Neelima Katiyar

Neelima Katiyar is an Indian politician and the Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was member of Uttar [Pradesh Legislative Assembly].

Personal life

Neelima was born in Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She is the daughter of Prem Lata Katiyar, a former minister in Uttar Pradesh.

Education

Katiyar earned M.A. and B.A. degrees from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University.

Political life

In 2017 she was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from Kalyanpur, Kanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Bharatiya Janta Party candidate with 86620 votes in this election.
She has been appointed Minister of state in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.