Father's Name	Shri Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik
Date of Birth	27 September 1959
Place of Birth	New Delhi
Marital Status	Unmarried
Educational Qualifications	M.A., M.B.A. Educated at Mount Carmel Convent, SFS High School, Hislop College and Department of Business Management, Nagpur University, Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Profession	Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address	Opposite Bus Depot, Buldana-443001 (Maharashtra) Tel. (07262) 44120
Present Address	13, South Avenue, New Delhi - 110011 Tel. (011) 3792566
Positions Held
1984-85	Treasurer, National Students' Union of India (N.S.U.I.)
1984	Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
1985-86	Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1985-88	President, N.S.U.I.
1988-90	President, Indian Youth Congress (Indira)
1991	Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1993-96	Minister of State, Human Resource Development (Department of Youth Affairs and Sports) and Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term) Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
1998-99	Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Food technology Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Special Interests	Agriculture, law, industry, labour, education and upliftment of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Favourite Pastime and Recreation	Reading and travelling
Sports and Clubs	Cricket and athletics
Countries Visited	Widely travelled; attended 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow, 1985; Member, Delegation to the United Nations 42nd General Assembly Session, 1987; and 10th Anniversary Celebrations of Sandinista Front, Nicaragua, 1987; Leader (i) Indian Delegation to the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students at Pyongyong, D.P.R. Korea; and (ii) Youth Delegation to the Closing Ceremony of the Festival of India in USSR, 1987; attended (i) the inaugural function of the Festival of India in U.S.S.R., 1987; and (ii) Conservative Party Annual Conference, U.K., 1988
Other Information	Senate Member, Nagpur University; Member, Board of Visitors, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur; Vice-President, Hislop College Students' Council, 1981; General-Secretary, Nagpur University Students' Council, 1981-82; Member (i) National Youth Advisory Board, 1988-89; (ii) Board of Governors, Nehru Yuwak Kendra; (iii) National Advisory Committee for Festival of India in Germany; and (iv) Indian Delegation for International Conference on Youth Tourism