Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre

Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 26 February 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and formerly Minister of State in the Government of India and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India.

He represents the Akola constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

He graduated in 1981.

Sanjay Dhotre was married to Suhasini in 1983.

They have two sons.

His eldest son Anup Dhotre is Akola Lok Sabha In-charge for 2024 elections.

He was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2019 from Akola.

Dhotre holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Amravati.

In May 2019, Dhotre became Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology.