Jawhar Sircar (born 22 March 1952) is a retired Indian Administrative Services officer, who is prominent as a public intellectual, speaker and writer.

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, on 2 August 2021 on an TMC ticket to represent the state of West Bengal.

[1][2][3] On 13 September 2024, Sircar resigned from the position as TMC Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha over the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident and related corruption.

[4] Jawhar Sircar is a Member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament who was nominated by the Trinamool Congress party and elected uncontested on 2 August 2021 to represent the State of West Bengal.

He has represented India in top international organisations, including the UNESCO and he speaks regularly and writes on public issues relating to the conservation of heritage.

Sircar is involved with civil society in its constant opposition to right-wing political and governmental forces encroaching on liberty of thought, idea, expression and belief.

Jawhar Sircar[16][17][18] has published numerous articles on cultural,[19] historical and anthropological subjects for several years in books, as also in noted national and international journals and newspapers.

The Asiatic Society of Kolkata (established in 1774) has conferred its Biman Behari Memorial Award[20] on him for his contribution to popularising the study of history and politics.

[52] After joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1975[53] in West Bengal (India), he held several postings in the districts of Burdwan and 24 Parganas where he made a name for himself in tackling very difficult problems including communal riots.

In May, 2006, Sircar was called to the Government of India in New Delhi, on promotion as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), a term that he helped introduce through a new Act of Parliament.

[60] Sircar has worked in the fields of Finance, Commerce[61] and Industries for 17 of his 38 years in public service, where he has managed large corporations, including the multibillion-dollar Haldia Petrochemicals.