Archana Chitnis (born 20 April 1964) is a

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

politician from

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

. She is a member of

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidh ...

representing Burhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and has served as Minister of Education of the state. She returned to

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's Cabinet as Minister of Women and Child Development. She won the

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against Thakur Surendra Singh from

Burhanpur Burhanpur is a historical city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative seat of Burhanpur District. It is situated on the north bank of the Tapti River and northeast of city of Mumbai , southwest of the state's capita ...

Early life

Entry into students politics in 1984, University Representative of Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Secretary of Government Degree College Student Union in 1984–85. Former lecturer of Gujarati Science College, Indore.Chitnis returned to Bhopal from United States of America where she had gone in connection of study of community colleges
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Political career

In 2003, she was elected to the 12th Vidhan Sabha and served as the Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Welfare, Higher Education, Technical Education and Training, Animal Husbandry, Cow Promotion Board, and Social Justice. She was elected as a Member of the 13th Vidhan Sabha in 2008 and appointed as the Minister of Technical Education and Training, School Education, and Higher Education. She was elected for the third time as MLA in the year 2013. On 30 June, 2016, Archana Chitnis was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister

References

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