Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh
Jairam in 2012
Union Minister of Rural Development
In office
13 July 2011 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded byGopinath Munde
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests
In office
May 2009 – 12 July 2011
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byManmohan Singh
Succeeded byJayanthi Natarajan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1]
Assumed office
1 July 2016
Preceded byAayanur Manjunath
ConstituencyKarnataka
In office
22 June 2004 – 21 June 2016
Preceded byYadlapati Venkata Rao
Succeeded byY. S. Chowdary
ConstituencyAndhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1954-04-09) 9 April 1954 (age 70)
Chikmagalur, Mysore State, India
(now in Karnataka, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceNew Delhi
Alma materIIT Bombay (B.Tech.)
Carnegie Mellon University (M.S.)
OccupationPolitician
As of 25 January, 2007
Source: [1]

Jairam Ramesh (born 9 April 1954) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka state in the Rajya Sabha. In July 2011, Jairam was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. However, in the cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, he was divested of the portfolio of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He was previously the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) at the Ministry of Environment and Forests from May 2009 to July 2011.[a]

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  6. ^ "Jairam Ramesh quits ministry, to devote full time to poll". IndianExpress.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Profile of Jairam Ramesh: Green activist, technocrat and no-nonsense politician". newKerala.com. New Delhi. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.


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