Shri Jairam Ramesh

Member’s Name  :  Shri Jairam Ramesh 
Father’s Name  :  Late Shri C.K. Ramesh

Mother’s Name  :  Shrimati Sridevi Ramesh

Date of Birth  :  9 April 1954

Place of Birth  :  Chikmagalur (Karnataka)

Marital Status  :  Married on 26 January 1981

Spouse’s Name  :  Shrimati K.R. Jayashree

Children   :   Two sons

Educational Qualification : B.Tech., M.S. and Graduate Study Educated at I.I.T., Bombay, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. and M.I.T., U.S.A.

Profession : Economist

Permanent Address: 6-3-862/3, Sadat Manzil, Apoorva Unit No. 4, Ameerpet, Khairatabad, Hyderabad.500016

Present Address : C-I/9, Lodhi Garden, Rajesh Pilot Marg, New Delhi Tel. – 24635888, 24635333,21430813, Mobile: 9868181402, 9868181302, 9013181222

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Positions Held: 2000-2002 Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Government of Karnataka June 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2004 – Jan. 2006 Member, Committee on Finance Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Committee on Public Accounts Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Oct. 2004 – Jan. 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance 31 Jan. 2006-25 Feb. 2009 Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry 6 April 2008-25 Feb. 2009 Minister of State in the Ministry of Power 28 May 2009-12 July 2011 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 20 June 2016) (second term) Jan. 2010 – April 2014 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change 12 July 2011- 26 May 2014 Minister of Rural Development 13 July 2011-28 Oct. 2012 Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Additional Charge) April 2013 – May 2014 Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Artisans and Craftspeople Dec. 2013 – April 2014 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Millennium Development Goals Sept. – Nov. 2014 Member, Committee on Rural Development Nov. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change May 2015 – June 2016 and Aug. 2016 onwards Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (second Amendment), Bill, 2015 Feb. 2016 onwards Member, Rajya Sabha Forum on Panchayati Raj July 2016 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (third term) July 2017 onwards Member,Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University

Freedom Fighter   :  No

Books Published: (i) Mobilising Technology for World Development (Co-editor), 1979, (ii) Kautilya Today, 2002, (iii) Making Sense of Chindia : Reflections on China and India, 2005, (iv) To the Brink and Back : India’s 1991 Story, 2015 and (v) Old History New Geography, 2016

Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests : –

Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation : Reading and music

Countries Visited : U.S.A. and China

Other Information : Associated with various public organisations in India and abroad; has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the IIT, Bombay; has special interest in China; Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi since 2002; has worked in the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Planning Commission, Advisory Board on Energy and other government departments at senior levels during 1980-1998; Office bearer of the All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.), 1998-2003; served on the Economic Development Council of Rajasthan, 1999-2003; has been a columnist for Business Standard, Business Today, The Telegraph, Times of India and India Today

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