• 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

• Member Standing Committed, Ministry of Home Affairs
• Member, Consultative Committee on Urban Affairs
• Member, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
• Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Public Accounts Committee
• Member, Governing Body, AIIMS
• Member, Advisory Committee – DDA

EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS HELD

• Chairman, Satyawati Co-Ed. College, Delhi University
• Member, University Court
• Member Anjuman (Court) Of Jamia Millia Islamia
• Member, Univ. Court, Finance Commtt., Delhi University
• Member, Governing Body, SRCC
• Member, Governing Body, Moti Lal Nehru College
• Member, Governing Body, Laxmibai College

SOCIAL & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

• President, Lok Abhiyan
• Convener, Lottery Virodhi Aandolan
• Trustee, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Pitampura, Delhi
• Vice President, Vaish Aggarwal Educational Society
• Convener, Bijli-Paani Andolan
• Founder, Senior Citizen Federation
• Founder, Heritage India Foundation
• Convener, Citizen Forum for Commonwealth Games

SPORTS & CLUBS

• Member Roshanara Club
• Member India International Centre
• Member India Habitat Centre
• Represented University & State in Kho-Kho [1971-73]

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

• Nov. 2014 – Dec. 2014

  Chairman, Committee on Papers laid on the Table

• 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

• Detained during emergency days under the leadership of Shri J P Narain
• Installed a statue of Swami Vivekanand in Delhi University’s main campus, as a President of Swami Vivekanand Smarak Samiti.
• Exposed fake certificates racket which was then operating In Delhi University
• Countrywide campaign for a ban against lottery
• Formed Lok Abhiyan, in 1990, to create awareness about issues of public and national importance.
• Remembered till date as the dynamic Sports Minister of the Vajpayee Govt. who brought the Common Wealth Games (CWG) to India
• Revival of Chandni Chowk through heritage conservation, museums, and cultural celebrations to promote local cuisines, art forms and traditions
• Campaigns for regularization of unauthorized colonies, rights of senior citizens, Bijli-Paani Andolan and lack of facilities in Delhi villages
• Restoration of Haveli Dharampura in old Delhi, which received Asia Pacific UNESCO award for cultural heritage conservation
• National Sports Talent Search Portal to tap the budding talent in sports which otherwise goes unnoticed
• 60,000+ participation in 12 Slum Yuva Daud to encourage youths of slums to pick sports as a profession

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