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Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka.
Party in the cited recordIndian National Congress
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- 19549 April 1954
early life Born
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public service Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Government of Karnataka
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2004June 2004
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha
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Read the source ↗ - 2004Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006
public service Member, Committee on Finance
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2004Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 200631 Jan. 2006 - 25 Feb. 2009
public service Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 20086 April 2008 - 25 Feb. 2009
public service Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 200928 May 2009 - 12 July 2011
public service Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2010Jan. 2010 - April 2014
public service Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2010June 2010
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 20 June 2016) (second term)
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 201112 July 2011- 26 May 2014
public service Minister of Rural Development
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 201113 July 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012
public service Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Additional Charge)
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2013April 2013 - May 2014
public service Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Artisans and Craftspeople
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2013Dec. 2013 - April 2014
public service Member, Parliamentary Forum on Millennium Development Goals
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2014Sept. - Nov. 2014
public service Member, Committee on Rural Development
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2014Nov. 2014 - Sept 2019
public service Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2014Nov. 2014 - May 2019 and Oct. 2019-June 2022 - Oct. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2015May 2015 - June 2016 and Aug. 2016 - May 2019
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (second Amendment), Bill, 2015
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2016July 2016
elections Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2017July 2017 - Sept. 2018
public service Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2018June 2018 - Oct. 2019
public service Member, Committee on Rules
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2018July 2018 - Feb. 2019
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2018
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2019Sept. 2019-June 2022 and Sept. 2022 - June 2024
public service Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2019Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020
public service Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2019Nov. 2019-June 2022
public service Member, General Purposes Committee
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2019Dec. 2019 - Feb. 2020
public service Chairman, ad-hoc Committee in the Rajya Sabha to study the alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2019Dec. 2019-Dec.2021
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2020Sept. 2020-June 2022 and Nov. 2022 onwards
public service Member, Business Advisory Committee
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2021Dec. 2021-June 2022
public service Member, Joint Committee on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2022July 2022
elections Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2022Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2024
public service Member, Committee on Ethics
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2024Sept. 2024 onwards
public service Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 2026Feb. 2026 onwards
public service Member, India-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group
Position and period retained from the source; an open-ended period does not independently establish a current appointment.
Read the source ↗ - 20262026-10-29
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Publisher reference: ‘From Varanasi to Nagpur’: Congress' Jairam Ramesh says voters reject PM Modi govt’s policies This marks the latest dated record available here, not necessarily the latest activity in public life.
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public service Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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public service Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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public service Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Early life & upbringing
The cited biography records Jairam Ramesh’s date of birth as 9 April 1954. The birthplace is recorded as Chikmagalur (Karnataka).
Education & professional life
The educational qualifications recorded in the cited source are: 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.. The professional background is listed as Economist.
Public life: the documented service history
The earliest dated entry in the cited service history is 2000 - 2002: Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Government of Karnataka. A later recorded entry is Feb. 2026 onwards: Member, India-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group. This identifies the earliest entry available in that source, rather than establishing the start of the entire political career. Historical and open-ended positions retain their source periods.
