Archana Chitnis

Archana Chitnis (born 20 April 1964) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Madhya Pradesh. She is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Burhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and has served as Minister of Education of the state.^[1] She returned to Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Cabinet as Minister of Women and Child Development.^[2] She won the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election against Thakur Surendra Singh from Burhanpur.^[3]

Archana Chitnis
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Thakur Surendra Singh
Constituency	Burhanpur
In office 2008 – December 2018
Preceded by	Hamid Kaji
Constituency	Burhanpur
Minister of Women and Child Development, Madhya Pradesh Government
In office June 2016 – December 2018
Chief Minister	Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Succeeded by	Imarti Devi
Personal details
Born	(1964-04-20) 20 April 1964 (age 60)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh
Education	M.Sc, B.Ed
Profession	Politician
Website	archnachitnis.com
Source

Early life

Entry into students politics in 1984, University Representative of Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Secretary of Government Degree College Student Union in 1984–85. Former lecturer of Gujarati Science College, Indore.^[4]

Political career

In 2003, she was elected to the 12th Vidhan Sabha and served as the Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Welfare, Higher Education, Technical Education and Training, Animal Husbandry, Cow Promotion Board, and Social Justice. She was elected as a Member of the 13th Vidhan Sabha in 2008 and appointed as the Minister of Technical Education and Training, School Education, and Higher Education.^{[citation needed]}

She was elected for the third time as MLA in the year 2013. On 30 June, 2016, Archana Chitnis was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "MLA Chitnis inspects 'Krishi Mahotsav' arrangements | Freepress Journal". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
2. "Life Sketch Smt. Archana Chitnis, Minister". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
3. "Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2018: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Won His Seat But 13 Of His Ministers Lost Theirs". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
4. Chitnis returned to Bhopal from United States of America where she had gone in connection of study of community colleges