Goutam Deb | |
Birth Date: | 1957 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Siliguri, West Bengal, India |
Residence: | Siliguri |
Office: | 5th Mayor of Siliguri |
Deputy: | Ranjan Sarkar |
Constituency: | Ward no.33 |
Term Start: | 22 February 2022 |
Predecessor: | Himself |
Office1: | Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal |
2Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
2Namedata1: | Mamata Banerjee |
1Blankname1: | Ministry and Departments |
1Namedata1: | Tourism |
Term Start1: | 27 May 2016 |
Term End1: | 2 May 2021 |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Mamata Banerjee |
2Blankname2: | Ministry and Departments |
2Namedata2: | North Bengal Development |
Predecessor2: | Department formed |
Term Start2: | May 20, 2011 |
Term End2: | May 19, 2016 |
Office3: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Term Start3: | 13 May 2011 |
Term End3: | 2 May 2021 |
Constituency3: | Dabgram-Phulbari |
Predecessor3: | Constituency established |
Successor3: | Sikha Chatterjee |
Party: | Trinamool Congress |
Spouse: | Smt. Shukla Deb |
Children: | Sreya Deb (Daughter) Saswata Deb (Son) |
Alma Mater: | University of Calcutta, (LLB) |
Source: | http://gautamdeb.org/ |
Succeeded1: | Indranil Sen |
Preceded1: | Bratya Basu |
Office4: | Chairman of Board of Administrators, Siliguri Municipal Corporation |
Term Start4: | 7 May 2021[1] |
Term End4: | 21 February 2022 |
Predecessor4: | Ashok Bhattacharya (as mayor) |
Successor4: | Himself (as mayor) |
Succeeded2: | Rabindra Nath Ghosh |
Goutam Deb (born 6 January 1957)[2] is an Indian Politician currently serving as the Mayor[3] of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He was a Cabinet Minister of Department of Tourism in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. He also served as the Minister of North Bengal Development, a newly formed department in 2011 by Mamata Banerjee, the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly Constituency two times. Presently he is serving as Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation and Observer of Jalpaiguri District Trinamool Congress Committee.
Goutam Deb did his schooling from Siliguri Boys' High School and thereafter he graduated from Siliguri College [4] with B.A. followed by LL.B. Degree from Surendranath Law College under University of Calcutta.
He enrolled as an advocate at the Siliguri Bar in 1982. His father, Late Tejendra Binod Deb, was also a lawyer and Central Government Standing Counsel at the Calcutta High Court from 1971 to 1988.
He was Panel Counsel and Standing Counsel for the Indian Railways for Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and West Dinajpur District Courts and Arbitrations from 1986 to 1995. His elder brother was the State Advocate General of Sikkim and also acted as Judge in Guwahati, Orissa and Sikkim High Court. He also acted as Acting Chief Justice of Hon’ble High Court of Sikkim for a while.
His elder brother, Late Anup Deb [5] was Acting Chief Justice of Hon’ble High Court of Sikkim.
His wife is a social worker and elected as Councillor from Ward No. 17, Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
His son Saswata Deb studied in St. Xavier's Collegiate School. He is currently pursuing Computer Science and Engineering from VIT Bhopal. His daughter Dr. Sreya Deb obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital and is currently pursuing her MD degree from St. Johns Medical College, Bengaluru.