Asish Banerjee

Indian Politician

Chief MinisterMamata BanerjeeSpeakerBiman BanerjeePreceded bySukumar HansdaMember of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2001Preceded byMahammad HannanConstituencyRampurhatMinister for Agriculture
Government of West BengalIn office
2017–2021GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep DhankharChief MinisterMamata BanerjeePreceded byPurnendo BoseSucceeded bySovandeb ChatterjeeMinister of State for
Ayurveda,Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha,Yoga and Homeopathy (Independent Charge)
Government of West BengalIn office
2014–2015GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep DhankharChief MinisterMamata BanerjeeMinister of Biotechnology, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West BengalIn office
2015–2016 Personal detailsBorn (1951-11-03) 3 November 1951 (age 72)
Rampurhat, Birbhum, IndiaPolitical partyAll India Trinamool CongressParent
  • Asit Baran Banerjee (father)
Residence(s)Rampurhat, West Bengal, IndiaEducationPhDAlma materBA, MA & PhD from Burdwan UniversityOccupationAssociate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)

Dr. Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician representing All India Trinamool Congress, who was the minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the Government of West Bengal from 2017 to 2021.[1] He is also M.L.A. of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, elected from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) five times (terms 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 & 2021).[2]

Early life

Asish Banerjee was born in Rampurhat Birbhum district in West Bengal. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from Burdwan University. He also completed his PhD at the same university. During this period he was elected General Secretary of University Students' Council.

Career

After completing his education at Burdwan University, Banerjee was an associate professor of Bengali at Rampurhat College under Burdwan University.

MLA of Rampurhat

He was elected as M.L.A. from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2001 and subsequently re-elected from same constituency in 2006, 2011 and 2016. Banerjee was first time sworn in as a Minister of State under chief minister Mamata Banerjee in 2014 and allotted the independent charge of Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy. The next year he was nominated for minister in charge for Department of Biotechnology, Department of Statistics and Programme implementation, Planning.[3]

In 2017, he took charge as the Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021) from his predecessor Purnendo Bose.[3]

References

  1. ^ Banerjee, Asish (July 2017). "Agriculture Minister". wb.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Rampurhat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister". millenniumpost.in. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  • "Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister". Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  • https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/ministers
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083438/http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/full-list-of-ministers-and-their-portfolios-in-the-new-west-bengal-government/
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  • https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/small-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-government-2040130.html

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Preceded by
Minister of State (Independent charge) of Ayush of Health and Family Welfare department in the West Bengal Government
2014 – 20?
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of State of the departments of School Education and Higher Education in the West Bengal Government
2014 – 20?
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of Science and Technology and Biotechnology department in the West Bengal Government
Succeeded by
Partha Chatterjee
Preceded by
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring in the West Bengal Government in the Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)
2016 – 2017
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Incumbent
Preceded by Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)
2017 –
Succeeded by
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Mahammad Hannan (FBL)
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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