Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay (30 September 1940 – 2 November 2021) was an Indian politician and the erstwhile Minister for the departments of Technical Education and Training, Science and Technology and Biotechnology in the Government of West Bengal.[1][2] He was also an MLA, elected from the Bardhaman Dakshin constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay
Minister for Technical Education and Training
In office
May 20, 2011 – 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byChakradhar Meikap
ConstituencyBardhaman Dakshin
Minister for Science and Technology
In office
May 20, 2011 – 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
ConstituencyBardhaman Dakshin
Minister for Biotechnology
In office
May 20, 2011 – 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byDr Surjya Kanta Mishra
ConstituencyBardhaman Dakshin
MLA
In office
13 May 2011 – 3 May 2021
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
ConstituencyBardhaman Dakshin
Personal details
Born(1940-09-30)30 September 1940
Died2 November 2021(2021-11-02) (aged 81)
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
ResidenceKolkata
Alma materUniversity of Burdwan (Ph.D.)

He was re-elected again in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay passed away when he was 82 following the old-age related illness and diabetes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-Bengal minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay passes away at 82". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
Preceded by Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
from Bardhaman Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2011– 2021
Incumbent