Asish Banerjee

Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician and minister in charge of the Department of Agriculture in the government of West Bengal.[1] 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).[2]

Dr. Asish Banerjee
Agriculture Minister in the West Bengal Government
In office
Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byPurnendo Bose
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring in the West Bengal Government
In office
Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)
Assumed office
2017
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2001
Preceded byMahammad Hannan
ConstituencyRampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
BornRampurhat, Birbhum, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
FatherAsit Baran Banerjee
EducationPhD
Alma materBA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University
OccupationAssociate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)

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.

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 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, Dr. 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. "Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister". millenniumpost.in. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.


Political offices
Preceded by
 Minister of State (Independent charge) of Ayush of Health and Family Welfare department in the West Bengal Government
2014 –		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Minister of State of the departments of School Education and Higher Education in the West Bengal Government
2014 –		 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		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Purnendo Bose		 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)
2001 –		 Incumbent
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