Rajeev Shukla | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 29 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chhaya Verma |
Constituency | Chhattisgarh |
In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Succeeded by | Kumar Ketkar |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
Vice President of BCCI | |
Assumed office 24 Dec 2020 | |
President |
Sourav Ganguly Roger Binny |
Preceded by | Mahim Verma |
Personal details | |
Born | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 13 September 1959
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse |
Anurradha Prasad (
m. 2000) |
Children | 1 |
Known for | Chairman of Indian Premier League |
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Rajeev Shukla (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician, former journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. In 2015, he was re-appointed unanimously as the Chairman of IPL by the BCCI. On 18 Dec 2020, he was elected unopposed Vice President of the BCCI. [2]
Rajeev Shukla was born on 13 September 1959 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.[ citation needed] He was educated at Pandit Prithi Nath College, Kanpur [3] and at Christ Church College, Kanpur. [4] He then studied law at Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur. [5] Before entering politics, he was friend with Deepa saxena with whom he shared theator stage, he was a reporter for Hindi daily Jansatta. Shukla held this job until 1985, when he became a special correspondent for Ravivar Magazine.[ citation needed] He was hired as a senior editor and he continued in that job until being elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2000. He has now joined the Indian National Congress [6]
Rajeev Shukla is married to Anurradha Prasad. Anurradha Prasad is Managing Director of B.A.G. Films and Media Limited , and is sister of Ravi Shankar Prasad. [7] The couple has one daughter Vaanya Shukla.
Running as a member of the Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party, Shukla won by a large margin. [8] In 2003, his party merged with the Indian National Congress, and Shukla was appointed as a spokesperson. He was nominated as a secretary to the All India Congress Committee in January 2006. [9] In March 2006, Shukla was elected for a second term.[ citation needed]
Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh in June 2022. [10]
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Rajeev Shukla | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 29 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chhaya Verma |
Constituency | Chhattisgarh |
In office 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Succeeded by | Kumar Ketkar |
Constituency | Maharashtra |
Vice President of BCCI | |
Assumed office 24 Dec 2020 | |
President |
Sourav Ganguly Roger Binny |
Preceded by | Mahim Verma |
Personal details | |
Born | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 13 September 1959
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse |
Anurradha Prasad (
m. 2000) |
Children | 1 |
Known for | Chairman of Indian Premier League |
Signature |
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Rajeev Shukla (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician, former journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. In 2015, he was re-appointed unanimously as the Chairman of IPL by the BCCI. On 18 Dec 2020, he was elected unopposed Vice President of the BCCI. [2]
Rajeev Shukla was born on 13 September 1959 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.[ citation needed] He was educated at Pandit Prithi Nath College, Kanpur [3] and at Christ Church College, Kanpur. [4] He then studied law at Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur. [5] Before entering politics, he was friend with Deepa saxena with whom he shared theator stage, he was a reporter for Hindi daily Jansatta. Shukla held this job until 1985, when he became a special correspondent for Ravivar Magazine.[ citation needed] He was hired as a senior editor and he continued in that job until being elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2000. He has now joined the Indian National Congress [6]
Rajeev Shukla is married to Anurradha Prasad. Anurradha Prasad is Managing Director of B.A.G. Films and Media Limited , and is sister of Ravi Shankar Prasad. [7] The couple has one daughter Vaanya Shukla.
Running as a member of the Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party, Shukla won by a large margin. [8] In 2003, his party merged with the Indian National Congress, and Shukla was appointed as a spokesperson. He was nominated as a secretary to the All India Congress Committee in January 2006. [9] In March 2006, Shukla was elected for a second term.[ citation needed]
Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh in June 2022. [10]
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