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Avinash Pandey or Pande is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He has been a Youth Congress leader and held the post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress when Shri Maninder Singh Bitta was the President. He has been a member of the Legislative Council, Maharashtra (Upper House), and was appointed chairman, of Maharashtra State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC).
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Avinash Pandey | |
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| General Secretary of the Indian National Congress for Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 24 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra |
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| Born | 26 July 1958 Nagpur |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Preeti Pande |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Delhi, Nagpur |
He unsuccessfully fought the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra in 2008, against industrialist Rahul Bajaj.[1] He was defeated by Rahul Bajaj by one vote.
He was nominated to contest in June 2010 Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He won the election.[2]
On 25 January 2022, he was appointed as the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress Incharge - Jharkhand by Congress President Sonia Gandhi.[3]
He is the Congress party's All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary InCharge - Jharkhand and a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member.
1985-89: Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1986: Member, Maharashtra State Mathadi Board Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry 1986-87: Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1987: Member, Accommodation Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Chairman, Minimum Wages Committee for Bidi Workers, Member, India's 40th year of Independence Celebration Committee 1987-88: Member, Maithilisharan Gupt Centenary Committee 1988: Member, Nagpur University Senate, Member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Celebration Committee 2006-10: Chairman, Maharashtra Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Ltd. Jul-2010: Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal Permanent Special Invitee, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development Aug. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Urban Development Sept. 2010 onwards Member, Committee on Petitions Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti for the Ministry of Panchayati Raj Member, Governing Council of the National Mission of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Member, Development Council for Sugar Industries
In Hindi: Compiled and coordinated: (i) Shabd Swar Ke Sumeru (A Book on Rashtra Kavi Pradeep), 1995 and (ii) Ek Deep Kavi Pradeep (A compilation of Memoirs of Rashtra Kavi Pradeep), 2007
Elected General Secretary, Nagpur University Students Council, 1977–78; President, (i) Maharashtra N.S.U.I. (I), 1983–1987, and (ii) Maharashtra Youth Congress, 1988–1989; Vice-president, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 2002–2005; General Secretary, (i) Indian Youth Congress (I), 1993–97 and (ii) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (I), 1998–2002; Secretary, All India Congress Committee since 2009; Chief Convener, Historic National Convention of NSUI at Nagpur, 1984; Member, Training Department A.I.C.C., 2007
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