Sachin Pilot
| Sachin Pilot | |
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| Sachin Pilot at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2010 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Constituency | Ajmer, Rajasthan |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rajesh Pilot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1977 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Pilot |
| Children | 1 son |
| Residence | Ghaziabad |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi (B.A.) University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian member of Parliament. He represents the Ajmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is presently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
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[edit] Early life
Sachin Pilot was born in Civil lines, Bajoria road, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of the deceased Congress(I) leader, Shri. Rajesh Pilot
[edit] Education
Higher Secondary. Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi
B.A. (Hons). St. Stephens College, University of Delhi
M.B.A. Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Graduated in 2002
10 February 2002. Sachin Pilot was inducted into Indian National Congress party.
13 May 2004. Sachin Pilot was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) seat from the Dausa Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan, with a margin of 120,000 votes.
16 May 2009. Elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Ajmer Constituency. He had to shift his constituency due to delimitation.
He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Kiran Maheshwari by a margin of 76,000 votes, with the GUJJAR support (major community in Ajmer. [1]
At the age of 26, he became the youngest Member of Parliament in the country.
Mr. Pilot is:
Member of the Indian Parliament's Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
Member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Technology. (A portfolio held by the late Rajesh Pilot, who held independent charge in P. V. Narasimha Rao government.
[edit] Personal life
15 January 2004. Sachin Pilot married Sarah Abdullah (daughter of Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference and ex-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir) in Delhi. Currently Sachin Pilot and Sarah Pilot live in Ghaziabad.[2]
[edit] Books published
January 2001. Rajesh Pilot: In Spirit Forever
[edit] References
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4465
