Vandana Chavan

Indian politician and advocate

Vandana Hemant Chavan
Vandana Chavan

Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Chairman	Venkaiah Naidu
Constituency	Maharashtra
Panel of Vice-Chairman Rajya Sabha
In office 18 September 2020 – 2 April 2024
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chairman	Venkaiah Naidu
Deputy Chairman	Harivansh Narayan Singh

Personal details
Born	(1961-07-06) 6 July 1961 (age 62) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party
Spouse	Hemant Chavan
Children	Two daughters - Divya and Priyanka.
Residence(s)	City - Pune, State - Maharashtra, Country - India
Website	Official website

Vandana Hemant Chavan (born 6 July 1961), is an Indian politician and advocate. She is a member of the Parliament of India, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament). She is from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and has been a member of Parliament since 2012.^[1]

Early life

Vandana Chavan was born in Pune, where she spent her early childhood. Her father, the late Vijayarao Mohite was a veteran lawyer and her mother Jayashree Mohite retired as a part-time lecturer in law. She is married to Hemant Chavan, a prominent lawyer. Her sister Vinita Kamte was married to the late Ashok Kamte, a martyr in the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Her other sister, Justice Revati Mohite-Dere is a distinguished lawyer who was subsequently elevated as a judge of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court.

Political career

She was elected mayor of Pune for the period of March 1997 – 1998. In that period she was Vice-Chairperson of All India Council of Mayors and also she was Chairperson of Maharashtra State Mayor, President and Councillors Organisation.^[2] As mayor, she incorporated the concept of the Bio Diversity Park (BDP) into the development plan of the fringe villages, amid resistance from within and outside her party. Suresh Kalmadi who initially mentored her and gave her a break in politics, Chavan preferred to shift to the NCP.

Books published

Law of Cruelty, Abetment of Suicide and Dowry Death (Co-author), 1993.
Green India-Clean India, Swapna Udyachi-Sundar Jagachi (a reference book in Marathi on climate change), 2011.^[3]

References

^ https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2210 ^{[dead link]}
^ "Ex Mayor of Pune Advocate MRS. Vandana H. Chavan Profile in Pune City".
^ https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2210 ^{[dead link]}