Asish Banerjee

Asish Banerjee
Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2021
Governor
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
SpeakerBiman Banerjee
Preceded bySukumar Hansda
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2001
Preceded byMahammad Hannan
ConstituencyRampurhat
Minister for Agriculture
Government of West Bengal
In office
2017–2021
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byPurnendo Bose
Succeeded bySovandeb Chatterjee
Minister of State for
Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha, Yoga and Homeopathy (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
In office
2014–2015
GovernorKeshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Minister of Biotechnology, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal
In office
2015–2016
Personal details
Born (1951-11-03) 3 November 1951 (age 73)
Rampurhat, Birbhum, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress
Parent
  • Asit Baran Banerjee (father)
Residence(s)Rampurhat, West Bengal, India
EducationPhD
Alma materBA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University
OccupationAssociate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001)

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 usage 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 15 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 – 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
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 Agriculture Minister of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)
2017 – 		Succeeded by
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Rampurhat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2001 – 		Incumbent