Nitin Gadkari[/caption]
Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, and Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (May 2019 – Present): Nitin Gadkari
Date of Birth: May 27, 1957 Place of Birth: Nagpur, Maharashtra Parents: His mother is Bhanutai Gadkari and father is Jairam Gadkari. Spouse: His wife is Kanchan Gadkari. They have 3 children – daughter Ketki and sons Nikhil and Sarang. Political Party: Gadkari is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As a teenager, he worked for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha as well as the student union of BJP – Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Education: Gadkari did his M.Com (Master of Commerce) and LLB (Bachelor of Law) from the University of Nagpur. Career: Apart from his career as a politician, Gadkari has also built a number of companies that may be enumerated as below with his position in them in parentheses:- Poly Sack Industrial Society Ltd (founder and chairman)
- Empress Employees Co-operative Paper Mills Ltd (founder and chairman)
- Nikhil Furniture and Appliances Pvt. Ltd (promoter and director)
- Purti Power and Sugar Ltd (promoter)
- Antyodaya Trust (founder and member)
- President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra State
- Leader of Opposition, Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Member of Legislative Council, Maharashtra State
- Elected to the Legislative Council of Maharashtra in 1989 from Graduates constituency, Nagpur Region
- Re-elected as MLC in the year 1990
- Re-elected as MLC in the year 1996 and elected unopposed in 2002
- Member of the High-Power Committee for Privatisation, Government of Maharashtra
- Chairman, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, India
- Guardian Minister for Nagpur District, Government of Maharashtra
- Chairman, Mining Policy Implementation Committee, Government of Maharashtra
- Chairman, Metropolis Beautification Committee, Government of Maharashtra
- Chairman National Rural Road Development Committee
- Chairman, Review Committee of CPWD, Government of India
