Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways,Government of India[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2021
Serving with Shripad Naik
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal
Preceded by
Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by
Mamata Thakur
Constituency
Bangaon
Personal details
Born
(1982-08-03) 3 August 1982 (age 41) Thakurnagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Soma Thakur
(m. 2011)
Relations
Subrata Thakur (brother)
Children
2 sons
Parents
Manjul Krishna Thakur (father)
Chhabi Rani Thakur (mother)
Residence(s)
Thakurnagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 743287
Education
Honours in English Literature & Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management
Alma mater
Victoria University, Karnataka State Open University
Profession
Politician, Dharmaguru of Matua Mahasangha
As of 17 August 2019
Source: [1]
Shantanu Thakur (born 1982) is an Indian politician,[2] who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for Bangaon since 2019.[3][4][5][6] He was sworn in as Union Minister of State, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways after the Cabinet reshuffle on 7 July 2021.[7]
^"Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^"Indian parliament shantanu thakur". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^"Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^Kar, Anirban Saha, Dhurjhoti Purohit, Gunjan Singh, Ankita Kumar, Parveen Yadav, Vinod Kumar Kumar, Pankaj Thakur, Ram Krishna Chowdhury, Shantanu. Metastases suppressor NME2 associates with telomere ends and telomerase and reduces telomerase activity within cells. Oxford University Press. OCLC 794927394.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Modi Cabinet: Bengal BJP MPs Shantanu Thakur and Nishith can become authentic Union ministers, this will be beneficial". www.jagran.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^"Bengal Polls: শাহের কাছে শান্তনুর ক্ষোভ". www.anandabazar.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^"Who is Shantanu Thakur? All you need to know about the Matua face in PM Modi's new team". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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