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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
 
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Doctor Ratna De
| name               = Dr Ratna De Nag
| image = [[Ratna De (Nag)|Dr.Ratna De (Nag)]]
| image               =
| caption =
| caption            =  
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|9|6}}
| birth_name          = Dr Ratna Nag
| birth_place = [[Serampore]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|9|6}}
| residence = Serampore & Kolkata
| birth_place         = [[Serampore]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| residence           = Serampore<br />Kolkata
| death_place =
| death_date         =  
| constituency1 =  
| death_place         =  
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br /> for [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| party              = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| term1 = 2009-2019
<!-- -->| office1             = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor1 = [[Rupchand Pal]]
| predecessor1        = Sk.Amjad Hossain
| successor1 = [[Locket Chatterjee]]
| termstart1          = 2 May 2021
| party =[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
| predecessor2        = Jyoti Chowdhury
| constituency2 = [[Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Serampore]]
| constituency2      = [[Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Serampore]], [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| term_start2        = 2001
| term2 = 2001-2008
| office4            = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| predecessor2 = Jyoti Chowdhury
| predecessor4        = [[Rupchand Pal]]
| successor2 =  
| successor4          = [[Locket Chatterjee]]
| spouse =  
| termstart4          = 2009
| children = 2
| termend4            = 2019
| website =  
| constituency4      = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| date = 11 September |
| office3            = [[Chairperson]] of [[Hooghly District]] [[Trinamool Congress]]
| year =2009 |
| term_start3        = 4 July 2019
| source = <ref name=ratna>{{cite web| url = http://164.100.47.134/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4499
| term_end3 = 16 August 2021
| title = De, Dr. Ratna | access-date = 2009-09-11 | work =Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha }}</ref>
| president3          = Dilip Yadav
|mainwidth=|succeeded=
| successor3 = Asima Patra
| office5            =  
| spouse             =  
| children           = 2
| website             =  
| date               = 11 September
| year               = 2009
| source             = <ref name="dr ratna">{{cite web| url = http://164.100.47.134/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4499| title = Biography| access-date = 2009-09-11| work = Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha| archive-date = 3 March 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184850/http://164.100.47.134/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4499| url-status = dead}}</ref>
| governor            = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| predecessor        = * [[Somen Mahapatra]] (''as Minister of Environment'')
* [[Bratya Basu]] (''as Minister of Science,Technology and Bio-Technology'')
| successor          = * [[Ujjal Biswas]] (''as Minister of Science,Technology and Bio-Technology'')
* [[Manas Bhunia]] (''as Minister of Environment'')
| termend2            = 2008
| termstart          = 10 May 2021
| termend            = 2 August 2022
| office              = [[Minister of State|Minister of State (Independent Charge)]]<br />[[Government of West Bengal]]
| 2namedata          = * [[Department of Environment (West Bengal)|Environment]]
* Science, Technology and Bio-Technology
| 1namedata          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2blankname          = Department
| 1blankname          = [[Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| constituency1      = [[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua]], [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| successor2          = Dr. Sudipto Roy
}}
}}
'''Dr. Ratna De''' ([[née]] '''Nag''') was a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]] and was a member of the [[16th Lok Sabha]] for the second time. She was elected as a [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] candidate from [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)]], which includes the [[Singur]] area. She lost the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to [[Locket Chatterjee]], who was elected as a BJP candidate from [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]] (Lok Sabha Constituency).


She is daughter of Dr. Gopal Das Nag, who was Labour Minister in the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] government under [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]. In 2001 and 2006, she had won the assembly election from [[Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sreerampur]]([[Serampore]]).<ref>{{cite web| url =http://news.indiainfo.com/article/0906040859_why_mamata_didnt_give_women_mps_a_chance/368890.html | title = Why Mamata didn't give women MPs a chance | access-date = 2009-08-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/8583.html| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121003123612/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/8583.html| url-status =dead| archive-date =2012-10-03| title = Dr. Ratna De(nag) | access-date = 2009-08-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp180.htm |title=180 Serampore Assembly Constituency |access-date=2009-08-12 |work=Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410185213/http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp180.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref>
'''Dr Ratna De Nag''' (born 6 September 1948) is an Indian [[politician]] who has been serving as [[Third Mamata Banerjee ministry|Minister of State]] for [[Department of Environment (West Bengal)|Environment]]
Science, Technology and Bio-Technology in the [[Government of West Bengal]]. She was a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]] from [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)]], which includes the [[Singur]] area. She lost the [[2019 Indian general election|Lok Sabha Elections 2019]] to [[Locket Chatterjee]], who was elected as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 election]], she was elected as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Pandua (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandua Vidhan Sabha Constituency]].


