C. P. Joshi

C P Joshi
C. P. Joshi in 2010
Minister of Railways
In office 11 May 2013 – 16 June 2013
President	Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Pawan Kumar Bansal
In office 22 September 2012 – 28 October 2012
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Pawan Kumar Bansal
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
In office 19 January 2011 – 16 June 2013
Preceded by	Kamal Nath
Succeeded by	Oscar Fernandes
Minister of Panchayati Raj
In office 22 May 2009 – 18 January 2011
Preceded by	Mani Shankar Aiyar
Succeeded by	Vilasrao Deshmukh
Member of the India Parliament Bhilwara
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Vijayendrapal Singh
Succeeded by	Subhash Chandra Baheria
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-29) 29 July 1950 Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Professor of Psychology

C. P. Joshi (born 29 July 1950) is an Indian Politician. He was the Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jaipur(Rural) seat. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on 22 May 2009, despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha. He is the former minister of Road Transport and Highways and Railway. He is a member of the Indian National Congress.

Educational background

Joshi completed his Primary and Higher Secondary education at his birthplace Nathdwara, Rajasthan. He finished his graduation from M. B. College Udaipur with a B.A. in Law, and completed his Masters in Physics. He also completed his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology. He began his academic career as a lecturer at the M. B. College, Udaipur. Before entering full time politics, Joshi was a Professor of Psychology at Udaipur's Mohanlal Sukhadia University, with a specialisation in Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

Political career

Mohan Lal Sukhadia, founder of modern Mewar, recognised Joshi's social commitments and encouraged him to actively participate in politics. Thereafter he was

• Elected as Student's Union President for Mohanlal Sukhadia University in 1973.
• Elected MLA from Nathdwara Assembly (1980 and 1985, 1998 and 2003).
• He worked very hard for Nathadwara and addressed various issues like Lack of Education, Roads, Animal food.
• In 1998 he got the honour to become the Cabinet Minister for the state handling key portfolios like Panchayti Raj, Education, Rural Development, Public Health Engineering, Policy Planning, and Information Technology. He gave a new direction to the significant departments of Abhiyantrik Yojna, Panchayti Raj and Education and made his distinguished presence in these fields.
• In 2003, as an opposition MLA, he was appointed President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. In a few months he brought the state unit together to win the 2008 assembly elections, only to lose his own seat. He was second one in the Indian election history to lose an assembly election by one vote. The first candidate to lose from one vote was A. R. Krishnamurthy against R. Dhruvanarayana at the Santhemarahalli constituency of Karnataka during 2004 assembly elections. R. Dhruvanarayana is currently the Member of Parliament in 15th Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar constituency, who defeated the same opponent A. R. Krishnamurthy in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.
• In 2012, after Mamata Banerjee went out of UPA and Mukul Roy resigned as Railways Minister, CP Joshi got extra charge of Railways Ministry.
• In 2013, after Pawan Kumar Bansal resigned as Railways Minister, CP Joshi got extra charge of Railways Ministry.

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