Jairam Ramesh born 9 April 1954 is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka state in the Rajya Sabha. In July 2011, Jairam was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister (additional charge) of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
On 16 June 2022, Jairam was appointed head of Media, including social & Digital media of Indian National Congress Party.
Currently, Jairam has been appointed a member of a board which provides strategic policy advice to a key UN agency on environmentally-sound technologies for developing nations.
Jairam has accepted the offer to serve as a member of the International Advisory Board (IAB) which gives strategic policy advice to the Executive Director of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the programmatic direction of International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC). – Jairam Wiki
