Shashi Panja

Dr. Shashi Panja
Dr. Shashi Panja
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of West Bengal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2016
Governor	Keshari Nath Tripathi; Jagdeep Dhankhar
Minister of	Women and Child Development and Social Welfare;
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Sabitri Mitra
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2011
Preceded by	Jiban Prakash Saha
Constituency	Shyampukur
Personal details
Born	4 October 1962
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse(s)	Dr. Prasun Kumar Panja
Children	Pooja and Namrata
Residence	250 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-700006

Shashi Panja is an medical practitioner and politician who currently serves as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare of the Government of West Bengal.

Early life

P.V. Krishnaih (Pillalamarri Tenali), father of Panja, was Chief Industrial Engineer in Hindustan Motors. He lived his entire working life in the Hindmotor colony. Panja was brought up there and did her MBBS from R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital at Kolkata, with specialisation in ultrasound and infertility practice. She married Dr. Prasun Kumar Panja, son of the veteran politician Ajit Kumar Panja.[1][2] She is daughter-in-law of Ajit Kumar Panja.

Political career

Panja was elected a councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 2010 and was appointed mayoral council member in charge of education.[3]

She was elected to the West Bengal State Assembly from Shyampukur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2011.[4]

She was inducted into the Council of Ministers of West Bengal as a minister of state and given independent charge of the women & child welfare ministry in December 2013.[5] In May 2014, she was given additional charge of the social welfare department.[6]

References

"Sashi Panja:HM's own girl". Drishtikon, 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"Election Watch Reporter". My neta. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"Know Your MLA". The Telegraph. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"Three new ministers take oath at Raj Bhavan, state cabinet reshuffled". All India Trinamool Cogress, 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
"Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also". The Statesman. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.

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[hm-1] "Sashi Panja:HM's own girl". Drishtikon, 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[2] "Election Watch Reporter". My neta. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[3] "Know Your MLA". The Telegraph. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[vidhansabha2011-4] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[5] "Three new ministers take oath at Raj Bhavan, state cabinet reshuffled". All India Trinamool Cogress, 26 December 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

[6] "Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also". The Statesman. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.