Vandana Hemant Chavan is also known as Vandana Chavan. She was appointed to the Rajya Sabha as a Nationalist Congress Party of India. Vandana became a representative of NCP in 2012 for Maharashtra. In 1997, she was appointed the mayor of Pune as Vice-Chairperson of the All India Council of Mayors. In this blog we are going to tell you the Vandana Chavan, so read this full blog to get the complete information.
Vandana was also the Chairperson of Maharashtra State Mayor, President of the Councilors Organization.
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Political Interesting Incidents
Vandana Chavan served as a Mayor of Pune from 1997-1998 and started Literacy Drive, SMILE (Savitri Marketing Institution for Ladies Empowerment), ALERT (Association for Learning, Education, Research and Training) for women.
It has been regulating Mahila Sahitya and Sanskriti Sammelan since 1999.
Vandana Chavan: An Author
Vandana is also a well-established author, known for her books published in English.
Some of her books:
- Law of Cruelty
- Abetment of Suicide
- Dowry Death
She even published books in the Marathi language, which are:
- Green India-Clean India
- Swapna Udyachi-Sundar Jagachi
Political Career and Duties
2018: Vandana was re-elected to Rajya Sabha for a second term and won. She is presently serving her duty as a minister on the Committee on Human Resource Development.
2017: She became a member of the Railway Convention Committee and served her duties. In the same year, she also served as a member of Rajya Sabha to the Committee on Provision of Computers.
Apart from these duties, Vandana also became a member of the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha for Motor Vehicles Amendment and also worked on the General Purposes Committee.
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Awards and Achievements
- Vandana Chavan was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for robust and satisfactory duty in the Field of Environment by Rotary Club, Kothrud.
- She received Vocational Excellence Award from Rotary Club, Ganesh khind, while she was serving her duties in the years from 1995-96 for social work.
- In 1996, Vandana Chavan won the Ideal Woman Counselor Award by Yuva bharati.
- In the same year, she even won the Efficient Counselor Award by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Pune.
- In 2003-04, she won the Ahilya bai Holkar Puraskar award by the Government of Maharashtra.
- In 2010, Vandana received the Vocational and Service Excellence Award by Rotary Club, Pune Riverside.
- In the same year, she also won the Green Ambassador Award from Trisha kti Foundation.
Conclusion
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