Narendra Keshav Sawaikar is a politician from Goa India and a member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May ...

. He represented the South Goa seat.

Personal life

He was born on 29 December. He completed his SSCE from M.I.B.K. High School, Khandepar, Ponda. After completing his HSSCE from the Dhempe Higher Secondary School in

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, he pursued

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from the

Bombay University University of Mumbai is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. It was est ...

Sawaikar achieved a degree in

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( LL.B) from the

Goa University Goa University is a public state university headquartered in the city of Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa. The traditions of Goa University date back to the 17th century,Prôa, Miguel Pires. "Escolas Superiores" Portuguesas Antes de 1950 ...

. His wife is a teacher by profession.

Political and legal career

During college days Shri. Sawaikar was actively associated with Students Movement of Goa and had successfully led many agitations. Mr. Sawaikar also served as the Chairman of the Students' Council of

. He began his legal profession as a junior under Justice Ferdino Rebello, the former Chief Justice of

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established o ...

. He has also served as the Standing Counsel for Union of India and represented Govt. Of Goa in the High court of Bombay at Goa. He began his political career as Panchayat incharge and for 9 years worked as the General secretary of BJP South Goa, District. Later he was appointed as state secretary of BJP's Goa unit and State General Secretary of BJP Goa Pradesh. He also served as the Chairman of the Goa State Law Commission. He is actively associated with the Goa's cooperative movement and is with the Goa Bagayatdar Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Sanstha Maryadit- the state's largest cooperative society and is presently the Chairman of the said socity. since 2006, also he served as the society's Chairman. He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from South Goa seat. He contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the South Goa seat as BJP candidate. From 2014 to 2019 he was the member of the

. On 5 June 2014, he took oath as member of the

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Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawaikar, Narendra 1972 births India MPs 2014–2019 Living people Lok Sabha members from Goa Politicians from South Goa district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa