Rajeev Chandrasekhar was born on 31 May 1964 and is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
18 Facts About Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the incumbent Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology of India.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is an entrepreneur, technocrat and a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from BJP representing Karnataka.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar served as National Spokesperson of BJP and was vice-chairman of the Kerala faction of the BJP-led coalition National Democratic Alliance.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar served as member Rajya Sabha Select Committees for the GST and Real Estate bills.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the founder and Advisor to the Board of Jupiter Capital Pvt.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar was born to Malayali parents in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar's father M K Chandrasekhar was an Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force and was trainer of Rajesh Pilot.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar studied in various schools across India, and studied electrical engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar obtained his master's degree in computer science in 1988 from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar was handpicked by Vinod Dham to join Intel and worked there from 1988 to 1991.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar completed an advance management program from Harvard University.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar founded Jupiter Capital in 2005, with an initial investment of US$100 million.
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In late 2006, Rajeev Chandrasekhar entered into a media foray due to investments made in Asianet Communications Ltd.
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In May 2019, ANOPL diluted the share holding in Republic TV after Rajeev Chandrasekhar became a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha as Bharatiya Janata Party member in 2018.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Minister of Information Technology in the Modi government.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar was an Independent member of Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka from April 2006 to April 2018.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar has advocated for governance reforms, institution building, Internet freedom, national security, welfare of the Armed Forces Personnel and sustainable city building of Bangalore and Karnataka.