Suresh Kalmadi
| Suresh Kalmadi | |
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Member of the Indian Parliament for Pune |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Anna Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Vitthal Tupe |
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In office 2004–2014 |
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| Preceded by | Pradeep Rawat |
| Succeeded by | Anil Shirole |
| Minister of State for Railways | |
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In office 1995–1996 |
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1 May 1944 Madras, Tamil Nadu |
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Indian National Congress(1977-2015) Indian Youth Congress (Socialist) (1981-1986) |
| Spouse(s) | Meera Kalmadi |
| Children | 1 Sons & 2 Daughters |
| Residence | Kalmadi House, Dr. Ketkar Road, Erandwane, Pune |
| Religion | Hindu |
| As of December 13,, 2016 Source: [Government of India] |
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Indian National Congress(1977-2015)
Squadron Leader Suresh Kalmadi (born 1 May 1944) is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress. He was a member of parliament from Pune till May 2014. He is alleged to have been involved in corrupt practices in relation to the 2010 Commonwealth Games during his tenure as president of Indian Olympic Association and chairman of Common Wealth Games 2010. He was charged with conspiracy, forgery, misconduct and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and later arrested for the same in April 2014, but as has yet not faced trial. In Dec 2016, the Indian Olympic Association(IOA) named Suresh Kalmadi as its lifetime patron. However, he was forced to decline the post because of his corrupt practices.
Kalmadi was born to Dr. K. Shamrao Kalmadi and Shanta Rao Kalmadi. He was educated at St. Vincent's High School and Fergusson College, Pune. Kalmadi joined the National Defence Academy in 1960 and was commissioned as a pilot in the Indian Air Force, serving between 1964 and 1972. He then became an instructor with the Air Force Training Team of the NDA from 1972 to 1974 before retiring from the IAF as a squadron leader.
He is married to Meera Kalmadi. The couple have two daughters and one son.
In 1977, Kalmadi became the President of the Indian Youth Congress, Pune, and the very next year took over President-ship of the Youth Congress, Maharashtra, a post he held from 1978 to 1980. In 1980, as the President of the Maharashtra Athletics Association, Kalmadi undertook the selection trials for the Marathon team to represent the country at the Moscow Olympics. This soon led to the establishment of the Pune International Marathon.
Kalmadi served as president of the Indian Youth Congress (Socialist) 1981-1986.
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three terms from 1982 to 1996, and again in 1998.
Kalmadi took over as the Chairman of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation and in 1989 started the Pune Festival.
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