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| image = Archana Chitnis During Toorynaad 2017 (4).jpg<br />
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| constituency2 = [[Burhanpur Assembly constituency|Burhanpur]]<br />
| office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 2008<br />
| term_end2 = December 2018<br />
| predecessor2 = Hamid Kaji<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| constituency = [[Burhanpur Assembly constituency|Burhanpur]]<br />
| term_start = 3 December 2023<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = Thakur Surendra Singh<br />
| successor = <br />
| office3 = [[Minister of Women and Child Development]],<br/>[[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]]<br />
| term_start3 = June 2016<br />
| term_end3 = December 2018<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = [[Imarti Devi]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3=[[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1964|4|20|df=y}}<br />
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| nationality = [[India|Indian]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
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| education = M.Sc, B.Ed<br />
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| residence = [[Burhanpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| profession = Politician<br />
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| website = {{website|http://archnachitnis.com}}<br />
| footnotes = Source [http://archnachitnis.com/AboutMe.aspx]<br />
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'''Archana Chitnis''' (born 20 April 1964) is a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician from [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She is a member of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Burhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and has served as Minister of Education of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/mla-chitnis-inspects-krishi-mahotsav-arrangements/ |title=MLA Chitnis inspects 'Krishi Mahotsav' arrangements &#124; Freepress Journal |accessdate=2015-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234646/http://www.freepressjournal.in/mla-chitnis-inspects-krishi-mahotsav-arrangements |archivedate=2016-03-08 }}</ref> She returned to [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]'s Cabinet as Minister of Women and Child Development.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Archana-Chitnis.asp |title=Life Sketch Smt. Archana Chitnis, Minister |access-date=9 July 2016 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624232819/http://mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/council/cabinetmin/Archana-Chitnis.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
She won the [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] against Thakur Surendra Singh from [[Burhanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Burhanpur]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-election-results-2018-shivraj-singh-chouhan-won-his-seat-but-13-of-his-ministers-lost-1961355|title=Madhya Pradesh Election Results 2018: Shivraj Singh Chouhan Won His Seat But 13 Of His Ministers Lost Theirs|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Entry into students politics in 1984, University Representative of Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Secretary of Government Degree College Student Union in 1984–85. Former lecturer of Gujarati Science College, Indore.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Madhya-Pradesh-School-Education-Minister-Archana-Chitnis-returned-to-Bhopal-from-United-States-of-America-where-she-had-gone-in-connection-of-study-of-community-colleges-Chitnis-headed-the-delegation-of-India-to-US-which-comprised-Education-Minister-of-Assam-Bihar-Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Punjab-The-delegation-visited-Washington-New-York-Houston-Chicago-and-various-other-cities-in-the-US-and-studied-community-colleges-over-there-in-the-context-of-India-/articleshow/12938350.cms Chitnis returned to Bhopal from United States of America where she had gone in connection of study of community colleges]</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
In 2003, she was elected to the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|12th Vidhan Sabha]] and served as the Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Welfare, Higher Education, Technical Education and Training, Animal Husbandry, Cow Promotion Board, and Social Justice. She was elected as a Member of the 13th Vidhan Sabha in 2008 and appointed as the Minister of Technical Education and Training, School Education, and Higher Education.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}<br />
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She was elected for the third time as MLA in the year 2013. On 30 June, 2016, Archana Chitnis was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}<br />
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[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013]]<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
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