Bhagwat Karad

Bhagwat Karad
Karad in 2020
Union Minister of State for Finance
In office
7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) – 9 June 2024
Serving with Pankaj Choudhary
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNirmala Sitharaman
Preceded byAnurag Thakur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2020 – 2 April 2026
Succeeded byRamrao Wadkute
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
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Anjali Karad
(m. 1981)
Children3
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
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Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad (born 16 July 1956) is an Indian politician and retired pediatric surgeon. 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. Karad became a Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in the reshuffle of Prime Minister Modi's cabinet in the second term.