Jyotipriya Mallick Age, Wiki and Bio

Jyotipriya Mallick

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth26/05/1958
Age66 years
BirthplaceKolkata

Bio/Wiki

Other nameJyoti Priya Mallick
NicknameBalu Da

Physical Stats & More

Height168 cm
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolThe Scottish Church Collegiate School, Kolkata (1975)
College/University
  • Vidyasagar College, Kolkata
  • Surendranath College, Kolkata
Educational Qualification(s)
  • BSc at Vidyasagar College (1979)
  • LLB at Surendranath College (1983)

Personal Life

Date of Birth26/05/1958
BirthplaceCalcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Zodiac signGemini

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Family
WifeManidipa Mallick
Children
DaughterPriyadarshini Mallick (teacher, academician, secretary of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education)
Parents
FatherSakti Pada Mallick (deceased)
MotherNabanalini Mallick
Siblings
Brother(s)
  • Debapriya Mallick (elder; doctor)
  • Swadhin Mallick (Mohun Bagan Football Club employee)

Career

Politics
Political PartyAll India Trinamool Congress (AITMC)
Political Journey
Elections
  • Contested and won the West Bengal Assembly elections from the Gaighata constituency in 2001 and 2006
  • Contested and won the West Bengal Assembly elections from the Habra constituency in 2011, 2016, and 2021
Ministerial Appointments
  • Department of Food & Supplies (20 May 2011 - 10 May 2021)
  • Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction
  • Department of Forests (10 May 2021 - present)
  • Department of Non-Conventional & Renewable Energy Sources (10 May 2021 - present)

Style Quotient

Car Collection
  • Mahindra Scorpio

Some Lesser Known Facts

Jyotipriya Mallick is an Indian lawyer and politician.
He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) and has held the position of the minister of Forest Affairs, Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, and Food & Supplies.
During the 1970s, Mallick became involved in the student union while in college.
He assumed the role of a director at West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited on 26 December 2007.
In the 2011 West Bengal elections, Mallick secured victory with 86,218 votes.
He is considered a significant ally of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Mallick garnered success in the 2016 West Bengal state assembly election with 1,01,590 votes, defeating his Communist Party of India (Marxist) rival, Ashis Kantha Mukherjee.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election, Jyotipriya Mallick triumphed over Bharatiya Janata Party’s Biswajit Sinha by a margin of 3,841 votes.
On 10 May 2021, Mallick was replaced as the Minister of Food & Supplies by Rathin Ghosh.
Reports suggest that Mallick owns a mansion in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, bought for Rs. 1.5 crore, with an estimated current value exceeding Rs. 6 crore as of 2023.
The asset and property value declared in Mallick's election affidavits for 2011 and 2021 showed a 550% growth.
On 2 November 2021, Jyotipriya Mallick was appointed as the director of the West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation Ltd.