Dhan Singh Rawat
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Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat | |
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.jpg) Rawat in 2017 | |
| Minister of Higher Education, Govt of Uttarakhand | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat Tirath Singh Rawat Pushkar Singh Dhami |
| Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ganesh Godiyal |
| Constituency | Srinagar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 October 1972 Paithani, Uttarakhand, India |
| Party |  Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Deepa Rawat |
Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat (born 7 October 1972) is a Cabinet Minister[1][2][3] of Uttarakhand and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, representing the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal.[4][5][6]
Dhan Singh Rawat was born in a hamlet in Pauri Garhwal and educated at the village school. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in History.[7] A party secretary for the BJP in Uttarakhand,[8] he failed to gain election to the state legislature in 2012 in the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal;[7] he entered the legislature in 2017[9] and has since served as a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for health, higher education,[10] cooperatives, disaster management, dairy development and protocols.[11]
