Bachelor's (Hons) in Commerce, Bombay University, Mumbai; LLB; FCA, Institute of Chartered Accountants, India, New Delhi. 1995-96, Chairman, First Maharashtra State Finance Commission; 1996, elected to Lok Sabha; 1998, re-elected to Lok Sabha; 1998-99, Union Cabinet Minister, Environment and Forests; 1999, re-elected Lok Sabha; 1999-2000, Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers; 2000-02, Union Cabinet Minister, Power and 2002, also Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 2002-04, Chairman, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers; 2004, re-elected to Lok Sabha. Member: Committee on External Affairs; Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry Of Civil Aviation