A doctor (MBBS and DCH) by profession, she is Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Lok Sabha.<ref name=ratna/> She is a member of the Panel of Chairpersons in the [[16th Lok Sabha]].<ref>http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/panel_chairmen.pdf</ref><ref>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ten-member-panel-of-chairpersons-in-lok-sabha/articleshow/36296344.cms</ref><ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Parliament-Budget-session-day-7-live-updates/article17245691.ece</ref>
She is daughter of Gopal Das Nag, who was Labour Minister in the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] government under [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]. In 2001 and 2006, she won the assembly election from [[Sreerampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sreerampur]] ([[Serampore]]).<ref>{{cite web | url =http://news.indiainfo.com/article/0906040859_why_mamata_didnt_give_women_mps_a_chance/368890.html | title =Why Mamata didn't give women MPs a chance | access-date =2009-08-12 | archive-date =6 June 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090606115040/http://news.indiainfo.com/article/0906040859_why_mamata_didnt_give_women_mps_a_chance/368890.html | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/8583.html| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121003123612/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/keycandidate/8583.html| url-status =dead| archive-date =2012-10-03| title = Dr. Ratna De(nag) | access-date = 2009-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp180.htm |title=180 Serampore Assembly Constituency |access-date=2009-08-12 |work=Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410185213/http://eci.nic.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp180.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009}}</ref>
 
A doctor ([[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] and [[Doctor of Medicine|DCH]]) by profession, she was Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name="dr ratna" /> She was a member of the Panel of chairpersons in the [[16th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/panel_chairmen.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-27 |archive-date=2016-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320195510/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/panel_chairmen.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ten-member-panel-of-chairpersons-in-lok-sabha/articleshow/36296344.cms|title=Ten-member Panel of Chairpersons in Lok Sabha|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Parliament-Budget-session-day-7-live-updates/article17245691.ece|title=Modi's remark against Manmohan triggers walkout by Congress|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
 
She was sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) as a part of the [[Third Banerjee ministry|21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal]] under the leadership of [[Mamata Banerjee]] with the portfolios of [[Department of Environment (West Bengal)|Department of Environment]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.environmentwb.gov.in/|title=Environmental Department, Govt. of West Bengal|website=www.environmentwb.gov.in}}</ref> and Department of Science & Technology and Bio-Technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbdstbt.in/|title=Department Of Science & Technology And Biotechnology|website=www.wbdstbt.in|access-date=16 May 2021|archive-date=8 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308111836/https://wbdstbt.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/list-of-new-ministers-of-3rd-mamata-banerjee-government-dgtl/cid/1280164|title=১০টা ৪৫-এ শপথ, নীলবাড়িতে মমতার নতুন মন্ত্রিসভায় অভিজ্ঞ ২৭, একদম নতুন ১৬|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/amit-mitra-42-others-set-to-join-mamatas-3rd-cabinet/articleshow/82512465.cms|title=West Bengal: Amit Mitra, 42 others set to join Mamata's third cabinet - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 10 August 2025



Dr Ratna De Nag
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Government of West Bengal
In office
10 May 2021 – 2 August 2022
GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Department
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded bySk.Amjad Hossain
ConstituencyPandua, Hooghly
In office
2001–2008
Preceded byJyoti Chowdhury
Succeeded byDr. Sudipto Roy
ConstituencySerampore, Hooghly
Chairperson of Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
In office
4 July 2019 – 16 August 2021
PresidentDilip Yadav
Succeeded byAsima Patra
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2019
Preceded byRupchand Pal
Succeeded byLocket Chatterjee
ConstituencyHooghly
Personal details
Born
Dr Ratna Nag

(1948-09-06) 6 September 1948 (age 77)
Serampore, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Children2
ResidenceSerampore
Kolkata
As of 11 September, 2009
Source: [[1]]

Dr Ratna De Nag (born 6 September 1948) is an Indian politician who has been serving as Minister of State for Environment Science, Technology and Bio-Technology in the Government of West Bengal. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha from Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency), which includes the Singur area. She lost the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 to Locket Chatterjee, who was elected as a BJP candidate from the Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2021 election, she was elected as the MLA of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Pandua Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

She is daughter of Gopal Das Nag, who was Labour Minister in the Congress government under Siddhartha Shankar Ray. In 2001 and 2006, she won the assembly election from Sreerampur (Serampore).[2][3][4]

A doctor (MBBS and DCH) by profession, she was Member of the Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Lok Sabha.[1] She was a member of the Panel of chairpersons in the 16th Lok Sabha.[5][6][7]

She was sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) as a part of the 21st Council of Ministers for the state of West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee with the portfolios of Department of Environment[8] and Department of Science & Technology and Bio-Technology.[9][10][11]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Biography". Lok Sabha Members – 15th Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  2. "Why Mamata didn't give women MPs a chance". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  3. "Dr. Ratna De(nag)". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. "180 Serampore Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Ten-member Panel of Chairpersons in Lok Sabha". The Economic Times.
  7. "Modi's remark against Manmohan triggers walkout by Congress". The Hindu. 8 February 2017.
  8. "Environmental Department, Govt. of West Bengal". www.environmentwb.gov.in.
  9. "Department Of Science & Technology And Biotechnology". www.wbdstbt.in. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  10. "১০টা ৪৫-এ শপথ, নীলবাড়িতে মমতার নতুন মন্ত্রিসভায় অভিজ্ঞ ২৭, একদম নতুন ১৬". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali).
  11. "West Bengal: Amit Mitra, 42 others set to join Mamata's third cabinet - Times of India". The Times of India.