Neelima Katiyar

Neelima Katiyar is an Indian politician and the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Neelima Katiyar
Minister of State for Higher Education and Science & Technology, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 21 August 2019 – 10 March 2022
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Satish Kumar Nigam
Constituency	Kalyanpur
Personal details
Born	(1973-12-08) 8 December 1973 (age 51) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Prem Lata Katiyar
Residence(s)	117Q 54 A Block LIC Colony, Sharda Nagar, Kanpur
Alma mater	M.A. 2001, CSJM University Kanpur[1]
Profession	Social work, business, politician

Personal life

Neelima was born in Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Prem Lata Katiyar, a former minister in Uttar Pradesh.^[2]

Education

Katiyar earned M.A. and B.A. degrees from Kanpur University Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University.^{[citation needed]}

Political life

In 2017 she was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Kalyanpur, Kanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Bharatiya Janta Party candidate with 86620 votes in this election.^[3]

She has been appointed Minister of state in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.^[4]