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'''Dr Kushmiita Parmjeet Kaur Parmar''' (born 1970)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |work= |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref> is a New Zealand politician who was elected to the New Zealand parliament at the [[2014 New Zealand general election|2014 general election]] as a representative of the [[New Zealand National Party]] and became the first Indian-born woman to become a Member of the [[New Zealand Parliament]]. She was appointed as the Opposition Spokesperson for Research, Science and Innovation from 3 November 2017, and Statistics on 16 July 2020 and Opposition Associate Spokesperson for Economic Development on 12 March 2018. She was made the Chairperson of the Education and Workforce Select Committee in her second term from 14 May 2018 to until the end of that term and the Deputy Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee in her first term.