Jairam Ramesh
| Jairam Ramesh | |
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Jairam Ramesh in Gurgaon in 2009
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| MP of Rajya Sabha for Karnataka | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Aayanur Manjunath, BJP |
| Constituency | Karnataka |
| Minister of Rural Development | |
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In office 13 July 2011 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
| Succeeded by | Gopinath Munde |
| Ministry of Environment and Forests | |
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In office May 2009 – 12 July 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Manmohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Jayanthi Natarajan |
| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for Andhra Pradesh | |
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In office June 2004 – 21 June 2016 |
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| Constituency | Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
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9 April 1955 Chikmagalur, Karnataka |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater |
IIT Bombay Carnegie Mellon University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Profession | Economist |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| As of 25 January, 2007 Source: [1] |
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Jairam Ramesh (born 9 April 1954) is an Indian economist and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh state in the Rajya Sabha since June 2004. In July 2011, Jairam Ramesh was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. However, in the cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, he has been divested of the portfolio of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He was previously the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) at the Ministry of Environment and Forests from May 2009 to July 2011.
Jairam Ramesh was born on 9 April 1954 in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India. His father was C. K. Ramesh, and his mother, Sridevi Ramesh. His father was a Professor of Civil Engineering in IIT Bombay. He considers himself a practising Hindu with Buddhism ingrained and calls himself a 'Hind-Budh'.
He married K. R. Jayashree, an Iyer, on 26 January 1981. He and his wife currently reside at Lodi Gardens, Rajesh Pilot Marg, New Delhi. Their permanent residence is at Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Telangana.
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