
Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma is Minister in Assam Government, and he has been serving as an MLA from Jalukbari constituency in Assam from 2001 till 2015. Sarma won the 2016 Assembly elections and was sworn in as Cabinet Minister in Assam Government. The BJP leadership appointed him convener of the newly constituted North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) with an aim for an all-round development of the North East and better coordination between the states and Centre. Sarma did LLB From Government Law College, Guwahati and obtained Ph.D degree from Guwahati University.