Sukanta Majumdar | |
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 Majumdar in 2026 | |
| Union Minister of State for Education | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 Serving with Jayant Chaudhary | |
| Minister | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Preceded by | Subhash Sarkar |
| 3rdUnion Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| Minister | Jyotiraditya Scindia |
| Preceded by | B.L. Verma |
| 10thState President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal | |
| In office 20 September 2021 – 2 July 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Dilip Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Samik Bhattacharya |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Arpita Ghosh |
| Constituency | Balurghat, West Bengal |
| Majority | 10,386 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1979-12-29)29 December 1979 (age 46) Balurghat,West Bengal, India |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | |
| Education | M.Sc.,B.Ed.,Ph.D. (Botany) |
| Alma mater | University of North Bengal |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher |
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As of May, 2019 Source:[1] | |
Sukanta Majumdar (born 29 December 1979) is an Indian politician. He was elected to theLok Sabha, lower house of theparliament of India fromBalurghat,[1]West Bengal in the2024 Indian general election. He served the 10th state president ofBharatiya Janata Party,West Bengal.[2][3][4] From 20 September 2021 to July 2025, he served as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal.[5][6]
Majumdar was born on 29 December 1979 in Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. He completed his schooling at Khadimpur High School in Balurghat. He pursued higher education at theUniversity of North Bengal, where he obtained aPh.D. inBotany. His academic background includes anM.Sc. andB.Ed. degree. He has published more than 15 scientific papers in national and international journals.[7][8][9]
Majumdar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Balurghat constituency in the2019 general elections, defeating theTrinamool Congress candidateArpita Ghosh by a margin of over 33,000 votes.[10][11] In September 2021 he succeededDilip Ghosh as the President of the BJP's West Bengal unit.[12][13] In June 2024, he was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Education and the Union Minister of State for the Development of North Eastern Region in theThird Modi ministry.[14]
Majumdar is married to Koyel Chowdhury, and they have one daughter. His father, Sushanta Kumar Majumdar, was a government employee, and his mother, Nibedita Majumdar, was a primary school teacher.[15]
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