Partha Chatterjee (politician)

Partha Chatterjee (born 6 October 1952) is an Indian politician of West Bengal. He represents Trinamool Congress. He is presently the Minister for Education and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of West Bengal. He also holds the political office of General Secretary of West Bengal of the All India Trinamool Congress...

Partha Chatterjee
Minister of School Education, Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2014
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Bratya Basu (School Education)
Minister for Industry, Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 20 December 2012
Governor	M.K.Narayanan
Preceded by	Nirupam Sen
Succeeded by	Amit Mitra
Minister for Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal
In office 20 May 2011 – 24 May 2014
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Dr. Debesh Das
Succeeded by	Bratya Basu
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2011
Governor	M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar
Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 21 September 2006 – 13 May 2011
Preceded by	Pankaj Kumar Banerjee
Succeeded by	Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra
Constituency	Behala Paschim
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2001
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Nirmal Mukherjee
Constituency	Behala Paschim
Personal details
Born	6 October 1952 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Residence	Kolkata
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.A) Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (Master of Business Administration) (Ph.D)

Early life

Partha Chatterjee was born in Calcutta. His alma mater is Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur[1] and then Asutosh College, where he studied economics. He holds a post-graduate degree in business administration.[2]

Career

Partha Chatterjee worked as a HR professional with Andrew Yule.

He was elected as an MLA from Behala Paschim in 2001, and subsequently re-elected from the same constituency in 2006. In 2011 he won by a margin of 59,021 votes.[3][4] He was Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011.[5]

He was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 20 May 2011 and allotted the portfolios of Commerce and industry, public enterprises, information technology and Parliamentary affairs.[6]

He was nominated as deputy leader of the house in 2011.[7] After the Assembly election 2016, he became the Minister-in-Charge of Higher Education and School Education Department, West Bengal Government.[8][9]

References

1. "Partha focus on poor show in tech tests". The Telegraph. 15 June 2015.
2. "Partha Chatterjee". All India Trinamool Congress.
3. "113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
4. "Behala Paschim". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
5. "Team Mamata". The Telegraph 9 April 2011. Calcutta, India. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
6. "The Ministry". The Telegraph, 21 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
7. Ganguly, Arnab (16 May 2011). "Mamata issues model code Dos and don'ts for Trinamul ranks". The Telegraph 16 May 2011. Calcutta, India. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
8. "West Bengal education minister calls teachers 'cows'". The New Indian Express. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
9. "List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet". thehindu.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.