Shri Shivraj V. Patil

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Widely travelled (41 countries); Leader, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to, (i) 86th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Santiago, Chile, 1991; (ii) 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nassau, Bahamas, 1992; (iii) 39th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Cyprus, 1993; (iv) 90th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1993; (v) 40th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Banff, Canada, 1994; (vi) 41st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995; (vii) 94th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 1995; and (viii) Special Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Council on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations, New York, 1995; and attended Conference of SAARC Speakers, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1992; also led Indian Parliamentary Delegations to several countries, 1991-95

During the tenure of his Speakership of Lok Sabha, India had the privilege of hosting in New Delhi as many as four major International Parliamentary Conferences, viz. (i) 37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, September 1991; (ii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, April 1993; (iii) Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, January 1994; and (iv) First Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians, July 1995; he took initiative and formulated the scheme for creating seventeen Departmentally Related Standing Committees of Parliament which were formally inaugurated on 31 March 1993; gave a new thrust to the ongoing computerisation and modernisation of Lok Sabha Secretariat, especially the information service to the members and they were provided with computers to get instant and up-to-date information on a wide range of activities; initiated and got started the construction of a modern ‘Parliament Library Building’ to cater to the information needs of the members; another initiative undertaken by him was the starting of televising of parliamentary proceedings in the first instance and later live telecast of Lok Sabha proceedings since 25 August 1994 within a range of 15 km. from Parliament House, besides the live telecast of the Question Hour of both the Houses of Parliament on alternate weeks throughout India; got set up a modernised state-of-the-art studio for televising parliamentary proceedings through robotic cameras; took personal interest by conceptualising and directing six films on parliamentary practice and procedures produced by the Lok Sabha Secretariat; took initiative in starting fellowship awards by the Lok Sabha Secretariat to the researchers conducting studies on subjects related to parliamentary institutions; Vice-President, CSIR, 1983-86

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