Subhas Sarkar | |
Signature: | Subhas Sarkar Signature.jpg |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Bankura, West Bengal, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Office: | Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India |
Term Start: | 8 July 2021 |
Term End: | 11 June 2024 |
Predecessor: | Sanjay Dhotre |
Successor: | Sukanta Majumdar |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
Minister: | Dharmendra Pradhan |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency1: | Bankura, West Bengal |
Term Start1: | 23 May 2019 |
Term End1: | 4 June 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Moonmoon Sen |
Successor1: | Arup Chakraborty |
Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta |
Citizenship: | India |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Doctor |
Known For: | Vice President of BJP West Bengal |
Spouse: | Chandana Sarkar |
Source: | https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/5037?from=members |
Subhas Sarkar (born 25 November 1953) is an Indian gynecologist and politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Bankura, West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served the constituency from 2019 to 2024.[1] He has already served as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Education (India) in the Second Modi ministry.[2]
He contested from Bankura as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in 2019 Indian general election and defeated a veteran politician and Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee of All India Trinamool Congress by over 1 lakh votes.[3] On 8 July 2021, he was made the Minister of State for Education during the cabinet reshuffle in the Narendra Modi cabinet.