Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar, (Manohar Parrikar) is India’s 36th Defense Minister. Prior to this, he was the Chief Minister of Goa. Below we present a short biography of his.
He was born in Mapusa, Goa on December 13, 1955. He studied at Loyola High School, Margao and completed his secondary education in Marathi. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay in 1978 in Metallurgical Engineering. He was awarded by the institute with Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001.
Before being inducted into the Union Council of Ministers on November 09, 2014, he was the Chief Minister of Goa, first from 2000 to 2005 and later from March 2012 to November 2014. Manohar Parrikar is the first IIT graduate to become a Chief Minister of any Indian State.
Manohar Parrikar is credited with singlehandedly bringing the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to Goa and creating more international quality infrastructure for the event in a short time than any other former Government.
He was instrumental in initiating various social upliftment schemes like Dayanand Samajik Suraksha Yojana, which provides financial assistance to senior citizens, the Cyberage Scheme which provides computers to students, Chief Minister Rojgar Yojana, etc.
Known to be a man of action and principles, Shri Parrikar is known as ‘Mr. Clean’ in Goa.