Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Union Minister of IT
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Anurag Singh Thakur
Union Minister of Railways
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Minister of Telecommunications
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ravi Shankar Prasad
Succeeded by	Jyotiraditya Scindia
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 June 2019
Constituency	Odisha
Deputy Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
In office 2003-2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born	(1970-07-18) 18 July 1970 (age 54) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita Vaishnaw ​ (m. 1995)​ [1]
Children	2
Parents	Dau Lal Vaishnaw (father) Saraswati Vaishnaw (mother)
Education	BEng M.Tech MBA
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania IIT Kanpur M.B.M. Engineering College,[2] Jai Narain Vyas University
Occupation	Former IAS officer Entrepreneur Former Managing Director, GE Transportation Former Vice President, Siemens
Website	www.ashwinivaishnaw.in
Source: rajyasabha.nic.in

Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman who is serving as the 39th Minister of Railways, the 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024.

Earlier, he served as the 39th Minister of Railways, the 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting, the 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is also a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.