D. P. Tripathi

Devi Prasad Tripathi
MP-Rajya Sabha
In office 2012-2018
Constituency	Maharashtra
Personal details
Born	(1954-01-06) 6 January 1954
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Nationalist Congress Party
Profession	Politician

Devi Prasad Tripathi (born 6 January 1954) is General Secretary of the Nationalist Congress Party of India.

Early life

Devi Prasad Tripathi was born in Uttar Pradesh. As a student, Tripathi was president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union, and later taught at Allahabad University as a professor of politics.

Career

He is also the editor of the quarterly journal Think India. He speaks several Indian and foreign languages, and has lectured in a number of foreign universities.

Having become involved in politics at the age of sixteen, Tripathi became one of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's aides. He left the Congress Party, however, over his opposition to Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Party, becoming Prime Minister (because of her foreign origin). He joined the nationalist Congress Party in 1999, and has reached the position of its General Secretary and chief spokesman. He was responsible for negotiating over seat-sharing in Maharashtra.

A Writer

Other than editing a quarterly journal D P Tripathi has edited many books individually or jointly. Some of them are :

• Celebrating Faiz
• Indian Economy- Trends and Challenges
• Nepal in Transition- A Way Forward
• India China Relation- Future Perspectives, jointly edited with DR B R Deepak, Prof at Jawaharlal Nehru University