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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Dr. Shashi Panja | | name = Dr. Shashi Panja | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
| imagesize = | | imagesize = | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|04|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|04|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = | | birth_place = | ||
| residence = 250 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700006 | | residence = 250 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700006 | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| office1 = [[Second Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of State (Independent Charge)]], [[Government of West Bengal]] | | office1 = [[Second Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of State ''(Independent Charge)'']], [[Government of West Bengal]] | ||
| governor1 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]<br/>[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] | | governor1 = [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]<br/>[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] | ||
| 2blankname1 = [[Chief Minister]] | | 2blankname1 = [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] | ||
| 2namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]] | | 2namedata1 = [[Mamata Banerjee]] | ||
| 1blankname1 = [[Second Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of]] | | 1blankname1 = [[Second Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of]] | ||
| 1namedata1 = *[[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]] | | 1namedata1 = *[[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]] | ||
| constituency1 = | | constituency1 = | ||
| term_start1 = 2016 | | term_start1 = 2016 | ||
| term_end1 = | | term_end1 = 2021 | ||
| office2 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | | office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of]] [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| constituency2 = [[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampukur]] | | constituency2 = [[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shyampukur]] | ||
| term_start2 = 2011 | | term_start2 = 2011 | ||
| term_end2 = | | term_end2 = | ||
| predecessor2 = Jiban Prakash Saha | | predecessor2 = Jiban Prakash Saha | ||
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] | | party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] | ||
| religion = | | religion = | ||
| spouse = Dr. Prasun Kumar Panja | | spouse = Dr. Prasun Kumar Panja | ||
| children = Pooja and Namrata | | children = Pooja and Namrata | ||
| alma_mater = | | alma_mater = | ||
| faculty = | | faculty = | ||
| website = | | website = | ||
| source = | | source = | ||
| succeeded1 = | | succeeded1 = Herself (as cabinet minister) | ||
| predecessor1 = [[Sabitri Mitra]] | | predecessor1 = [[Sabitri Mitra]] | ||
| office = [[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]], '''Self Help Group & Self Employment'''<br>[[Government of West Bengal]] | |||
| predecessor = Herself (as minister of state) , Sadhan Pande (as Self Help Group and Self Employment) | |||
| governor = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] | |||
| termstart = 10 May 2021 | |||
| 1blankname = [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|Chief Minister]] | |||
| 1namedata = [[Mamata Banerjee]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Shashi Panja''' is an medical practitioner and politician who currently serves as [[ | '''Shashi Panja''' is an medical practitioner and politician who currently serves as [[Third Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister]] for the [[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]] of the [[Government of West Bengal]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Panja did her MBBS from [[R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital]] at Kolkata, with specialisation in ultrasound and infertility practice. She married Dr. Prasun Kumar Panja, son of the veteran politician [[Ajit Kumar Panja]].<ref name=hm >{{cite web| url =http://drishtikona.com/2011/05/17/sashi-panja-hms-own-girl/ |title = Sashi Panja:HM's own girl|publisher= Drishtikon, 17 May 2011| accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/candidate.php?candidate_id=778|title = Election Watch Reporter|publisher= My neta| accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> She is daughter-in-law of [[Ajit Kumar Panja]]. | |||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
Panja was elected a councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2010 and was appointed mayoral council member in charge of education.<ref>{{cite news| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110517/jsp/calcutta/story_13992161.jsp |title = Know Your MLA|newspaper= [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=17 May 2011| accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> | Panja was elected a councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2010 and was appointed mayoral council member in charge of education.<ref>{{cite news| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110517/jsp/calcutta/story_13992161.jsp |title = Know Your MLA|newspaper= [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=17 May 2011| accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
She was elected to the West Bengal State Assembly from [[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 2011 | She was elected to the West Bengal State Assembly from [[Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> and re-elected in [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]] from same constituency | ||
She was inducted into the [[Council of Ministers of West Bengal]] as a minister of state and given independent charge of the women & child welfare ministry in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.aitmc.org/news_details.php?nid=2117 |title =Three new ministers take oath at Raj Bhavan, state cabinet reshuffled |publisher=All India Trinamool | She was inducted into the [[Council of Ministers of West Bengal]] as a [[Minister of State|minister of state]] and given independent charge of the [[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare|women & child welfare ministry]] in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.aitmc.org/news_details.php?nid=2117 |title =Three new ministers take oath at Raj Bhavan, state cabinet reshuffled |publisher=All India Trinamool Congress, 26 December 2013 | accessdate = 17 July 2014}}</ref> In May 2014, she was given additional charge of the social welfare department.<ref>{{cite web|date= 28 May 2014| url = http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html |title =Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also |publisher=The Statesman |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727093237/http://thestatesman.net/news/56940-bratya-shifted-to-tourism-partha-new-education-minister-mitra-to-see-it-also.html|archivedate=27 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
In 2021 she was sworn in as the cabinet minister as a part of the [[Third Banerjee ministry|21st Council of Ministers for the state]] of [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal]] under the leadership of [[Mamata Banerjee]] with the portfolios of [[Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]] | |||
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