Ram Shinde

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = The Minister of State for Home (Rural), Public Health, Tourism and Marketing of Maharashtra, Prof. Ram Shinde meeting the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Irani, in New Delhi on February 23, 2015 (cropped).jpg

| office = 7th Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start = 15 December 2024

| predecessor = Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar

| deputy = Neelam Gorhe

| office1 = Minister of Water Conservation
Government of Maharashtra

| term_start1 = 8 July 2016

| term_end1 = 8 November 2019

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Devendra Fadnavis

| predecessor1 = Pankaja Munde

| successor1 = Shankarrao Gadakh

| office2 = Minister of state
Government of Maharashtra

| term_start2 = 5 December 2014

| term_end2 = 8 July 2016

| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata2 = Devendra Fadnavis

| 2blankname2 = Departments

| 2namedata2 = Home Affairs
Marketing
Tourism
Health

| office3 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council

| term_start3 = 8 July 2022

| constituency3 = elected by Legislative Assembly members

| office4 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start4 = 2009

| term_end4 = 2019

| predecessor4 = Sadashiv Lokhande

| successor4 = Rohit Pawar

| constituency4 = Karjat Jamkhed

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = Aasha Shinde

| residence = Chondi, Jamkhed Ahmednagar

| occupation = Politician

}}

Ram Shankarrao Shinde or better known as Prof. Ram Shinde is a politician, who is serving as the 7th and current chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council since 19 December 2024. He also serves as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. He has previously served as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Karjat Jamkhed Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress/1/396659.html|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 |work=India Today|accessdate=3 November 2014}} He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state in December, 2014{{cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/declared-portfolios-of-maharashtra-government-ministers/15821176|title=Declared: Portfolios of Maharashtra Government ministers|date=2014-12-06|work=Mid-Day|accessdate=21 June 2015}} and was given responsibility of the home portfolio as well as for public health, agriculture, horticulture, marketing and tourism. He was also made guardian minister of Ahmednagar district. On 8 July 2016 in cabinet expansion he was promoted to cabinet rank and given charge of the water-conservation ministry.{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/guardian-ministers-appointed-in-maharashtra_1520825.html|title=Guardian Ministers appointed in Maharashtra|date=2014-12-26|work=Zee News|accessdate=21 June 2015}}