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Dr Jitendra Singh

Father,s Late Shri Rajinder Singh

Name

Mother's Smt. Shanti Devi

Name

Date of Birth 06 Nov 1956

Place of Birth Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir)

Marital Status Married

Minister of State
(Independent Charge) of Date of 16 Apr 1982
the Ministry of Earth Marriage
Sciences,

Minister of State Spouse,s Smt. Manju Singh

(Independent Charge) of Name
Science &
Technology,
No. of Sons 2
Minister of State in the
Prime Minister’s Office,
Educational
M.B.B.S., M.D. (Medicine),Fellowship (Diabetes)
Qualifications MNAMS (Diabetes and Endocrinology), Hon.Ph.d

Minister of State in the

Educated at Stanley Medical College, Chennai,
Ministry of Personnel,
Tamil Nadu, All India

Public Grievanc
Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi,
Government Medical College,Jammu and Amity
NOIDA

Profession Medical Practitioner

Author,Professor,Newspaper
Columnist,Diabetologist & Consultant Physician

Permanent 169, Trikuta Nagar,

Address
 Jammu-180012, Jammu and Kashmir

Tel. : (0191) 2477722

07042304567, 09419192900 (M)

Present 4, Kushak Road,

Address
New Delhi-110 011

Tels. : (011) 23794542, 23794559, 07042304567

(M)

Fax : (011) 23794559

Email: hfm@gov.in

Positions Held

Years Positions Held

May, 2014 Elected to 16 th  Lok Sabha

27 May 2014 - Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office;

25 May 2019 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and
Department of Space

09 Nov. 2014 - Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the

25 May 2019 Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

22 May 2016 - Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

28 May 2016 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th  Lok Sabha (2nd  term)

30 May Union Minister of State (Independent Charge),

2019 onwards Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Minister of State, Prime Minister`s Office; Minister of

State, Ministry of Personnel,

Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State,

Department of Atomic Energy and Minister of State,
Department of Space

8 July 2021 Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the

onwards Ministry of Earth Sciences,

Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Science

& Technology,

Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office,

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
 Grievances and Pensions,

Minister of State in the Department of Atomic

Energy and

Minister of State in the Department of Space

Books Published

Author of 8 Books including Monograms on Diabetes and World Book

Fair "Best Seller", "Diabetes Made Easy"; Author of Chapters on
Diabetes consecutively in around dozen successive editions of API
Text Books for Post Graduate Course (Medicine); Syndicated weekly
column "Tales of Travesty", popularly read and regularly published for
three decades

Literary, artistic and scientific accomplishments

Author of 8 books; Over 10,000 published articles in newspapers &

journals; Awarded coveted "Jamna Devi Gian Devi Award for
Journalism, Gold Medal for Oration at JIPMER, Puducherry, and
Outstanding Personality Award, 2009; Has flair for Writing; Newspaper
Columnist.

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

Reading biographies, Writing on Medical as well as topical subjects,

Listening to old film music from 1950s and early 1960s (Favourites -
Mehdi Hasan, Mohd Rafi, Begum Akhtar).

Other information

Professor, Medicine & Diabetes, 1986-2011

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