Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)
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| Minister of Science and Technology | |
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Assumed office 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jitendra Singh |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Succeeded by | Jagat Prakash Nadda |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Chandni Chowk |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Kapil Sibal |
| Majority | 1,36,320 (13.88%) |
| Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly for Krishna Nagar |
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In office 1993 – 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | S. K. Bagga |
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13 December 1954 Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Nutan |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur |
| Profession | Otolaryngologist, politician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Website | Harsh Vardhan Official Website |
Dr. Harsh Vardhan is the incumbent minister at Ministry of Science and Technology (India) and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha. He was also the Chief Minister candidate for the BJP in the 2013 Delhi assembly election.
Harsh Vardhan Singh was born in Delhi to Om Prakash Goel and Sneh Lata. Vardhan finished his schooling from Anglo Sanskrit Victoria Jubilee Senior Secondary School, Daryaganj, in 1971. He attended Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. He earned his Master of Surgery in Otorhinolaryngology from the same college in 1983. Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood.
In 1993, he was elected as a member of the Delhi Assembly representing Krishna Nagar. He was appointed as the State Minister of Health and Minister of Law for Delhi. He later became the state Minister of Education in 1996. Dr. Vardhan has been re-elected from the same constituency in the 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 elections.
Dr. Vardhan as the State Minister of Health in 1994 oversaw the successful implementation of the pilot project of the Pulse Polio Programme which involved the mass immunisation of 1 million children up to the age of 3 in Delhi. In 1995, this programme was launched nationwide leading to 88 million children being immunised. On 28 March 2014, India was declared polio-free by the WHO, as there had been no reported cases for three years.
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