Asish Banerjee Explained

Asish Banerjee
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Office:Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2 July 2021
Predecessor:Sukumar Hansda
2Blankname:Speaker
2Namedata:Biman Banerjee
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:Mamata Banerjee
Office1:Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Rampurhat
Term Start1:2001
Predecessor1:Mahammad Hannan
Office2:Minister for Agriculture
Government of West Bengal
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Mamata Banerjee
Governor2:Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Predecessor2:Purnendo Bose
Successor2:Sovandeb Chatterjee
Term Start2:2017
Term End2:2021
Office3:Minister of State for
Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha, Yoga and Homeopathy (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:Mamata Banerjee
Governor3:Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Term Start3:2014
Term End3:2015
Office4:Minister of Biotechnology, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal
Term Start4:2015
Term End4:2016
Birth Date:1951 11, df=y
Birth Place:Rampurhat, Birbhum, India
Nationality:Indian
Education:PhD
Alma Mater:BA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University
Occupation:Associate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)
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Party:Trinamool Congress
Residence:Rampurhat, West Bengal, India
Father:Asit Baran Banerjee

Dr. Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician representing 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agriculture Minister. Banerjee. Asish. July 2017. wb.gov.in.
  2. Web site: Rampurhat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India . 16 December 2020.
  3. News: Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister . 15 December 2020 . millenniumpost.in . 6 September 2017 . en.