Sankar Chakraborty
Sankar Chakraborty | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Works Department | |
| In office 2013–2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Aroop Biswas |
| MLA | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Biswanath Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Biswanath Chowdhury |
| Constituency | Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 Balurghat |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta (M.Com), (L.L.B) |
Shankar Chakravorty (alternate spelling: Sankar Chakraborty) is an Indian politician and a trial lawyer from Balurghat, District-Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. He is presently the chairman (cabinet rank) of the board of directors of three state run PSUs namely Mackintosh Burn Ltd., Westinghouse Saxby Farmer Ltd. and Britannia Engineering Ltd.
He was formerly the vice president of the state committee of All India Trinamool Congress.
He was the minister in charge of P.W.D., Dept. of Cooperation, Dept. of Renewable Energy, Dept. of Correctional Administration in the Council of Ministers of the Government of West Bengal in various phases. He was an MLA, elected from the Balurghat constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election. In 2016, he closely lost the same position. He was formerly a member of the board of administrators of Balurghat Municipality.
He was previously the chairman and president of the Dakshin Dinajpur district committee of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also a member of the Board of Administrators of Balurghat Municipality.