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Jairam Ramesh
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Jairam Ramesh
Jairam ramesh.jpg
Jairam Ramesh in Gurgaon in 2009
Constituency
Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh
Minister of Rural Development
In office
13 July 2011 26 May 2014
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Vilasrao Deshmukh
Succeeded by
Gopinath Munde
Ministry of Environment and Forests
In office
May 2009 12 July 2011
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by
Jayanthi Natarajan
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2004
Personal details
Born
9 April 1954 (age 60)
Chikmagalur, Karnataka
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence
New Delhi
Alma mater
IIT Bombay
Carnegie Mellon University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Profession
Economist
Religion
Hinduism
As of 25 January, 2007
Source: [1]
Jairam Ramesh (born 9 April 1954) is an Indian economist and politician belongin
g to Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Andhra
Pradesh state in the Rajya Sabha since June 2004. In July 2011, Jairam Ramesh wa
s elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of
Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinki
ng Water and Sanitation. However in the cabinet reshuffle in October 2012, he ha
s been divested of the portfolio of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. H
e was previously the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) at the Minist
ry of Environment and Forests from May 2009 to July 2011.[1] [2][3][4][5][6]
Contents [hide]
1 Personal

2 Education
3 Career
4 Journalism
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Personal[edit]
Jairam Ramesh was born on 9 April 1954 in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, India. His fat
her was C. K. Ramesh, and his mother, Sridevi Ramesh. His father was a Professor
of Civil Engineering in IIT Bombay. Jairam is an Hebbar Iyengar.[2] [7] He cons
iders himself a practising Hindu with Buddhism ingrained and calls himself a 'Hi
nd-Budh'.[2] He married K. R. Jayashree, an Iyer, on 26 January 1981.[2] He and
his wife currently reside at Lodi Gardens, Rajesh Pilot Marg, New Delhi. Their p
ermanent residence is at Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.[4]
Ramesh was strongly influenced by the personal life of Jawaharlal Nehru since he
was very young. He was fascinated by Nehru's modern approach to life, his bring
ing change in a traditional society and his liberal, humanist, rational approach
to life, religion, men and civic matters. He considers himself a product of the
Nehruvian era in many ways. An additional influence was Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatm
a Gandhi), whom he originally saw as anti-modern, anti-science and anti-West.[8]
As he grew older and read Gandhi more and viewed him in the political and histo
rical context in which he operated, he came to appreciate and acknowledge Gandhi
much more. He has also studied Rabindranath Tagore deeply.[9][8]
Education[edit]
Ramesh attended St. Xavier's School, Ranchi in 1961 1963 in classes 3 to 5. He rea
d Paul Samuelson (an American economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1970) and fou
nd him very interesting. His presentation, the substance of issues such as popul
ation and growth got him thinking of economics and the larger issues of life, mo
re so than worrying about engineering drawings and mathematical formulae. Also w
hen he was 17, in 1971, he read Asian Drama, one of the early books of Gunnar My
rdal (a Swedish economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1974) and wrote to him at t
he Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Myrdal sent a very nice rep
ly and said to stay in touch with him. Asian Drama was very influential to Rames
h's understanding of development planning in India.[9]
Ramesh graduated from IIT Bombay in 1975 with a BTech in Mechanical Engineering.
Between 1975 77 he studied at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College and recei
ved a Master of Science in Public Policy and Public Management. In 1977 78, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he studied technology policy, economics,
engineering, and management, as part of the newly established interdisciplinary
technology policy programme.[4]
He is a founding member of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad and is a m
ember of the International Council of the New York-based Asia Society. Ramesh ha
s been a Visiting Fellow and Affiliated Researcher of the Institute of Chinese S
tudies, New Delhi, since 2002.[4]
Career[edit]
In 1978, Jairam Ramesh joined the World Bank for a short assignment. He returned
to India in December 1979 and worked as assistant to economist Lovraj Kumar at
the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices. From 1983 to 1985 he was Officer on S
pecial Duty in the Advisory Board of Energy. He then worked in the Planning Comm
ission (advisor to Abid Hussain), Ministry of Industry and other economic depart
ments of the Central Government, including: analysing energy policy during 1983 85
, reorganising the CSIR in 1986 and implementing technology missions during 1987 8
9.[10]

