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Neelima Katiyar
Minister of State for Higher Education and Science & Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 10 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded bySatish Kumar Nigam
ConstituencyKalyanpur
Personal details
Born (1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 52)
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent(s)Prem Lata Katiyar
Residence117Q 54 A Block LIC Colony, Sharda Nagar, Kanpur
Alma materM.A. 2001, CSJM University Kanpur[1]
ProfessionSocial work, business, politician

Neelima Katiyar is an Indian politician and the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Neelima was born in Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Prem Lata Katiyar, a former minister in Uttar Pradesh.[2]

Education[edit | edit source]

Katiyar earned M.A. and B.A. degrees from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (formerly Kanpur University).[citation needed]

Political life[edit | edit source]

In 2017 she was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Kalyanpur, Kanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Bharatiya Janta Party candidate with 86620 votes in this election.[3]

She has been appointed Minister of state in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Nilima Katiyar (Bharatiya Janata Party): Constituency – Kalyanpur (Kanpur Nagar) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "HTML_META_TITLE". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18.