Asish Banerjee
Asish Banerjee[1] is an Indian politician and minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the government of West Bengal. He is also M.L.A of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Elected from the 291, Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) four times (term 2001, 2006, 2011 & 2016).
Dr. Asish Banerjee | |
---|---|
Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | PhD |
Alma mater | BA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University |
Occupation | Associate Professor, Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government |
Years active | 2016–present |
Employer | Former Associate Professor |
Office | Nabanna, 3rd Floor, Room No.307, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road Shibpur, Howrah |
Term | government |
Predecessor | Purnendo Bose |
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Parent(s) |
|
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 Student'ls Council.
Career
After he completing his education at Burdwan University, Banerjee was an associate professor of Bengali at Rampurhat College under Burdwan University.
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 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.
References
- Banerjee, Dr. Asish (July 2017). "Agriculture Minister". wb.gov.in.
- https://www.facebook.com/Millennium-Post-1121157364607635/. "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/
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/goal-to-promote-maize-in-bengal/cid/1720014
- https://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/small-reshuffle-in-west-bengal-government-2040130.html
- https://bengali.mahanagar24x7.com/asish-banerjee-assured-villegers-of-paikpara-for-their-treatment/