Bhagwat Karad

Bhagwat Karad
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
In office
7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) – 11 June 2024
Serving with Pankaj Choudhary
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNirmala Sitharaman
Preceded byAnurag Thakur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
3 April 2020
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Mayor of Aurangabad
In office
29 April 2005 – 4 November 2006
Preceded byKishanchand Tanwani
Succeeded byVijaya Rahatkar
In office
29 April 2000 – 31 July 2001
Preceded bySudam Patil Sonwane
Succeeded byVikas Jain
Personal details
Born (1956-07-16) 16 July 1956 (age 68)
Chikhali, Hyderabad State, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnjali
EducationMBBS
M.S. (Gen. Surgery)
M.Ch. (Pediatric Surgery)
F.C.P.S. (Gen. Surgery)
Alma materCollege of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai, Mumbai University
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Professionsurgeon
Source: [1]

Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad is an Indian politician and retired pediatric surgeon.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He was the Mayor of Aurangabad twice.[2][3][4] Karad became a Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in the reshuffle of Prime Minister Modi's cabinet in the second term.[5]

  1. ^ "Union Minister of State for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad attends virtual inaugural annual conference of paediatric surgeons". Press Information Bureau. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha". Pune Mirror. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "BJP leader's hospital pelted with stones in Aurangabad". Mumbai Mirror. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Maharashtra Rajya Sabha polls: BJP nominates Karad; Sena's Chaturvedi in fray". The Times of India. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.