Profile of CM-designate

• Date of birth: 1.2.1969

• Place of birth: Jorhat

• Father's name: Late Kailash Nath Sarma

• Mother's name: Smt Mrinalinin Devi

Schooling:

• Natun Saraniya Prathamik Bidyalay, Gandhibasti, Guwahati in 1975

• Kamrup Academy, Guwahati in 1979

College Education:

• 1985 H.S. 1st year (Arts) in Cotton College

• 1987 TDC 1st Year with Political Science as Major in Cotton College

• 1991 Admission for Master Degree in Political Science in Cotton College under Gauhati University

Education:

• MA (Political Science) from Gauhati University

• LL.B from Gauhati University

• Ph.D under Professor Niru Hazarika of Political Science Department of Gauhati University on the topic of North Eastern Council: A Structural and Functional Analysis

Political Activities:

• He was elected to the body of Kamrup Academy as the assistant general secretary for the first time in 1982-83. This was the first election he ever won

• He was elected student body's general secretary in his final year of high school in 1984-85

• With the progress of Assam Agitation he was given more responsibility in the AASU to organize rallies and mobilize students and became secretary to the AASU's Guwahati unit

• Became AGS in CCUS (Cotton College Union Society) in 1987-88

• Became three times GS in CCUS in 1988-89, 89-90 and 91-92. This is a record still in his name.

• Joined as Member Secretary, State Level Advisory Committee for Students and Youth Welfare in 1994, headquartered in Nehru Stadium. This Committee was chaired by Hiteswar Saikia, then CM and worked for welfare of students and youth clubs in Assam.

• Contested Election from Jalukbari LAC in 1996 (lost), 2001 (won), 2006 (won), 2011 (won) under Congress ticket, 2016 (won) on BJP ticket, 2021 (won) on BJP ticket.

• He was made minister of state in 2002 in the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government.

• In 2006 he became Health Minister. In 2011 he was made minister in Health, Education, Guwahati Development etc.

• He resigned from the Tarun Gogoi Ministry in July 2014

• He joined the BJP in August, 2015

• Contested election in 2016 on a BJP ticket and was Minster of PWD, Health, Finance, Education etc in Sarbananda Sonowal Cabinet.

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