Vishwajeet Kadam

Vishwajeet Kadam (born 13 January 1980) is a politician from the Indian state of Maharashtra.^[1] He is the son of former congress leader Patangrao Kadam,^[2] and was born and brought up in Pune. He is a MLA from Palus-Kadegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[3]

Dr. Vishwajeet Kadam


Minister of State Government of Maharashtra
In office 30 December 2019 – 29 June 2022
Minister	Co-operation Agriculture Social Justice Food, Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Minority Development and Aukaf Marathi Language. Finance Additional charge on 27 June 2022 Planning Additional charge on 27 June 2022 Skill Development And Entrepreneurship Additional charge on 27 June 2022 Marketing Additional charge on 27 June 2022 Public Health and Family Welfare Additional charge on 27 June 2022
Governor	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Chief Minister	Uddhav Thackeray
Deputy CM	Ajit Pawar
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2018
Preceded by	Patangrao Kadam
Constituency	Palus-Kadegaon

Personal details
Born	(1980-01-13) 13 January 1980 (age 43) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Parent	Patangrao Kadam
Residence	Pune
Website	https://vishwajeetkadam.in

Early life and education Edit

Kadam has a B.E., MBA, PhD in Management and has also completed Management and Leadership in Education from Howard University.^{[citation needed]}

Some know him as the Working President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. Others know him as a Member of the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) and many more know him as the Secretary of Bharati Vidyapeeth.

His secular ideology, passion for development, noteworthy social work and qualifications earned him a ticket as the Congress candidate for 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election & he won election by huge margin of 1,50,866 votes from Palus-Kadegaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[4]

^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (31 December 2019). "Congress leaders from western Maharashtra under-represented". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ Team, DNA Web (10 March 2018). "Patangrao Kadam passes away: Here's all you need to know about a politician and educationalist". DNA India. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Vishwajeet Kadam is Congress candidate for Pune LS seat". The Indian Express. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ Taneja, Nidhi (27 May 2018). "Maharashtra: Congress' Vishwajeet Kadam elected unopposed as BJP opts out in Palus-Kadegaon bypolls". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.