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Harsh Vardhan
Vardhan at the inauguration of India-Canada Technology Summit, in New Delhi, 2017
Chairman of the WHO Executive Board
In office 22 May 2020 (2020-05-22) – 2 June 2021 (2021-06-02)
Preceded by	Hiroki Nakatani
Succeeded by	Patrick Amoth
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
In office 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) – 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jagat Prakash Nadda
Succeeded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
In office 26 May 2014 (2014-05-26) – 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Ghulam Nabi Azad
Succeeded by	Jagat Prakash Nadda
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) – 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jitendra Singh
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
Minister of Earth Sciences
In office 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) – 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Jitendra Singh
Succeeded by	Jitendra Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16) – June 4, 2024 (2024-06-04)
Preceded by	Kapil Sibal
Succeeded by	Praveen Khandelwal
Constituency	Chandni Chowk
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office 27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) – 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Anil Madhav Dave
Succeeded by	Prakash Javadekar
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
In office 2 December 1993 – 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	S. K. Bagga
Constituency	Krishna Nagar
Personal details
Born	Harshvardhan Goel (1954-12-13) 13 December 1954 (age 70) Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Nutan Goel
Children	3
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	Zakir Husain College, Delhi Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (MBBS) and (MS)
Profession	Otorhinolaryngologist Politician

Harsh Vardhan (born Harshvardhan Goel, 13 December 1954) is a former Indian politician and otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the office of chairperson of the executive board of the World Health Organization from 22 May 2020. Vardhan has been prominent in the Indian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He later resigned from his cabinet post ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.

He retired from active politics on 4 March 2024 after allegedly being denied a ticket for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Early life

Harsh Vardhan was born in Delhi to Om Prakash Goel and Sneh Lata Goel. Vardhan finished his schooling from Happy School, Daryaganj, in 1971. He attended Zakir Husain Delhi College of the University of Delhi and Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College of the Kanpur University, where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. He earned his Master of Surgery in Otorhinolaryngology from the same college in 1983. He has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood.

Political career

In 1993, Vardhan was elected as a member of the Delhi Assembly representing Krishna Nagar. He was appointed as the State Minister of Health and Minister of Law for Delhi. He later became the state Minister of Education in 1996. He has been re-elected from the same constituency in the 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013 elections.

Minister of Health and Family Affairs of Delhi

Vardhan as the State Minister of Health in 1994 oversaw the implementation of the pilot project of the Pulse Polio Programme which involved the mass immunisation of 1 million children up to the age of 3 in Delhi. In 1995, this programme was launched nationwide leading to 88 million children being immunised. On 28 March 2014, India was declared polio-free by the WHO, as there had been no reported cases for three years.

In 1997, the Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act was passed in the Delhi assembly which was one of the first anti-tobacco laws implemented by any state government. The act applied across the NCT of Delhi. It prohibited smoking in places of public work or use for example hospitals, restaurants, and educational institutions and in public service vehicles. It also prohibited the sale of smoking substances such as tobacco and beedis to anyone below the age of eighteen. Smoking products could not also be sold or stored within 100 metres of any educational institution. Under the provisions of the act, fines would be applied to anyone who contravened the law and they could potentially be ejected from places of public use by the police.

2013 Delhi Assembly elections

On 23 October 2013, Vardhan was named the Chief Minister candidate for Delhi Assembly elections by the BJP. After the 2013 elections, BJP emerged as the single largest party winning 31 out of the 70 seats in the Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. However, they fell short of an absolute majority so were unable to form the government.

2014 Lok Sabha election

Vardhan contested the Chandni Chowk seat in Delhi where he defeated the incumbent Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kapil Sibal of the Indian National Congress. He was also appointed in the first Narendra Modi government as Minister of Health and Family Welfare on 26 May 2014. In May 2017, he was given the additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change following the death of Minister Anil Madhav Dave.

2019 Lok Sabha election

Vardhan again contested the Chandni Chowk seat in Delhi where he defeated Congress candidate Jai Parkash Aggarwal by a margin of 2,28,145 votes. While he received 52.94% votes, runner-up Aggarwal polled 29.67% votes.

As Union Minister

This section is missing information about Vardhan's role during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (June 2021)

On 30 May 2019, Vardhan was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term government. He is put in charge of the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.

Vardhan has been prominent in this role during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. In February 2021, he endorsed an unproven "herbal cure" for COVID-19 devised by a company run by yoga guru Ramdev, prompting criticism from health experts. In early March 2021, he declared the country was in the "endgame" of the pandemic, shortly before infections across the country rose dramatically in its second wave in April.

Vardhan as a cabinet minister in Narendra Modi government, declared reservation for academic calendar 2020–2021 in MBBS and BDS colleges for the children of COVID-19 workers who died during COVID-19 pandemic in India.

As a part of Cabinet Reshuffle on 7 July 2021, Harshvardhan resigned from his post of Union Health Minister after holding its two years of office.

Controversies

At the 105th Indian Science Congress in March 2018, after the death of legendary British scientist Stephen Hawking, Vardhan claimed that Hawking had said that the Vedas postulated a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, despite the fact that there is no record of Hawking having made the statement.

In 2019, after the Health Effects Institute released a scientific report estimating 1.2 million annual deaths in India due to air pollution, Vardhan denied the results, arguing that this report was intended to create panic In 2021, Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest association of doctors in India, issued a statement which it objected to Vardhan who was endorsing Coronil, a product of Patanjali Ayurved. IMA questioned the ethics of a health minister of the country to release a fabricated and unscientific product to the people of the country.

In 2023, a legislator from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made Islamophobic remarks and used communal slurs against a Muslim MP inside the parliament. During a Thursday night debate on 22 September 2023 on the success of India's historic moon mission, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri called Kunwar Danish Ali of the opposition Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) a "terrorist" and a "pimp" among other anti-Islamic slurs. Dr Harsh Vardhan came under attack after a video footage of the incident went viral on social media. In the video clip, he was seen sitting behind Ramesh Bidhuri and appeared to be laughing.

Awards and honours

Vardhan has received the following awards and recognitions:

• IMA President's Special Award of Appreciation by the Indian Medical Association in 1994.
• Director-General's Polio Eradication Champion Award Commendation Medal by the World Health Organization in 1998.
• Polio Eradication Champion Award by the Rotary International in 2001.
• "Doctor of the last Decade" (Swasthya Ratna) by Indian Medical Association's New Delhi branch in 2002.
• Director-General's Special World No Tobacco Day Award, by WHO in 2021, for bringing legislation to ban e-cigarettes and Heated tobacco products, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.

Personal life

Vardhan is married to Nutan, and they have two sons and one daughter.

Bibliography

• A Tale of Two Drops. New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan. 2018. p. 218. ISBN 9788184305197.

See also

• Pulse Polio programme in India
• Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi

References

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2. Shishir Gupta (19 May 2020). "Harsh Vardhan is India's nominee for lead role in WHO, takes over on Friday". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 May 2020. The WHO, a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health, is currently at the forefront of global efforts towards containing the novel coronavirus pandemic. Health minister Harsh Vardhan will have to work closely with Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
   —"Dr Harsh Vardhan set to become chairman of WHO Executive Board on May 22". It may be noted that Dr. Harsh Vardhan's taking over of the post in just a formality as it was decided last year that India's nominee would be elected to the executive board for a three-year term in May 2020. The post is held by rotation for one year among regional groups. Further, the post is not a full-time assignment and Dr. Harsh Vardhan will only chair the board's meetings.
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