Subhash Shirodkar

Shirodkar was served as the Sarpanch of the Shiroda Gram Panchayat from 1978 to 1984.[2] He was elected to the Goa, Daman, and Diu Legislative Assembly in the 1984 Assembly Elections from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[3] Shirodkar successfully contested the 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly elections from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[4] He also won the Goa Legislative Assembly elections of 1994,[5] 1999[6] and 2002[7] from the Shiroda constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.

Subhash Shirodkar lost the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Shiroda constituency to Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[8] Shirodkar contested the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Siroda constituency as the Indian National Congress party's candidate, but lost to Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[9]

Shirodkar returned to the Goa Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate by defeating Mahadev Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[10] Shirodkar quit the Indian National Congress on 16 October 2018 and resigned as the Member of the Legislative Assembly,[11] to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.[12]

Shirodkar was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa headed by Pratapsingh Rane from 1985 to 1989 and held the portfolios of Information, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services, Forests, Cooperation and Town & Country Planning.[2] He also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ravi Naik Ministry from 19 June 1991[13] to 18 May 1993 and in the Wilfred de Souza Ministry from 18 May 1993[14] to March 1994,[2] where he held the portfolios of Education, Art & Culture, Information & Technology, Sports & Youth Affairs and Inland Waterways.[15]

He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Pratapsingh Rane Ministry from 16 December 1994[16] to 29 July 1998 and [2][17] in the Wilfred de Souza Ministry from 29 July 1998[18] to 22 November 1998[19] and held the portfolios of Industries, Urban Development and Information.[20][2] From 30 November 1998[21] to 8 February 1999,[22] Shirodkar was a Cabinet Minister in the Luizinho Faleiro Ministry and held the portfolios of Public Works Department, Industries and Printing & Stationery.[23]

Shirodkar served as the Cabinet Minister in the second[24] Luizinho Faleiro from 14 September 1999[25] to 24 November 1999 and was entrusted with the portfolios of Urban Development, Education, Archives & Archaeology, Museum & Gazetteers and Official Language.[26] He was also a Cabinet Minister in the Francisco Sardinha Ministry[27] from 24 November 1999[28] to 20 October 2000[2] with the portfolios of Public Works Department, Mining[29] and Information.[30]

Shirodkar also served as the President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee.[31][32] He is a former Chairman of the All Goa Kabaddi Association[2] and the former President of the Goa Olympic Association.[33][34]

He is the Chairman[35] of the Shivgram Education Society,[36] which manages various educational institutions in Shiroda, Goa. The Shivgram Education Society manages the Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Shri Kamaxshi Devi Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Shiroda Higher Secondary School,[37][38] Shri Brahmadurga High School, School of Symbiosis[39] and the Daffodils Primary School.[36]

On 31 October 2018,[11] Shirodkar was appointed the Chairman of the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), a financial institution of the Government of Goa.[40]