Bharati Pravin Pawar is an Indian politician. She served as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare of India from 7 July 2021 to 11 June 2024 and Minister of State for Tribal Affairs from 7 December 2023 to 11 June 2024. She was elected to the 17th

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, lower house of the

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from Dindori Loksabha Constituency,

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in the

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as member of the

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. She has been awarded Best Woman Parliamentarian in December 2019 - by Lokmat Media Group.

Early life

Bharti Pawar was born on 13 September 1978 in Narul-Kalwan,

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region of

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. She is married to Pravin Pawar. She is the daughter in law of former minister Arjun Tulshiram Pawar.

Education

Pawar earned

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in 2002 from N.D.M.V.P's Medical College, Nashik.

Political career

Bharti started her career as a Member of Zilla Parishad. She contested Lok Sabha election in 2014 as a

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candidate and was defeated by

candidate. She requested candidacy again in 2019 but her request was declined by

. She joined the BJP in 2019. She won the election after joining

. Her father-in-law was 8 time MLA from same region and served as minister of state for tribal welfare in the First Deshmukh ministry of

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Positions Held

*Member, Zilla Parishad (2012 - 2019) * Member of Parliament,

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(2019 - incumbent) *Member, Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare (2019 - incumbent) *Member, Committee on Petitions (2019 - incumbent) *Member, Consultative Committee,

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(2019 - incumbent) *Minister of State in the

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(July 2021 - incumbent) She became

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from Nashik region after 59 years. She is also the first female union minister from

Awards

* Best Woman Parliamentarian (2019) - by Lokmat Media Group

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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