Education: | M.Sc., B.Ed., Ph.D. (Botany) |
Alma Mater: | University of North Bengal |
Sukanta Majumdar | |
Native Name: | সুকান্ত মজুমদার |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1979 |
Birth Place: | Balurghat,Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India |
Office: | 49th Union Minister of State for Education, Government of India |
Term Start: | 11 June 2024 serving with Jayant Chaudhary |
Predecessor: | Subhash Sarkar |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
Minister: | Dharmendra Pradhan |
Office2: | 3rd Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India |
Term Start2: | 11 June 2024 |
Predecessor2: | B.L. Verma |
Primeminister2: | Narendra Modi |
Minister2: | Jyotiraditya Scindia |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency4: | Balurghat |
Term Start4: | 19 June 2019 |
Predecessor4: | Arpita Ghosh |
Majority4: | 33,293 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children: | 2 |
Date: | May |
Year: | 2019 |
Signature: | Dr.sukanta-majumdar-signature.jpg |
Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5035&lastls=17 |
Profession: | Teaching |
Occupation: | Politician |
Office3: | 10th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal |
Predecessor3: | Dilip Ghosh |
Termstart3: | 20 September 2021 |
Sukanta Majumdar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Balurghat, West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election. he served the 10th state president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal. He has done his PhD in Botany from the University of North Bengal.[1] [2] [3] He took the charge of President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal from 20 September 2021.[4] [5]