Ashima Patra

Ashima Patra
Ashima Patra
MLA
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2011
Preceded by	Ajit Patra
Constituency	Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Minister of State (Independent Charge); Government of West Bengal
	In office; 2016–2021
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief Minister	Mamta Banerjee
Personal details
Born	1969 (age 53–54); India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)	Muidipur, Dhaniakhali, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Politician

Ashima Patra is an Indian politician. She served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Technical Education of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021 and currently serving as Member of Legislative Assembly for Dhaniakhali since 2011.

Career

MLA

She was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Dhanekhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) since year 2011.[1][2][3]

Minister in West Bengal

She served as the Minister of State of the Department of Technical Education, Training and Skill Development (Independent charge) of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021) in the years between 2016 – 2017.[4]

Between 2017 and 2018, she also served as the Minister of State of the Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring (Independent charge) Welfare of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry.[4]

Since 2017, she has been the Minister of State of the Department of Backward Classes of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021). [4]

Since 2016, she has been the Minister of State of the Department of Fisheries of West Bengal Government in Mamata Banerjee ministry (2016–2021)

References

"List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet". The Hindu. 27 May 2016.
"Asima Patra(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- DHANEKHALI (SC)(HOOGHLY) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info.
"Affidavit" (PDF). docs2.myneta.info. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
"Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister". millenniumpost.in. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

Portfolios

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[1] "List of Ministers in Mamata's cabinet". The Hindu. 27 May 2016.

[2] "Asima Patra(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- DHANEKHALI (SC)(HOOGHLY) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info.

[3] "Affidavit" (PDF). docs2.myneta.info. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Millenium-4] "Asish Banerjee replaces Purnendu Basu as state Agriculture minister". millenniumpost.in. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.