First from Jammu and Kashmir to secure a ministerial berth at the Centre for a third consecutive term, Dr Jitendra Singh retains charge of Ministry of Science and Technology. He took over as the Minister back in 2014.

Dr Jitendra Singh is currently serving as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space.

He is a physician known for his work on diabetes and endocrinology. Dr Singh has been a professor, a consultant, clinical practitioner, author of eight books, and a newspaper columnist and also the ex-chairman for the National Scientific Committee Diabetes and the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India.