V. Satish

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V Satish
Satish Velankar
Born (1957-05-23) 23 May 1957 (age 67)
NationalityIndian
OccupationPolitician
OfficeNational Organiser
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Website www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers

V Satish (Satish Velankar) is the Indian politician and the National Organiser of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] Currently he is in-charge of West-Zone (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra) and Andhra Pradesh, Bharitya Janata Party. [2] He is Full-time Worker, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and has been the senior functionary for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. [3]

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Early life and education

Born in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on 23 June 1954. [4] He hails from Parbhani in Maharashtra. He completed BA in 1973 from Shri Shivaji College, Parbhani and completed MA in Sociology in 1975 from Mumbai University. He also completed a diploma in Journalism in 1974 from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. [5] His father, Narayanrao Welankar was a lifelong social worker and a former full-time worker (Pracharak) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Career

Satish was a full-time worker of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad from 1975 to 1998 in the northeastern states of India before transitioning to the BJP Assam Unit. He held the position of Zonal Organizing Secretary for ABVP within the North East Zone. Since 1998 he played various important roles in Bharatiya Janata Party. He worked in North Eastern, Southern and Western states of India during all these years. He has been working from BJP's Delhi headquarter since 2020.

At present, he serves as the National Organizer for the BJP under the leadership of J. P. Nadda. [6] [7] [8] [9] Also, he serves as a chief coordinator of the Party's training committee. [10] Previously, he held the role of Joint National General Secretary (Organization). [1]

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Preceded by
Saudan Singh
Joint National General Secretary (Organisation) of Bhartiya Janta Party
2010—2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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National Organiser of Bhartiya Janta Party
2019—present