Published On: January 1, 2022 at 14:00 IST
Minister of Health, Industries, Trade & Commerce, Women & Child Development, Skill Development of Goa
NAME – Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 23/03/1971
PLACE OF BIRTH – Mumbai, Maharashtra
FATHER’S NAME – Pratapsingh Raoji Rane
MOTHER’S NAME – Vijayadevi Rane
SPOUSE – Divya Rane
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – N/A
EDUCATION – B. Com, Post Graduate Diploma in Management
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – goa.gov.in
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT – N/A
AWARDS – N/A
BACKGROUND – Vishwajit Rane is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Health, Industries, Trade & Commerce, Women & Child Development, Skill Development of Goa. He is Member of Goa Legislative Assembly from Valpoi constituency.
His hobbies are reading, current affairs and sports.
MAJOR INITIATIVES – N/A
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –
2000 – Vishwajit Rane started his political career with Congress Party. Parallel to his activities in INC he started an organization named Sattari Yuva Morcha.
2007 – Elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Valpoi constituency as an independent Candidate and became the Minister of Health, Agriculture & Craftsmen Training in Government of Goa.
2010 – He resigned as the independent MLA and also as a Cabinet Minister, to contest a by-election from Valpoi constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. Later joined the Indian National Congress and was sworn in again as the Cabinet Minister the same day.
2012 – Elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Valpoi constituency from congress ticket.
2017 – Left INC and joined BJP. Elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Valpoi constituency and Sworn in as the Minister of Health, Industries, Trade & Commerce, Women & Child Development, Skill Development of Goa.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – Opposed the Goa Public Service Commission’s (GPSC) recommendation to appoint Jai Prakash Tiwari the senior most doctor in Goa Medical College (GMC) as the next dean of staterun premier health institute.