Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences has a long and distinguished record of public service, leaving his indelible mark in all fields of activity undertaken. An ENT surgeon by profession, Dr Vardhan branched out into public life in 1993, when he got elected to the Delhi Assembly from the Krishna Nagar constituency in East Delhi. This marked the beginning of a scintillating run in electoral politics, which saw him getting elected to the Delhi Assembly for four more successive terms (1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013) and to the Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019 from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi.
Dr Vardhan�s public life has been marked by outstanding achievements in the fields of health, education, law, science & technology and environment. As the country�s health minister, his proactive handling of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis,has helped India to keep the spread of the pandemic to the minimum. His exemplary work in combating the pandemic in this densely populated country has won him applause. Early In his public life he was instrumental, through his mass, country-wide campaign, in wiping out polio from the face of India. Subsequently, he was at the forefront of the battle against tobacco and drug abuse and was instrumental in the enactment of several laws including the Delhi Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places & Non-Smokers Health Protection Act to tackle these problems. Subsequent to this the Supreme Court directed all states to replicate this law and 12 States enacted similar laws. He for the first time implemented the Rational Drug Policy which was recognised by the WHO as the Delhi Model and was adopted by many countries.
