1. Rajeev Chandrasekhar was born on 31 May 1964 and is an Indian entrepreneur and politician currently serving as the state president of BJP Kerala.
21 Facts About Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is a former junior minister, Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar has served as the national spokesperson and vice-chairman of the Kerala faction of the BJP-led 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 Nair parents in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar's father, M K Chandrasekharan, was an Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force and was the trainer of Rajesh Pilot.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar studied at St Paul's Convent School in Thrissur and completed his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bengaluru.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar then 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 has completed an advanced management program from Harvard University.
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In 1991, after returning to India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar married and joined his father-in-law's company, BPL Group.
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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 through his firm Jupiter Capital Private Limited.
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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 was the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Ministry of Jal Shakti.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar was announced as the BJP candidate from the Trivandrum constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kerala.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar lost to the then incumbent MP Shashi Tharoor by 16,077 votes.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar was an Independent member of Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka from April 2006 to April 2018.