In 1990, he worked as an "Officer on Special Duty" during the National Front adm
inistration of the V.P. Singh government. He reorganised India's international t
rade agencies in 1990 and was advisor to the Prime Minister in 1991. In 1991 he
worked in Manmohan Singh's finance ministry in the Narasimha Rao administration.
[4]
Ramesh participated in India's economic reforms in 1991 and 1997. He was advisor
to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission in 1992 94, served on special m
ission to Jammu and Kashmir during 1993 95 and was advisor to Finance Minister Pal
aniappan Chidambaram between 1996 98. The central government invited him to join t
he official delegation to the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle in 199
9.[11]
From 2000 2002, Ramesh served as Deputy chairman, State Planning Board, Government
of Karnataka and on the Economic Advisory Council of Andhra Pradesh. He also se
rved on the eminent persons group of the Union Ministry of Power and other key g
overnment committees.[4]
Ramesh also served as Secretary in the All India Congress Committee, Deputy Chai
rman of the Karnataka Planning Board (2000 2002), member of the Rajasthan Developm
ent Council (1999 2003), and Economic Advisor to the government of the state of Ch
hattisgarh (2001 03).[11] He was a member of the Congress Party's electoral strate
gy team for the 2004 Lok Sabha cycle.[4]
In June 2004, he was elected to represent Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh in t
he Rajya Sabha. Following the formation of the Congress-led United Progressive A
lliance (UPA) government in 2004, he joined the National Advisory Council, where
he helped put together UPA's National Common Minimum Program. From August 2004
January 2006 he was a member of three committees of Parliament: the Public Accou
nts Committee, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Committee on Government
Assurances and was a member of the Court of the Jawaharlal Nehru University.[4]
Jairam Ramesh With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a multilateral meeting
of US President Barack Obama with Singh and the other leaders of the BASIC Bloc:
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brazilian President Lula da Silva and South African
President Jacob Zuma during the United Nations Climate Change Conference, 18 De
c 2009.
In February 2009, with the 15th Lok Sabha elections approaching, he led the part
y's Poll Strategy Panel. At that time he resigned his posts as Minister of State
for Power and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.
Following his 2009 re-election to the Indian Parliament, on 28 May 2009 Ramesh w
as given independent charge of Environment and Forests as Minister of State in t
he Congress-led administration. He was chief negotiator for India at the 2009 Un
ited Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 to
18 December 2009.[12]
Ramesh was part of the 19-member 'Foundation Day Committee' of the All India Con
gress Committee (AICC), under the chairmanship of party president Sonia Gandhi,
for planning the 2010 year-long celebrations of the 125th anniversary of the Con
gress Party.[13]
On 12 July 2011, Mr. Ramesh was promoted to Cabinet Minister and reassigned to c
harge of the Ministry for Rural Development and on 13 July 2011 was named Minist
er (Additional Charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.[4][
14]
Journalism[edit]
Ramesh Chindia cover.jpg

Mr. Ramesh has been a columnist for the Business Standard, Business Today, The T
elegraph, Times of India and India Today, sometimes under the pen-name "Kautilya
".
He has also anchored a number of popular television programmes on business and t
he economy, including Business Breakfast and Crossfire. Ramesh is the author of
the books:
Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India (2005), Foreword by Stro
be Talbot.[15]
Mobilising Technology for World Development (Co-editor, 1979)[16]
See also[edit]
Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)
Ministry of Power (India)
References[edit]
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^ Jump up to: a b c d Hindustan Times
Somethin' Special;Jairam Ramesh
Jump up ^ "What makes it so difficult to box Jairam Ramesh". Times of India. 201
0-08-29.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "WebPage of Shri Jairam Ramesh". Members of Rajy
a Sabha. New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.[d
ead link]
Jump up ^ "Jairam Ramesh quits ministry, to devote full time to poll". IndianExp
ress.com.
Jump up ^ "Profile of Jairam Ramesh: Green activist, technocrat and no-nonsense
politician". newKerala.com. New Delhi. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
Jump up ^ First Post The Five Battles that defined Jairam Ramesh
^ Jump up to: a b Sughosh India (10 October 2012). "Jairam Ramesh on Mahatma Gan
dhi". Quotes on Mahatma Gandhi. Kota: Sughosh India. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b Janaki Lenin (8 August 2011). "In politics, 80% is downhill, 2
0% is upswing: Jairam Ramesh". Jairam Ramesh Interview
Part II. New Delhi: First
Post. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
Jump up ^ IIT Bombay Heritage Find & IIT Bombay Alumni Association (2009). "NEWS
? CURRENT ? JAIRAM RAMESH IN UPA MINISTRY". Alumni Directory. Indian Institute
of Technology
Bombay.
^ Jump up to: a b Ramesh, Jairam (2001). "Profile". Website of Jairam Ramesh. Re
trieved 28 December 2009.
Jump up ^ "Copenhagen Accord does not affect sovereignty: Govt". Indian Express.
com (New Delhi: The Indian Express Limited.). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 28 Dec
ember 2009.
Jump up ^ PTI (27 December 2009). "PM, Sonia to lay foundation for Cong HQ tomor
row". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
Jump up ^ "Jairam elevated to Cabinet, moved out of Environment". The Hindu (Kas
turi & Sons Ltd). Retrieved 12 July 2011.
Jump up ^ Jairam Ramesh. Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India
. New Delhi, India Research Press, 2005. ISBN 81-87943-665-5
Jump up ^ C. Weiss and R. Jairam (1979), Mobilising technology for world develop
ment, New York: Praeger
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