M K Pandhe

Born on July 11, 1925 at Pune, Maharashtra

 

M.A (Pune University), Ph.D from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.

 

Joined the Communist Party in 1943

 

Secretary Solapur Students Union (1943)

 

Went Underground during 1948-51 for 27 months

 

Elected Secretary Solapur City Committee of CPI

 

Elected Secretary Goa Vimochan Samity, Sholapur Branch in 1955

 

Joined Central office of AITUC in 1958 and Elected Secretary in 1966

 

In-charge Parliamentary Party office from 1964 to 1969

 

Went underground for 14 months during 1965-66

 

Coopted into the underground CC after arrest of leadership

 

Elected Secretary CITU in 1970

 

Elected to the Central Committee in 1978 At the Jalandhar Congress

 

Elected CITU General Secretary in 1990

 

Elected to the Polit Bureau in 1998 at the Kolkata Congress

 

Elected President of CITU in 1999

 

Currently Member Polit Bureau, President CITU, President All India Coal Workers Federation, Co-President International Energy and Miners Organisation, Member Joint Committees in Steel, Coal, BHEL, BEL and Port and Docks, Member, National Shipping Board, Member, National Maritime Board.