Mr. Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs, assumed charge of his office here today. He was greeted by Union Home Secretary Mr. Rajiv Gauba and Director, Intelligence Bureau Mr. Rajiv Jain upon arrival at the North Block.
Amit Shah was also felicitated by new Ministers of State (Home), G. Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai who also took charge of office today.
Amit Shah was recently elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar constituency. He has been a Rajya Sabha member, Minister in Gujarat Government and MLA in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. Professionally he pursued Agriculture and has been a Political and Social Worker.
Born to Smt. Kusumben and Anilchandra Shah, an affluent Gujarati family, in the year 1964 in Mumbai, Shri Amit Shah lived and studied in his paternal village Maansa, Gujarat until the age of 16, when upon completion of his school education, his family shifted to Ahmedabad. He acquired his B.Sc. (Second Year) degree from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.
