Satish Chandra Dwivedi is an Indian politician and member of

17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...

and currently serving as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Primary education. He is the representative of the

Itwa (Assembly constituency) Itwa is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Itwa in the Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Itwa is one of five assembly constituencies in the Domariyaganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 20 ...

constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of

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Early life and education

Dwivedi was born on 1 May 1978 in Shanichara village in

Siddharthnagar district Siddharthnagar district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Siddharthnagar is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of Basti division. It was under the ancient Kosal ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

to Lt. Ayodhya Prasad Dwivedi. In 2009, he married Dr. Kalyani Dwivedi, they have one son and one daughter. He hails from a

Brahmin Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

family. In 2010, he attended

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University (formerly known as Gorakhpur University) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It has en ...

and received Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Political career

Dwivedi's political life began with the

student council A student council (also known as a student union, associated student body or student parliament) is an administrative organization of students in different educational institutes ranging from elementary schools to universities and research or ...

. He was successful in the legislature in the first attempt. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he defeated erstwhile assembly speaker

Mata Prasad Pandey Mata Prasad Pandey (born 31 December 1942) is an Indian politician and former Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms. At present he is representing Itwa 305 constituency in Siddharthnagar of Uttar Pradesh. He is currently ...

(

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) by a margin of 12,923 votes. In August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath Government he was appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Basic Education.

Posts held

* March 2017– Incumbent, Member in

** August 2019– Incumbent, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Basic Education in

Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (International Organization for Standardization, ISO: ''Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra''; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appoin ...

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Siddharthnagar district 1978 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub