Honoured Guests
Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh
Name: Prof Ashim Kumar Ghosh
Date of Birth: 12th March, 1944
Wife (Lady Governor): Smt. Mitra Ghosh
Date of Birth: 10th February, 1953
Father’s Name: Late Subodh Chandra Ghosh
Address: 235/1, Panchanantala Road, Howrah – 711101, West Bengal
Qualification: B.A. (Hons.), M.A. in Political Science
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• Served as Head of the Department of Political Science at Maharaja Srischandra College, Kolkata, for 38 years, teaching at the Honours level
• Worked on several UGC and ICSSR research projects
• Awarded a UGC Teacher Fellowship for research on the socio-economic backwardness of Muslims in West Bengal
• Authored numerous articles on contemporary issues for The Statesman.
• Regular contributor of scholarly articles and active participant in All-India Political Science Conferences
POLITICAL ASSIGNMENTS (Bharatiya Janata Party)
• Active member of the BJP, West Bengal, since 1990
• Member & Convener, BJP Working Group (party think-tank), 1991–1996 and 2004-2014
• Observer for several districts, 1991–1997
• In-Charge, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Election (1999) – successfully led the campaign where Barrister Satyabrata Mukherjee won and later became Union Minister in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government
• State Secretary, BJP West Bengal, 1995–1997
• Vice President, BJP West Bengal, 1997–1999
• President, BJP West Bengal, 1999–2002
• Observer, Tripura State, 2003–2004
• National Executive Member, 2004–2005
• Chairman, BJP Working Group (think-tank) comprising IAS, IPS officers, corporate executives, chartered accountants, and academicians (college/university faculty and management professionals)
Shri Nayab Singh Saini
Nayab Singh Saini (born 25 January 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the Chief Minister of Haryana since March 2024. Previously, he was the president of the Haryana state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2023 till 2024. In October 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, Saini won from Ladwa constituency of Kurukshetra district and also led the BJP party to secure a third term victory in the state.
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Earlier, Saini served as the Member of parliament (M.P.) from Kurukshetra, Haryana, from 2019 to 2024. Before that, he was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) from Naraingarh (Ambala district) from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of State in Haryana government from 2015 to 2019. Coming from a humble family background, Saini joined the BJP party unit in Ambala and steadily rose through the ranks, often working closely with party leader, Manohar Lal Khattar
Shri Mahipal Dhanda
Mahipal Dhanda is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Panipat Rural in the 2014 ,2019 and 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.He is minister of Higher Education, Archives, Parliamentary Affairs and School Education in Haryana. He is a graduate from Arya College, Panipat. History has been his favourite subject. Meditation, Kabaddi and wrestling are his personal hobbies.