Asish Banerjee | |
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| Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2021 | |
| Governor | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Speaker | Biman Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Sukumar Hansda |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Mahammad Hannan |
| Constituency | Rampurhat |
| Minister for Agriculture Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Purnendo Bose |
| Succeeded by | Sovandeb Chatterjee |
| Minister of State for Planning, Statistics & Programme Monitoring Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Amit Mitra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1951 Rampurhat, Birbhum, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
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| Residence(s) | Rampurhat, West Bengal, India |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | BA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University |
| Occupation | Associate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001) |
Dr. Asish Banerjee is an Indian politician representing All India 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]
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.
After 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 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]
