1. Shaurya Doval is an Indian Politician and Investment Banker who is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and is the Executive Member of BJP Uttarakhand.
20 Facts About Shaurya Doval
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Shaurya Doval is the founder and leader of India Foundation, a right-wing think tank that is closely associated with the Narendra Modi Government.
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Shaurya Doval has worked as investment banker for GE Capital and Morgan Stanley and heads Torch Investment.
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Shaurya Doval is the eldest son of Ajit Doval who is National Security Adviser of India.
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Shaurya Doval filed a criminal defamation case against The Caravan and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for 'deliberately defaming him "seemingly to settle scores" with his father.
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Shaurya Doval holds a BA degree in Economics from Hindu College, Delhi of Delhi University with honours.
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Shaurya Doval holds two MBA degrees from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and London Business School.
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Shaurya Doval has a chartered accountancy degree from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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Shaurya Doval is an investment banker by profession and is the managing director of a Singapore-based wealth management firm, Torch Investment, a company chaired by Saudi Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud.
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Shaurya Doval has over 30 years of international investment banking experience, during which he has worked for over a decade in London in leveraged finance at GE Capital's London office and the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley.
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Shaurya Doval has worked with corporate finance advisory at Arthur Andersen in India.
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Shaurya Doval was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2015 for his work in the field of public policy.
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In 2014, Shaurya Doval was a planner for the $1.5m public reception for the newly appointed Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi by the Indian American community at Madison Square Garden during his 2014 state visit to the US which was attended by 20,000 people.
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Shaurya Doval formally joined Bharatiya Janta Party in Uttarakhand as a special invitee in the party's state executive members' meet in 2017.
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Shaurya Doval became the party's convenor for good governance in the state.
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Shaurya Doval claimed that it raised money through "conferences, advertisement[s], [and] journal[s]" and that "no foreign funding has ever been received", however The Wire noted its conferences were sponsored by international companies such as Boeing and DBS Bank.
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Shaurya Doval conceptualized 'Bemisaal Garhwal' under the banner of 'Buland Uttarakhand' which aims to improve the quality of education and health in Uttarakhand.
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Shaurya Doval was awarded the Udyog Rattan Award in 2012 for his contribution to the power sector in India.
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Shaurya Doval was the Eisenhower Fellow from India for 2015.
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Shaurya Doval was nominated as a fellow of World Academy of Arts and Science in July, 2024.