Jairam Ramesh Profile
Jairam Ramesh (Kannada: ಜೈರಾಮ ರಮೇಶ) has been an elected member of the Indian Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha since June 2004. He has been the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests since May, 2009. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council. From January 2006 to February, 2009, he was the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and from April 2008 to February, 2009 was also the Minister of State for Power in the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Read More
JAIRAM RAMESH is presently a Congress Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha. He is a member of three committees of Parliament---the Public Accounts Committee, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Committee on Government Assurances--- and a member of the Court of JNU, New Delhi. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council (www.nac.nic.in) that is chaired by Smt. Sonia Gandhi. He helped put together the National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that came to power in May 2004. Earlier he was part of the Congress election strategy team for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
He was former secretary in the AICC, formerly deputy chairman Karnataka Planning Board (2000-2002), formerly member of the Rajasthan Development Council (1999-2003), formerly Economic Advisor to the government of Chattisgarh (2001-03).
He had also been invited by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to serve on its Economic Advisory Council. He also serves on the eminent persons group of the Union Ministry of Power and other key government committees.
Jairam has earlier been Advisor to the Finance Minister during 1996-98, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission 1992-94 and Advisor to the Prime Minister 1991. He has served in the Planning Commission, Ministry of Industry and other economic departments of the Central government. He has been entrusted with numerous special assignments like, for example in J&K during 1993-95, for reorganizing India's international trade agencies in 1990 and for implementing the technology missions during 1987-89, for reorganizing the CSIR in 1986 and for analyzing energy policy during 1983-85. The present central government invited him to join the official delegation to the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999.
He has authored a number of key government reports in areas as diverse as energy, technology, capital goods, industrial policy and telecom. He was a key player in the team that formulated and implemented India's economic reforms in 1991 and 1997. He serves on the boards of a number of public institutions in India and abroad. He has been a founding member of the Indian School of Business promoted by McKinsey in Hyderabad and is a member of the International Council of the New York-based Asia Society. Read More...
JAIRAM RAMESH is presently a Congress Member of Parliament representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha. He is a member of three committees of Parliament---the Public Accounts Committee, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Committee on Government Assurances--- and a member of the Court of JNU, New Delhi. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council (www.nac.nic.in) that is chaired by Smt. Sonia Gandhi. He helped put together the National Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that came to power in May 2004. Earlier he was part of the Congress election strategy team for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
He was former secretary in the AICC, formerly deputy chairman Karnataka Planning Board (2000-2002), formerly member of the Rajasthan Development Council (1999-2003), formerly Economic Advisor to the government of Chattisgarh (2001-03).
He had also been invited by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to serve on its Economic Advisory Council. He also serves on the eminent persons group of the Union Ministry of Power and other key government committees.
Jairam has earlier been Advisor to the Finance Minister during 1996-98, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission 1992-94 and Advisor to the Prime Minister 1991. He has served in the Planning Commission, Ministry of Industry and other economic departments of the Central government. He has been entrusted with numerous special assignments like, for example in J&K during 1993-95, for reorganizing India's international trade agencies in 1990 and for implementing the technology missions during 1987-89, for reorganizing the CSIR in 1986 and for analyzing energy policy during 1983-85. The present central government invited him to join the official delegation to the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999.
He has authored a number of key government reports in areas as diverse as energy, technology, capital goods, industrial policy and telecom. He was a key player in the team that formulated and implemented India's economic reforms in 1991 and 1997. He serves on the boards of a number of public institutions in India and abroad. He has been a founding member of the Indian School of Business promoted by McKinsey in Hyderabad and is a member of the International Council of the New York-based Asia Society. Read More...
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