Balyan , Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Balyan , Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Muzaffarnagar
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17

Father's Name : Shri Surender Pal Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Ravindri Devi
Date of birth : 23 Jun 1972
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
May, 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha27 May 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014 Union Minister of State, Ministries of Agriculture; and Food Processing Industries27 May 2014 - 27 Aug. 2015 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture27 Aug. 2015 - 5 July 2016 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare5 July 2016 - 2 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation1 Sept. 2017 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Home AffairsMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)30 May 2019 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries
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Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with (i) Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (Student Wing of Bharatiya Janata Party) since school days; (ii) Elected Convener of Students Union in Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana; (iii) Being a farmer associated with farmers organizations and raised their issues on various forums; (iv) Actively associated with social issues like Right to Information, Jan Lokpal Bill etc.; (v) Nominated member for the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) for purpose of control and supervision of experiment on animals for various Institutes by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GOI for 5 years; and (vi) Member of Bharatiya Janata Party
 
Special Interests
Rural welfare, working especially for backward and downtrodden sections and farmers
 
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books
 
Sports and Clubs
Badminton
 
Countries Visited
Algeria, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Senegal, Spain and U.S.A.
 
Other Information
Veterinary Officer, Govt. of Haryana, 1997 - 2013