Education
& Qualification |
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| Academic | Bachelor of Science |
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| Professional | B.E,
M.I.E. &
Long Defense management Course | |
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| Field of Specialization | Civil Engineering
& Management Consultant | |
| Career
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reverse Chronological Order) |
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| As Member of Union Cabinet |
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| 7th November, 2000
- 23rd May, 2003 |
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge),
Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi |
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| 24th May, 2003 Onwards |
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, New
Delhi |
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| As Member Parliament |
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| 2000-2003 |
Member, National Executive, Bhartiya Janta
Party |
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| 1999-2000 |
| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense. |
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Re—elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd
Term)
Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Parliamentary Party,
Lok Sabha. |
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Member, Ethics Committee, Parliament of India
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
(Departments of, (i) Law and Company Affairs; and (ii) Personnel,
Public Grievances and Personnel policy of Central Paramilitary Forces
(CPMFs)
Member, Wild Life Society of India |
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| Member, Committee on Public Undertakings |
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| Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas |
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| 1998-1999 |
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Member, Rule Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
(Departments of, (i) Law and Company Affairs; and (ii) Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions); and Central Paramilitary Forces (CPMFs)
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defense. |
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| 1998 |
Re—elected to 12th Lok
Sabha (2nd Term)
Chief Whip, B.J.P., Lok Sabha |
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| 1996-1997 |
Vice President, B.J.P., Uttar Pradesh |
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| 1992-1997 |
Member, National Executive, B.J.P. |
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| 1991-1996 |
Elected to 10th Lok Sabha, from
Garhwal in Uttaranchal (then Uttar Pradesh)
Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Parliamentary Party,
Lok Sabha. |
| In Indian Army |
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| Indian Army (Corps of Engineer)
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| 1987-90 |
Additional Director General, Engineer-in-Chief's
Branch, Army Headquarters (Major General: October 1987 to September
1990): This is the highest and most prestigious management assignment
in the Corps of Engineers. Major assignments were: |
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Training of Officers and other Ranks of Corps of
Engineers: was responsible for formulating and laying
down training policies, organizing and finalizing training
syllabi for all the centres, monitoring training and evaluating
training standards for Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers
and Other Ranks for the Corps of Engineers which has a
strength of approximately 75,000. |
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Training of Establishments: Responsible for conducting
and monitoring functioning of all the Training Establishments
of the Corps viz. College of Military Engineering and
the three Training Centers at Roorkee, Pune and Bangalore |
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Organization: Responsible for involving new organizations
in the Corps of Engineers, revising, updating and evaluating
the cost-effectiveness of the existing ones for maximum
pay offs. |
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Sports and Adventure Activities: Responsible
for developing & organizing sports and adventure activities
in the Corps, e.g. Around the World Sailing Cruise, Expedition
to South Pole and Mountaineering Expeditions. |
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| 1986-87 |
Deputy Military Secretary and Additional Military
Secretary, Military Secretary's Branch, Army Headquarters (Brigadier:
February 1986 to September 1987): Personnel Management.
As Deputy Military Secretary, was responsible for Personnel
Management of about 4000 Officers of the Corps of Engineers.
This included placements, promotions, courses and career development
of Officers. As Additional Military Secretary, carried out same
functions for about 35,000 Officers of Indian Army. |
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| 1983-86 |
Chief Engineer, Siliguri Zone (Brigadier: August
1983 to February 1986): was responsible for planning, execution
and supervision of all construction works and maintenance of
Army and Indian Air Force in entire North Bengal, Sikkim and
part of Bihar. |
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| 1981-83 |
Commander, Engineer Brigade (April 1981 to July
1983): As part of a Field Formation, number of Engineer Regiments
and Services Units were part of the Brigade. |
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| 1979-81 |
Director Management Studies, Army Headquarters
(Col: July 1979 to March 1981): Human and Resources Management:
headed the organization created by the Army. The assignment
involved epitomizing human resources management (effect manpower
savings), improve inventory management and eliminate wasteful
costs and effect overall cost-effectiveness in various Subsystems.
Consequently a large number of improvements were effected. |
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| 1977-79 |
General Staff Officer Grade I, Work Study Directorate,
Army Headquarters (Lt. Col: December 1977 to June 1979): As
Team Leader, was responsible to organize, plan and conduct detailed
study of a number of major problem areas within the Army. The
requirement was to improve the cost-effectiveness in the field
of resources management, inventory control, manpower savings
and personnel management. During this period, I carried out
six major studies and a number of minor studies. |
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| 1971-73 |
Commanding Office, Regiment, Field Area (Lt Col:
March 1971 to November 1973): Commanded the Regiment during
1971 Indo-Pak War, in the famous Shakargarh Sector. Immediately
after 1971 Indo-Pak War, was responsible for planning, execution
and supervision of a very large number of RCC field fortification
and ditch-cum-bunds of the borders. |
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| 1966-68 |
Senior Instructor, College of Military Engineering,
Pune (Maj: March 1966 to May 1968): was responsible for planning,
conducting various courses and imparting instructions to officers
and other ranks. |
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| 1963-66 |
Commanded a field company of Engineer in Nathula
Area (Sikkim), North Bengal and during 1956 Indo-Pak War. |
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| 1960-62 |
Adjutant and Training in Charge of Recruitment
in Bombay Engineer Group and Centre, Kirkee. |
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| 1959-60 |
Platoon Commander (Lt: December 1959 to July 1960):
was Officer-in-Charge of the very first Army construction at
Leh (Ladakh) during 1959. The building construction was done
at an altitude of over 10,000 feet. |
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| 1955-57 |
Platoon Commander in a Field Unit in Jammu &
Kashmir |
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| 1952-54 |
Commissioned in Corps of Engineers - December
4, 1954, after two years Training at National Defence Academy
(Military Wing). |
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| During Student Days |
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Participated in Freedom Struggle as a Student |
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| Nature
of Work & Special Interest |
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| Description/ Nature of Work |
At Present holding the charge of Union Minister,
Road Transport & National Highways |
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| Noteworthy Special Work/ Interest | Environment
& Forest,
Defence,
Social Work
Population Control
Prohibition
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Cultural Heritage of India | |
| Membership
of Professional Bodies/ Other Affiliations |
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| Patron, Parvatiya Sanskriti Parishad, Dehradun, 1900-93; |
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| Managing "Chandra Ballabh Trust", an Educational Trust started
in Garhwal by my grandfather with amount of Rs. 80,000/- in 1917. | |
| Awards |
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| For the distinguished service and meritorious performance in the Army,
was Conferred ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL (AVSM) on 26th January 1982 by
the President of India | |
