Vijay Goel

Brief Bio

Name :

Vijay Goel

Date of Birth :

4th January 1954

Educational Qualifications :

[Hon-D.Lit.], M. Com., LL.B.

Profession :

Lawyer, Trader, Industrialist

Vocation :

Politician, Reformer, Activist, Social Worker, Educationist, Environmentalist, Historian, Writer, Photographer, Musician, Singer, Sportsman

Father :

Shri Charti Lal Goel, Taxation Lawyer Former Deputy Mayor Former Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly

Spouse :

Prof. Preeti Goel
(University of Delhi)

Children :

Vidyun Goel, Daughter
Siddhant Goel, Son

Elected to LokSabha :

11th, 12th & 13th

Positions Held in Government :

Former Union Minister of State, Government of India
Prime Minister’s Office
Planning Commission
Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Labour
Ministry of Youth & Sports Affairs
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS HELD

EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS HELD

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

SPORTS & CLUBS

POLITICAL JOURNEY

Childhood

Joined RSS

1972

Joined NSS

1972

Joined NCC

1972

Joined ABVP

1972-73

Joint Secretary, Students Union, Shriram College of Commerce -DU

1974-75

Supreme Councilor, Delhi University Students Union [DUSU]

1974-75

Treasurer, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Prarishad [ABVP]

1977-78

President, Delhi University Student’s Union [DUSU]

1977

Joined BJYM / BJP

1980-82

General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha [BJYM], Delhi

1982-84

President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha [BJYM], Delhi

1982-84

Secretary, Bhartiya Janata Party [BJP], Delhi

1986-88

All India Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha [BJYM]

1991-93

General Secretary, BJP District, Delhi Sadar

1996

Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

1998

Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1999

Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha

2001

Minister of State [MOS] – PMO & Planning Commission

2001-02

Minister of State [MOS] – Prime Minister’s Office [PMO]

2002-03

MOS-PMO & MOS-Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Jan-2003

MOS – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs & MOS – Ministry of Labour

May-2003

MOS – Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

2004

General Secretary, Bhartiya Janata Party

2007

All India General Secretary, Bhartiya Janata Party

Feb 2013 - Feb 2014

President, Delhi Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party

April 2014 - Present

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Aug 2014 - July 2016

Member, Committee on Public Accounts

Sept 2014 – Dec 2014

Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare

Dec. 2014 - July 2016

Member, Committee on Home Affairs

July 2016 - Sept. 2017

MoS (Independent Charge), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; MoS, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Sept. 2017 – Present

MoS, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; MoS, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Special Interests :

Cinema, Organizing Cultural Functions;
Study Of Forts;
Established a Toy Bank for Poor Children;
Photography: Held two photo-exhibitions;
one on Village-life and second on nature, which were inaugurated by Vice President of India and LG of Delhi respectively.

Recreation :

Music & Playing Tabla

Countries Visited :

France, Nepal, Pakistan, China, U.K. Switzerland, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Netherlands, USA, Taiwan, Spain & South Africa

Vision for Delhi

My visions for Delhi stems from these inspiring words of Swami Vivekanada. I sincerely believe that Delhi has enough number of brave, bold men and women who can make it not only one of the best cities.

My vision for Delhi is that it should be a city of opportunities where people

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