BEng (Hons) and MSc, University of California, Berkeley. 1991-96, Member, Tenth Lok Sabha; 1996-97, Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha; Deputy Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP); 1996-98, Secretary, CPP; 1998-99, Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha; 2000-01, Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee; 2002, elected to Rajya Sabha; 2002-04, Member, Committee on Finance and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence; since 2004, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Expertise: research in computerization of Indian languages. Interests: cricket, tennis, badminton, table tennis, chess, golf, reading.