Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar

Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar
Minister for Environmental Affairs, Government of West Bengal
In office
20 May 2011 – 20 May 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Succeeded bySovan Chatterjee
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2011 – 4 May 2021
Preceded byTamalika Seth
Succeeded byTilak Kumar Chakraborty
ConstituencyMahisadal
Personal details
Born (1952-11-08) 8 November 1952 (age 71)
Political partyTrinamool Congress
SpouseKakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Children2 sons
ResidenceKolkata
WebsiteGDIFR.in

Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar is an Indian doctor and a former Indian politician and the Minister for Environmental Affairs in the Government of West Bengal. He was also an MLA, elected from the Mahisadal constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.[1][2][3]

His wife, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a gynecologist, has been involved in active politics under the stewardship of Trinamool Congress leader and Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee. She is an elected member of the 15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from Barasat in West Bengal and the Deputy Leader of the Trinamool in Lok Sabha. Before his recent induction into state politics he has been known as one of the leading infertility practitioners in India since 1981. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers in test tube baby research in the country.

  1. ^ Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries
  2. ^ Dasgupta, Abhijit (22 May 2009). "All the Didi's men". India Today. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Ministers in Mamata's Cabinet". Government of West Bengal. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.