Vinay Kore

Vinay Kore - Leader of Jan Surajya Shakti (http://www.jansurajyashakti.org) Party of Warananagar, Maharashtra, India. Born in Sangli, on October 4th, 1971, Vinay Kore was chosen to take the reins of Warna Complex, from where he started an unprecedented progress in evolution of this already famous co-operative in Asia Fact|date=May 2007. Chairman of the Warana Group of Industries & Minister of Non-Conventional Energy & Horticulture, Govt. of Maharashtra.

Vinay Kore's family is well respected in the area. In fact, his grandfather Tatyasaheb Kore is almost revered.

Tatyasaheb Kore was the first one to bring a sugar factory to the area nearly 50 years ago. Now its turnover is around Rs 250 crore.

Warana is now an engineering and agricultural town. There is the Warana dairy, an engineering college, arts and science college, pharmacy college, dental college, several schools, an agricultural goods processing cooperative society, cooperative supermarket, a fruit pulp factory, paper factory, a distillery where industrial alcohol is made -- the list is endless.

It is also where Lijjat Papad and Bournvita are made. Then there is the Wired Village Project, which links 70 villages in the area to the Internet.Its applications relate to agriculture produce, schemes, and crop technology. The residents of the also use it for educational purposes.

The project, the first in Asia, cost Rs 2.5 crore and was funded by the central (50%) and state governments (40%) The Kore family has a direct hand in all these achievements and this is the goodwill that Vinay Kore is depending on.

In fact, such is his influence in the area that the NCP did not put up a candidate against him when he contested as an independent and won from Panhala in Kolhapur district. He is aiming higher this time.Kore wants to break the Congress-NCP stranglehold in the area and he knows that if his party can win even four seats, it will be the beginning of a new era in western Maharashtra.