# Vandana Chavan

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{{short description|Indian politician and advocate|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Vandana Hemant Chavan
| image           = Vandana Chavan.jpg
| caption         = Vandana Chavan
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1961|07|06|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Pune](/source/Pune), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra), [India](/source/India)
| death_date      =
| death_place     = 
| office          = [Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha](/source/Rajya_Sabha)
| constituency    = [Maharashtra](/source/Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra)
| president       = [Ram Nath Kovind](/source/Ram_Nath_Kovind)
| 1blankname      = Chairman
| 1namedata       = [Venkaiah Naidu](/source/Venkaiah_Naidu)
| term_start      = 3 April 2012
| term_end        = 2 April 2024
| predecessor     = 
| successor       = 
| office1         = [Panel of Vice-Chairman Rajya Sabha](/source/Rajya_Sabha)
| term_start1     = 18 September 2020
| term_end1       = 2 April 2024
| president1      = [Ram Nath Kovind](/source/Ram_Nath_Kovind)
| prime_minister1 = [Narendra Modi](/source/Narendra_Modi)
| 1blankname1     = Chairman
| 1namedata1      = [Venkaiah Naidu](/source/Venkaiah_Naidu)
| predecessor1    = 
| successor1      = 
| office2         = [Mayor of Pune](/source/Mayor_of_Pune)
| term_start2     = 1997
| term_end2       = 1998
| party           = [Nationalist Congress Party](/source/Nationalist_Congress_Party)
| website         = [http://www.vandanachavan.in/ Official website]
| spouse          = Hemant Chavan
| children        = Two daughters - Divya and Priyanka. 
}}

'''Vandana Hemant Chavan''' (born 6 July 1961), is an Indian politician and advocate. She was a member of the [Parliament of India](/source/Parliament_of_India), representing [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) in the [Rajya Sabha](/source/Rajya_Sabha) (Upper House of the Indian Parliament). She is from the [Nationalist Congress Party](/source/Nationalist_Congress_Party) (NCP) and has been a member of Parliament from 2012 till 2024.<ref>https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2210 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Vandana Chavan was born in [Pune](/source/Pune), where she spent her early childhood. Her father, the late Vijayarao Mohite was a veteran lawyer and her mother Jayashree Mohite retired as a part-time lecturer in law. She is married to Hemant Chavan, a prominent lawyer. Her sister Vinita Kamte was married to the late [Ashok Kamte](/source/Ashok_Kamte), a martyr in the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Her other sister, Justice Revati Mohite-Dere is a distinguished lawyer who was subsequently elevated as a judge of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court.

==Political career==
She was elected mayor of Pune for the period of March 1997 – 1998. In that period she was Vice-Chairperson of All India Council of Mayors and also she was Chairperson of Maharashtra State Mayor, President and Councillors Organisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punediary.com/html/vandana_chavan.html|title=Ex Mayor of Pune Advocate MRS. Vandana H. Chavan Profile in Pune City|access-date=19 May 2012|archive-date=6 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106022401/http://www.punediary.com/html/vandana_chavan.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  As mayor, she incorporated the concept of the Bio Diversity Park (BDP) into the development plan of the fringe villages, amid resistance from within and outside her party. [Suresh Kalmadi](/source/Suresh_Kalmadi) who initially mentored her and gave her a break in politics, Chavan preferred to shift to the NCP.

== Books published ==
# Law of Cruelty, Abetment of Suicide and Dowry Death (Co-author), 1993. 
# Green India-Clean India, Swapna Udyachi-Sundar Jagachi (a reference book in Marathi on climate change), 2011.<ref>https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2210 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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