| Asish Banerjee | |
| Native Name: | instead.--> |
| Office: | Deputy Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Sukumar Hansda |
| 2Blankname: | Speaker |
| 2Namedata: | Biman Banerjee |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Office1: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Rampurhat |
| Term Start1: | 2001 |
| Predecessor1: | Mahammad Hannan |
| Office2: | Minister for Agriculture Government of West Bengal |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Governor2: | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Predecessor2: | Purnendo Bose |
| Successor2: | Sovandeb Chatterjee |
| Term Start2: | 2017 |
| Term End2: | 2021 |
| Office3: | Minister of State for Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha, Yoga and Homeopathy (Independent Charge) Government of West Bengal |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Mamata Banerjee |
| Governor3: | Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Term Start3: | 2014 |
| Term End3: | 2015 |
| Office4: | Minister of Biotechnology, Statistics and Programme Monitoring, Government of West Bengal |
| Term Start4: | 2015 |
| Term End4: | 2016 |
| Birth Date: | 1951 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rampurhat, Birbhum, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Education: | PhD |
| Alma Mater: | BA, MA & PhD from Burdwan University |
| Occupation: | Associate Professor at Rampurhat College, (until 2001) |
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| Party: | Trinamool Congress |
| Residence: | Rampurhat, West Bengal, India |
| Father: | Asit Baran Banerjee |
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 & 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.