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INCSince 2004Male
Jairam Ramesh
AICC General Secretary (Communications); Rajya Sabha MP
Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)
Born 1954 · Age 72
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay; M.S. Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
About
Jairam Ramesh is Congress's AICC General Secretary (Communications) and the party's chief media spokesperson. A former Union Environment and Rural Development Minister under PM Manmohan Singh, he was responsible for landmark environmental legislation. An IIT Bombay and Carnegie Mellon alumnus, he is also a prolific political author and one of the INDIA bloc's most intellectually rigorous voices.
Age
72
In office since
2004
Education
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay; M.S. Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Constituency
Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)
Declared Wealth
MyNeta₹6.12 Cr
Total assets
₹0.18 Cr
Liabilities
Net worth: ₹5.94 Crafter liabilities
Source: ECI affidavit — most recent election declaration
No declared cases
No criminal or civil cases declared in affidavit
State Context
StateKarnataka →
Ruling PartyINC
CMD.K. Shivakumar
AllianceINDIA
Last Election2023
Assembly seats
135 / 224 seats