Vinay Dinu Tendulkar information

Vinay Dinu Tendulkar
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha
In office 31 July 2017 – 28 July 2023
Preceded by	Shantaram Naik
Succeeded by	Sadanand Tanavade
Constituency	Goa
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa
In office 2012–2020
Preceded by	Laxmikant Parsekar
Succeeded by	Sadanand Tanavade
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office 1999–2007
Preceded by	Vishnu Prabhu
Succeeded by	Anil Salgaocar
Constituency	Sanvordem
Personal details
Born	(1961-09-25) 25 September 1961 (age 62) Khandepar, Goa, Portuguese India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Vibha V. Tendulkar
Children	1
Alma mater	Mysore University, Karnataka

Vinay Dinu Tendulkar (born 25 September 1961) is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Goa from 2017 to 2023. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and has been the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa from 2012 to 2020, for two consecutive terms.

Currently, he is a member of the Rubber Board committee and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.^[1] He is a member of the Transport, Tourism and Culture committee, prior to which he made substantial contribution towards forest development and protection in 2002 when he was the Forest Minister of Goa, as a part of Manohar Parrikar's Cabinet, the then Chief Minister of Goa. He was also a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from March 1999 to June 2007. He was the vice chairman of the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation from 2000 to 2004.^[2]