Dhan Singh Rawat


Dhan Singh Rawat is an Indian politician, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, representing the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal, and as a State Minister.
Dhan Singh Rawat was born in a hamlet in Pauri Garhwal and educated at the village school. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University.
A party secretary for the BJP in Uttarakhand, he failed to gain election to the state legislature in 2012 in the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal; he entered the legislature in 2017 and has since served as a State Minister with responsibility for higher education, cooperatives, dairy development and protocols.