| Gurudas Kamat | |
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| Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
| Constituency | Mumbai North East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1954 North Kanara, Karnataka |
| Political party | INC |
| Spouse(s) | Maharookh Gurudas Kamat |
| Children | 1 son Dr Sunil Kamat |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| As of 16 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Gurudas Kamat (born 5 October 1954) is an Indian politician. He is an advocate by profession. He is from the Indian National Congress. He has represented Mumbai North East constituency of Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha five times (1984, 1991, 1998 1999 and 2004).
He has an MBA degree and is a commerce graduate. He got married on 11 May 1981 and has a son. In 1976, he was awarded the Principal Wellingkar Trophy for the outstanding Student Award at the R.A. Podar College and in 1979 a fellow of Government Law College in Mumbai. He served as the Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications, Government of India during 2009 to 2011. In July 2011 he resigned as minister and decided to withdraw from active politics.
He has held membership in the following government agencies :
| Congress candidates for 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha from Mumbai |
| Milind Deora (Mumbai South) | Govinda (Mumbai North) | Gurudas Kamat (Northeast Mumbai) Eknath Gaikwad (North-Central Mumbai) | Sunil Dutt (North-West Mumbai) | Sachin Ahir (South-Central Mumbai) |