Father's Name	Shri Sambhaji Rao Shinde
Mother’s Name	Smt. Sakhu Bai
Date of Birth	4 September 1941
Place of Birth	Solapur (Maharashtra)
Marital Status	Married
Date of Marriage	1 May 1970
Spouse’s Name	Smt. Ujwala S. Shinde
No. of Daughters	Three
Educational Qualifications	B.A. (Hons.), LL.B. Educated at Dayanand College, Solapur and Shivaji University Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
Profession	Agriculturist, Lawyer, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address	(i)   19, Ashok Nagar, Jai-Jui, Vijapur Road, Solapur-413 004 (Maharashtra) Tels. (0217) 311039, 312512
	(ii)  72, Dinath Court Sir Pochkhanwala Road, Worli, Mumbai-400 050 (Maharashtra)
Present Address	80, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110 003 Tel. (011) 4645033 Fax. (011) 4640979
Positions Held	Member, Congress Working Committee
1974-92	Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly   (five terms) Cabinet Minister, held important portfolios—Finance, Planning, Industry, Urban Development, Youth and Social Welfare, Sports, Transport, Health and Labour.
1990-91	President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Maharashtra
1992-96	General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)]
1992-98	Member, Rajya Sabha Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Committee on Rules Member, Committee on Defence Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1996-97	President, P.C.C., Maharashtra
1998	Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
Feb. 1999 onwards	General-Secretary, A.I.C.C.
1998-99	Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Member, Committee on External Affairs
2000 onwards	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology
Books Published	(i) Vichar Ved (in Marathi); and (ii) Vichar Manthan (in Hindi)
Social and Cultural Activities	Convenor, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
Countries Visited	Widely travelled (over 20 countries); Member,  (i) Indian Delegation led by the then Prime Minister of India to the UNO, New York, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary; (ii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the then President of India to Romania and Bulgaria; (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the then Speaker, Lok Sabha,  to Israel; (iv) Indian Delegation to the Conference of International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 1979; and (v) Indian Delegation to UNO, New York, 1997; Attended and addressed (i) the Indo-American Unity Convention, California, 1992; and (ii) the Annual Conference of the  Labour Party of England, Brighton, 1993
Other Information	Recipient of National Citizen’s Award 1993 and 1994 for his Contribution in the field of Parliamentary Procedure and putting up maximum number of Questions; As Finance Minister of Maharashtra, presented nine successive budgets; worked at Session Court of Solapur, 1957-65; and Served as Sub-Inspector of Police C.I.D. (Intelligence), Mumbai for Six years; though belongs to Reserved Category, Contested and won from General seat during 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Elections with a margin of over one lakh four thousand and seventy seven thousand votes, respectively