Jitendra Singh Rana
Jitendra Singh | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
| President | Ramnath Kovind Droupadi Murmu |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. Narayanasamy |
| Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. Narayanasamy |
| Union Minister of State for the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 18 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| Succeeded by | Kiren Rijiju |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jaipal Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 7 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. K. Singh |
| Succeeded by | G. Kishan Reddy |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 8 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Jaipal Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Chaudhary Lal Singh |
| Constituency | Udhampur, J&K |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jitendra Singh Rana 6 November 1956 Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Manju Singh (m. 1982) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Devender Singh Rana (brother) |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Website | www |
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Dr. Jitendra Singh Rana (born 6 November 1956) is an Indian physician and politician who is serving as the 18th Minister of Science and Technology and 12th Minister of Earth Sciences since 2024. For Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Udhampur with the majority of 124,373 votes.
He is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national executive member and was the chief spokesperson for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He won the Udhampur seat in the Indian general election, 2014 and 2019 with highest ever margin of votes for the 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha.