Ashwini Vaishnaw

Ashwini Vaishnaw
Vaishnaw in 2021
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 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 – 10 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	(1971-07-18) 18 July 1971 (age 53) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita Vaishnaw ​ (m. 1995)​ [1]
Children	2
Parents	Dau Lal Vaishnaw (father) Saraswati Vaishnaw (mother)
Residence	32, Prithviraj Road, New Delhi
Education	B. E. M.Tech MBA
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania IIT Kanpur M.B.M. Engineering College,[2] Jai Narain Vyas University
Occupation	Politician former civil servant businessperson
Website	www.ashwinivaishnaw.in
Source: rajyasabha.nic.in

Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman 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.

He previously served as the Minister of Railways and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and is the incumbent Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.