Archana Chitnis Explained

Constituency2:	Burhanpur
Office:	Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start2:	2008
Term End2:	December 2018
Predecessor2:	Hamid Kaji
Constituency:	Burhanpur
Term Start:	3 December 2023
Predecessor:	Thakur Surendra Singh
Office3:	Minister of Women and Child Development, Madhya Pradesh Government
Term Start3:	June 2016
Term End3:	December 2018
Successor3:	Imarti Devi
1Blankname3:	Chief Minister
1Namedata3:	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Birth Date:	20 April 1964
Nationality:	Indian
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Education:	M.Sc, B.Ed
Residence:	Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh
Profession:	Politician
Footnotes:	Source http://archnachitnis.com/AboutMe.aspx

Archana Chitnis (born 20 April 1964) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Madhya Pradesh. She is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Burhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and has served as Minister of Education of the state.^[1] She returned to Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Cabinet as Minister of Women and Child Development.^[2] She won the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election against Thakur Surendra Singh from Burhanpur.^[3]

Early life

Entry into students politics in 1984, University Representative of Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Secretary of Government Degree College Student Union in 1984–85. Former lecturer of Gujarati Science College, Indore.^[4]

Political career

In 2003, she was elected to the 12th Vidhan Sabha and served as the Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Welfare, Higher Education, Technical Education and Training, Animal Husbandry, Cow Promotion Board, and Social Justice. She was elected as a Member of the 13th Vidhan Sabha in 2008 and appointed as the Minister of Technical Education and Training, School Education, and Higher Education.

She was elected for the third time as MLA in the year 2013. On 30 June, 2016, Archana Chitnis was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Notes and References

1. Web site: MLA Chitnis inspects 'Krishi Mahotsav' arrangements | Freepress Journal . 2015-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234646/http://www.freepressjournal.in/mla-chitnis-inspects-krishi-mahotsav-arrangements . 2016-03-08 .
2. Web site: Life Sketch Smt. Archana Chitnis, Minister . 9 July 2016 . 24 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232819/http://mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Archana-Chitnis.asp . dead .
3. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2018: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Won His Seat But 13 Of His Ministers Lost Theirs. NDTV.com. 2019-08-03.
4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Madhya-Pradesh-School-Education-Minister-Archana-Chitnis-returned-to-Bhopal-from-United-States-of-America-where-she-had-gone-in-connection-of-study-of-community-colleges-Chitnis-headed-the-delegation-of-India-to-US-which-comprised-Education-Minister-of-Assam-Bihar-Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Punjab-The-delegation-visited-Washington-New-York-Houston-Chicago-and-various-other-cities-in-the-US-and-studied-community-colleges-over-there-in-the-context-of-India-/articleshow/12938350.cms Chitnis returned to Bhopal from United States of America where she had gone in connection of study of community colleges