Shirodkar was served as the Sarpanch of the ShirodaGram 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.
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 from September 2008 to 2013.[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]
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^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^"Official Gazette"(PDF). goaprintingpress.gov.in. Archived from the original(PDF) on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
