Kavita Jain

Kavita Jain
Cabinet Minister Government of Haryana
In office 26 October 2014 – 27 October 2019
Ministry	Term
Minister of Women & Child Development	26 October 2014 - 27 October 2019
Minister of Urban Local Bodies	22 July 2016 - 27 October 2019
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment	26 October 2014 - 22 July 2016
Minister of Scheduled Castes & Backward Classes Welfare	26 October 2014 - 24 July 2015
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2019
Preceded by	Anil Kumar Thakkar
Succeeded by	Surendra Panwar
Constituency	Sonipat
Personal details
Born	(1972-09-02) 2 September 1972 (age 52) Rohtak, Haryana India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Rajiv Jain
Children	1 daughter and 1 son
Education	M.Com, B. Ed
Occupation	Politician

Kavita Surender Kumar Jain (born 2 September 1972) is a politician, former MLA for Sonipat and cabinet minister in the Government of Haryana, India.[1]

Political career

In 2009 and again in 2014, as a candidate of the BJP from Sonepat, she was elected as member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, India. On 26 October 2014, she was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.[2]

As a minister, she has been in charge of the following departments.

• Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana
• Department of Women & Child Development, Haryana
• Department of Law and Justice,[3] Haryana

Personal life

Jain is married to Rajiv Jain, a formerly media advisor to the Chief Minister of Haryana.[4] They have a daughter and a son.

Jain completed M.Com and B.Ed from Rohtak.[2]

References

1. "Sonipat MLA Kavita Jain takes oath. Three ministers of state swear in". Times of India. 26 October 2014.
2. "MLA Details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
3. Minister, Contact. "Kavita Jain Contact Details". My Minister. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
4. "Rajiv Jain appointed media adviser to Haryana Chief Minister Khattar". Tribune India. 6 April 2018.