The person behind the office
- Education details in PRS
- 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. Source ↗
- Education in the official biography
- 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. Source ↗
Personal background in the official biography
Interests, publications & public work
- Books & publications
- (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 Source ↗
- Other information in biography
- 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 Source ↗
Terms, responsibilities & positions
Positions held & committee service
- 2000 - 2002
Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Government of Karnataka
Source ↗ - June 2004
Elected to Rajya Sabha
Source ↗ - Aug. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Committee on Finance
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Committee on Public Accounts
Source ↗ - Period not supplied
Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Source ↗ - Oct. 2004 - Jan. 2006
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
Source ↗ - 31 Jan. 2006 - 25 Feb. 2009
Minister of State in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Source ↗ - 6 April 2008 - 25 Feb. 2009
Minister of State in the Ministry of Power
Source ↗ - 28 May 2009 - 12 July 2011
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Source ↗ - June 2010
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 20 June 2016) (second term)
Source ↗ - Jan. 2010 - April 2014
Member, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate Change
Source ↗ - 12 July 2011- 26 May 2014
Minister of Rural Development
Source ↗ - 13 July 2011 - 28 Oct. 2012
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Additional Charge)
Source ↗ - April 2013 - May 2014
Vice-President, Parliamentary Forum on Artisans and Craftspeople
Source ↗ - Dec. 2013 - April 2014
Member, Parliamentary Forum on Millennium Development Goals
Source ↗ - Sept. - Nov. 2014
Member, Committee on Rural Development
Source ↗ - Nov. 2014 - Sept 2019
Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare
Source ↗ - Nov. 2014 - May 2019 and Oct. 2019-June 2022 - Oct. 2024 onwards
Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Source ↗ - May 2015 - June 2016 and Aug. 2016 - May 2019
Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (second Amendment), Bill, 2015
Source ↗ - July 2016
Elected to Rajya Sabha (third term)
Source ↗ - July 2017 - Sept. 2018
Member, Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University
Source ↗ - June 2018 - Oct. 2019
Member, Committee on Rules
Source ↗ - July 2018 - Feb. 2019
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2018
Source ↗ - Sept. 2019-June 2022 and Sept. 2022 - June 2024
Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Source ↗ - Nov. 2019 - Feb. 2020
Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019
Source ↗ - Nov. 2019-June 2022
Member, General Purposes Committee
Source ↗ - Dec. 2019 - Feb. 2020
Chairman, ad-hoc Committee in the Rajya Sabha to study the alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole
Source ↗ - Dec. 2019-Dec.2021
Member, Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Source ↗ - Sept. 2020-June 2022 and Nov. 2022 onwards
Member, Business Advisory Committee
Source ↗ - Dec. 2021-June 2022
Member, Joint Committee on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Source ↗ - July 2022
Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (fourth term)
Source ↗ - Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2024
Member, Committee on Ethics
Source ↗ - Sept. 2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Source ↗ - Feb. 2026 onwards
Member, India-Germany Parliamentary Friendship Group
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| 2022 | 0 | 39 |
| 2023 | 0 | 64 |
| 2024 | 0 | 53 |
| 2025 | 0 | 35 |
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
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GOVERNMENT BILLS- Contd. I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025.
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GOVERNMENT BILLS- Contd. I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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GOVERNMENT BILLS I. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and II. The Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Bill, 2025
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OBSERVATIONS BY THE CHAIR
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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR
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Publisher index
‘From Varanasi to Nagpur’: Congress' Jairam Ramesh says voters reject PM Modi govt’s policies
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"Massive, unjustified deletion": Jairam Ramesh shares DK Shivakumar's letter to EC on Karnataka SIR
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"Each of his 17 Budgets was impactful": Jairam Ramesh hails Siddaramaiah amid Karnataka leadership transition
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JMM MP Mahua Maji, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh criticise VB-G RAM-G Bill
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Jairam Ramesh takes dig at Modi government over announcement of Labour Codes, says it should learn from Congress government in Karnataka
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‘Modi is a small man’: Cong's Jairam Ramesh after Karnataka's R-day tableau ‘rejected’ | Bengaluru
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- 24635888, 24635333,21430813, Mobile: 9868181402, 9868181302, 9013181222 Source ↗
- Permanent correspondence address in official biography
- 6-3-862/3, Sadat Manzil, Apoorva Unit No. 4, Ameerpet, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 500016 Source ↗
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What education is recorded for Jairam Ramesh?
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..
Read the supporting source ↗What is the earliest dated public role listed for Jairam Ramesh?
2000 - 2002: Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Government of Karnataka. This is the earliest dated entry in the cited record, not necessarily the first public role.
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Who is Jairam Ramesh?
Jairam Ramesh is listed as Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka.
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Serves in the Council of States. Rajya Sabha membership is state/UT based or nominated, rather than tied to a Lok Sabha constituency.
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