Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Senate Member, Bhavnagar University, 2003-2007; Member, State Executive Committee, A.B.V.P.; Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Palitana, 1994-96; Taluka President, B.J.P., Palitana, 1998-2003; campaigned for girls' education by undertaking 123 km long “Kanya Kelavni Jyot Padyatra” which connected 45 educationally backward villages in Palitana taluka in 2005; organised 127 km long padyatra connecting 52 villages of Gariyadhar province in Palitana taluka, under the banner of “Beti Bachao, Beti Bhanavo, Vyasan Hatavo” in 2007; Deputy In-charge, Pradesh Sangathan Parv, 2009; as the Chairman, Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation Ltd., accorded importance to the farm mechanization, market for farmers and value addition; started biogas campaign to cater to the needs of domestic fuel and fertilizer; encouraged the farmers by organizing Mango festival and Kharek festival to enable them to get direct access to market for their produce and to remove mediators; In-charge, Pradesh Sangathan Parv, 2014; has given speech at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), New York on the topic of "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"; Gujarat State General Secretary, B.J.P. since 2014

Indian politician