Former Union Minister and BCCI chief N K P Salve-------- a Chartered Accountant.

Former Union Minister and BCCI chief N K P Salve passes away

NetIndian News Network

New Delhi, April 1, 2012

N K P Salve

Former Union Minister N K P Salve, who also served as President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1982-85, passed away at a private hospital here this morning due to problems related to old age, sources close to the family said.

He was 91. He is survived by his son Harish Salve, an eminent advocate, and a daughter, Arundhati. His wife Ambriti had predeceased him some time ago.

 

The sources said Salve had been admitted to the hospital some daysago and breathed his last there this morning. His body will be taken this evening to Nagpur, where the funeral will be held tomorrow, they said.

 

Salve was born on March 18, 1921 to P K Salve and Cornelia Salve at Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh. He took a degree in Commerce and then qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

 

He was elected to the fourth and fifth Lok Sabha from Betul in Madhya Pradesh. He was also elected to the Rajya Sabha. As a Minister at the Centre, he handled such portfolios as Power and Steel.

 

He was keenly interested in cricket and was president of the Vidarbha Cricket Association and went on to become President of the BCCI. He was credited with bringing the cricket World Cup to India in 1987. The BCCI's N K P Salve Challenger Trophy tournament is named after him.