Ajit Jogi

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name = Ajit jogi


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birth_date =29 April 1946
birth_place = Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
residence =Raipur
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office = MP
constituency = Mahasamund
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party =INC
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spouse = Renu Jogi
children = 1 son
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date = September 25
year = 2006
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3864

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successor = Raman Singh
party = Congress (I)
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Ajit Jogi (born 29 April, 1946) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mahasamund constituency of Chattisgarh and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.

He was the first intlink|Chief Minister of intlink|Chhattisgarh between intlink|2000 and intlink|2003. Dainik Bhaskar Raipur edition was the first to carry a report on his governance. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] Despite having suffered a severe intlink|spinal cord injury while campaigning during the intlink|2004 Lok Sabha elections, he is presently the only elected Congress Member of Parliament from Chhattisgarh (intlink|Mahasamund). He studied Mechanical Engineering at the intlink|Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, winning the University Gold Medal in intlink|1968. After having worked briefly as a lecturer at the intlink|Govt. Engineering College, Raipur, he took the nationwide examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and was selected for the intlink|Indian Police Service (IPS, 1968-70) and intlink|Indian Administrative Service (IAS, 1970-86). He holds the all-India Record for the longest serving intlink|District Magistrate & Collector (13 years), having served as collector of Sidhi, Shahdol, Raipur and Indore. At the behest of the then Prime Minister Late Mr intlink|Rajiv Gandhi, he resigned to take the plunge into politics and become Member of the intlink|Rajya Sabha (India's Upper House), where he served two terms (1986-92, 92-98). In intlink|1998, he won the intlink|Raigarh seat after defeating the intlink|BJP state president and entered the intlink|Lok Sabha for the first time. He was the Congress Party's intlink|Chief Spokesperson and intlink|Whip- positions he held till he was elected Chief Minister of the newly created state of Chhattisgarh on November 1, intlink|2000. He has served and headed several Parliamentary Committees, the SC, ST and OBC Department of the AICC and been President of the intlink|Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee, apart from being on the Board of such prestigious educational institutions as the Council for intlink|IITs, intlink|IIM (Lucknow), intlink|EDCIL, intlink|St Stephen's College & Hospital, intlink|Christian Medical Colleges (Vellore and Ludhiana), intlink|Lawrence Schools (Lovedale and Sanawar) etc. Jogi also holds the record for having won both the Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha elections with the highest margin in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Positions held

*1986-87 Member, All India Congress Committee (AICC) on welfare of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
*intlink|1986-intlink|1998 Member, intlink|Rajya Sabha (2 terms)
*intlink|1987-intlink|1989 General secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee, intlink|Madhya Pradesh Also, member of committees on Public Undertakings, Industries and Railways.
*intlink|1989 Central Observer of the Indian National Congress for elections to intlink|Lok Sabha from constituencies in intlink|Manipur.
*intlink|1995 Central Observer of the Indian National Congress for elections to intlink|Sikkim Assembly.
*1995-96 Chairman of intlink|Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology and Environment and Forests
*intlink|1996 Member, Core group, AICC Parliamentary elections (Lok Sabha)
*intlink|1997 Observer, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee Elections. Member, AICC. Member of committees on Transport and Tourism, Rural and Urban Development, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Coal, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy, intlink|Public Accounts Committee, Convenor, Sub-Committee on Indirect Taxes, intlink|Panel of Vice-Chairpersons, Rajya Sabha
*intlink|1998 Elected to 12th intlink|Lok Sabha
*1998-intlink|2000 Spokesman, AICC, Whip, intlink|Congress Parliamentary Party, Working President, intlink|Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
*1998-99 Member, Committee on intlink|Human Resouce Development and its Sub-Committee-II on intlink|Medical Education, Consultative Committee, intlink|Ministry of Coal
*intlink|2000-intlink|2003 Chief minister of intlink|Chattisgarh
*- intlink|Member of Parliament (intlink|Lok Sabha)
* 2004- Member, intlink|Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Home Affairs
* 2004- Member, intlink|Congress Working Committee (CWC)
* 2005 Chairman, AICC Central Election Committee for intlink|Arunachal Pradesh VS election
* 2006 Co-chairman, AICC Central Election Committee for intlink|West Bengal VS election
* 2006- Chairman, intlink|ST Department, AICC

Books

* "The Role of District Collector" (intlink|LBNAA)
* "Administration of Peripheral Areas" (LBNAA)
* "Drishtikon: An anthology of articles written for Dainik Bhaskar" (1997-99) (Rajkamal)
* "Sadi ke mod par" (intlink|Rajkamal Publications, Delhi)
* "Phoolkunwar" (Rajkamal)
* "Mor Madar ke tha