Ram Shinde

Ram Shankarrao Shinde or better known as Prof. Ram Shinde is a politician, who is serving as the 7th and current chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 19 December 2024. He also serves as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. He has previously served as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Karjat Jamkhed Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1] He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state in December, 2014^[2] and was given responsibility of the home portfolio as well as for public health, agriculture, horticulture, marketing and tourism. He was also made guardian minister of Ahmednagar district. On 8 July 2016 in cabinet expansion he was promoted to cabinet rank and given charge of the water-conservation ministry.^[3]

Ram Shinde
7th Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2024
Deputy	Neelam Gorhe
Preceded by	Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar
Minister of Water Conservation Government of Maharashtra
In office 8 July 2016 – 8 November 2019
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	Pankaja Munde
Succeeded by	Shankarrao Gadakh
Minister of state Government of Maharashtra
In office 5 December 2014 – 8 July 2016
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Departments	Home Affairs Marketing Tourism Health
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2022
Constituency	elected by Legislative Assembly members
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office (2009-2014), (2014 – 2019)
Preceded by	Sadashiv Lokhande
Succeeded by	Rohit Pawar
Constituency	Karjat Jamkhed
Personal details
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Aasha Shinde
Residence(s)	Chondi, Jamkhed Ahmednagar
Occupation	Politician