Ajay Chandrakar
| Ajay Chandrakar | |
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| Constituency | Kurud |
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| Born |
24 June 1963 Kurud, Chhattisgarh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Pratibha Chandrakar |
| Children | Ajay Ranjan Chandrakar |
| Residence | Kurud, [C.G.] 493441 |
| Website | http://www.ajaychandrakar.com |
| As of March 15, 2015 | |
Ajay Chandrakar (born 24 June 1963) is a cabinet minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled government of Chhattisgarh state of India. He is serving as the Panchayat and Rural Development, Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education and Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Chhattisgarh State.
After losing in 2008 assembly elections, he bounced back with a record win ever in any constituency of Dhamtari district.
In 2003, he was allotted the portfolios of Panchayat and Rural Development Minister as well as a Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Chhattisgarh government. In 2004, he was also assigned additional portfolios of Science and Technology, Technical Education, and Manpower Planning. Due to a reshuffling of the cabinets in 2007, he was made the Minister of Higher Education.
Ajay Chandrakar during his tenure as a cabinet ministry of Chhattisgarh government, in various capacities, has been successful in catalyzing the passing of rules and regulations for 3 universities in a single day. His contribution to the education domain of Chhattisgarh's infra is immense with the establishment of the SIRD, NIT, OPEN SCHOOL, Business Education Division, regional science center, a military school in Ambikapur and commissioning of IIM correspondence for AIEEE.
Most of Ajay Chandrakar's education took place in his native Kurud. After completion of higher secondary education, he did graduation from SBR College in Bilaspur. Always a self-learner, he pursued MA (Hindi literature) from Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University enrolling at Durga College Raipur. His research in the plays of Vishnu Prabhakar was hindered by growing political agitation prevalent during those days. He is a vociferous reader; even when he was elected to the assembly, he was considered to be the most studious among all the other assembly members.
Shri Ajay Chandrakar has always been actively involved in the political arena and social activities of his local constituency as a student and a concerned citizen. He was considered a firebrand student leader. Influenced by Swami Vivekananda's ideology, he's been very keen and invigorating as a politician. As a student he always sought to help out and in order to help people on a larger scale, he sought to enter Politics as he felt it was the only medium that would allow his goodwill and the benefits of his efforts, to reach a maximum number of the country's masses. In 1968, Shri. Ajay Chandrakar became a legislator for the first time on the basis of the ticket allocated to him by the Bharatiya Janata Party. But even before this, he had been at the helm of many political movements and agitations. In 1987, he even spent 7 days in jail for participating in an agitation. He considers this 7-day custody to be one of his biggest achievements. In 2003, he became a part of the Chhattisgarh government as a Panchayat and Rural Development Minister as well as a Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. In 2004, he was also assigned the portfolios of Science and Technology, Technical Education, and Manpower Planning. Due to a reshuffling of the cabinets in 2007, he became the Minister of Higher Education. In 2008, he suffered an unfortunate loss in the Legislative Assembly elections. Nevertheless, he was made the Head of the State Finance Commission, by the party recognizing his expertise and capacity. After the completion of his tenure, he was chosen to take up the dual responsibilities of being the party's vice-chairman and official spokesperson. At present he is the state minister Panchayat and Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs, Public Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Department. He tabled the special court's bill 2015 in the state assembly on behalf of the chief minister The Bill provides for an effective deterrent against corrupt public servants.
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