Jitendra Singh Rana

Jitendra Singh
Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Earth Sciences
In office
7 July 2021 – 18 May 2023
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byHarsh Vardhan
Succeeded byKiren Rijiju
In office
26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJaipal Reddy
Succeeded byHarsh Vardhan
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region
In office
9 November 2014 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byV. K. Singh
Succeeded byG. Kishan Reddy
MoS for Science and Technology (Independent Charge)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byHarsh Vardhan
In office
26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJaipal Reddy
Succeeded byHarsh Vardhan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 June 2014
Preceded byChaudhary Lal Singh
ConstituencyUdhampur, J&K
Personal details
Born (1956-11-06) 6 November 1956 (age 68)
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (present day Jammu and Kashmir), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseManju Singh
Children2
RelativesDevender Singh Rana (Brother)
Residence(s)New Delhi
Jammu[1]
Alma mater
ProfessionPhysician
Websitewww.drjitendrasingh.in

Jitendra Singh Rana is an Indian physician and politician who is serving as the 18th minister of Science and Technology and minister of Earth Sciences since 2024. For Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.[2] He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Udhampur with the majority of 124,373 votes.[3]

He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.[4][5] He won the Udhampur seat in the Indian general election, 2014 and 2019 with highest ever margin of votes [6] for the 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha.[7]

  1. ^ Jitendra Singh – Affidavit Information Candidate Archived 13 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Myneta.info. Retrieved on 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ For better synergy, maximum efficiency Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Hindu (28 May 2014). Retrieved on 1 August 2014.
  3. ^ Shuchismita (9 June 2024). "Dr Jitendra scores another hat-trick". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ Minister of State (Independent Charge): Jitendra Singh Archived 30 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. NDTV (26 May 2014). Retrieved on 1 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Make the interlocutors' report on Kashmir public: BJP". The Times of India. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  6. ^ "BJP felicitates Jitendra Singh for highest-ever winning margin in Jammu and Kashmir". The New Indian Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Profile on BJP Web Site". Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.