Kedar Nath Kashyap

Kedar Nath Kashyap (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Forest And Climate Change Minister of Chhattisgarh.^[1][2][3] He served as Cabinet Minister in Government of Chhattisgarh holding School Education, Tribal and Scheduled Caste, Backward Class and Minority Development portfolios. He is fourth time MLA in legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh.

Kedar Nath Kashyap
Minister of Water Resources Government of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2023
Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Ravindra Choubey
Minister of Forest and Climate Change Government of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2023
Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Mohammad Akbar
Minister of Co-operatives Government of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2023
Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Prem Sai Singh Tekam
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Chandan Kashyap
Constituency	Narayanpur
In office 7 December 2008 – 11 December 2018
Preceded by	Vikram Usendi
Succeeded by	Chandan Kashyap
Constituency	Narayanpur
In office 7 December 2003 – 7 December 2008
Preceded by	Anturam Kashyap
Constituency	Bhanpuri
Minister of School Education, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 9 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Brijmohan Agrawal
Succeeded by	Prem Sai Singh Tekam
Minister of Tribal and Scheduled Caste, Backward Class and Minority Development, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 8 December 2008 – 11 December 2018
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Prem Sai Singh Tekam
Minister of Public Health Engineering, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Bhupesh Baghel
Succeeded by	Ram Sewak Paikra
Personal details
Born	Kedar Nath Kashyap (1974-11-05) 5 November 1974 (age 50) Farsaguda, Bastar, Madhya Pradesh (now in Chhattisgarh), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Shanti Kashyap
Children	3
Parent	Baliram Kashyap
Alma mater	Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Profession	Agriculture, Politician

He is son of senior BJP Leader Late Baliram Kashyap and younger brother of former MP Dinesh Kashyap.

Political career

Kashyap was first elected as MLA in 2003 from Bhanpuri constituency and became Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Raman Singh's ministry. He got re-elected in 2008 from Narayanpur and also retained the seat in 2013 Assembly election. He served as Cabinet Minister for Tribal and Scheduled Caste, Backward Class and Minority Development during 2008 to 2018.^[4] He lost 2018 Assembly election to Chandan Kashyap of Congress.^[5]