# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niranjan-jyoti
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:45:53.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niranjan-jyoti"
name: "Niranjan Jyoti"
slug: "niranjan-jyoti"
description: "Niranjan Jyoti, more commonly known as Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, is a Hindu monk and Indian politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She was appointed as President of National Commission for Backward Classes on 18 March 2026. She was appointed the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in November 2014. On 30 May 2019, she was appointed Minister of state in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Narendra Modi Cabinet."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Minister_of_State_for_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_Sadhvi_Niranjan_Jyoti_addressing_at_the_concluding_ceremony_of_the_World_Food_India-2017%2C_organised_by_the_Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1967"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           8.254504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump