Piyush Goyal

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Piyush Goyal
Piyush Goyal January 2015.jpg
Goyal at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015
Minister of Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy
Assumed office
26 May 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Preceded by Farooq Abdullah
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
Assumed office
5th July 2010
Constituency Maharashtra
Personal details
Born (1964-06-13) June 13, 1964 (age 59)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Seema Goyal
Children 1 son, 1 daughter
Parents Ved Prakash Goyal
Chandrakanta Goyal
Alma mater University of Mumbai
Chartered accountant
Profession Politician
Religion Hinduism
Website www.piyushgoyal.in

Piyush Goyal is the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy in the Government of India. He is currently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and was earlier the National Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He headed the BJP's Information Communication Campaign Committee and oversaw the publicity and advertising campaign of the party including the social media outreach for the Indian General Elections 2014.[1]

Personal life

He is the son of Late Shri Ved Prakash Goyal who had served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet and was also the treasurer of Bhartiya Janta Party for a long time.[2]

He has had a strong academic record - all-India second rank holder Chartered Accountant[3] and second rank holder in Law in Mumbai University. He has participated in Leadership Programs at Yale University (2011), Oxford University (2012) and Princeton University (2013) and is currently pursuing the Owner / President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business School. He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga.[4]

Career

A well-known investment banker, he has advised top corporates on management strategy and growth; also served on the Board of India’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda.

Piyush was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence. An active member of the Managing Committee of Indian Merchants Chamber, he is also involved with NGOs in diverse fields such as tribal education and welfare of the physically challenged (Jaipur Foot).[5]

During his 28-year-long political career, he has served on the National Executive and held several important positions in the BJP. He was also nominated by the Government of India to the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers. He was the Dy. Campaign In-charge for the Parliament elections in 1991 and played a key role at the central level in all elections since 2004.

He was the minister-in-waiting for US President Barack Obama who visited India on 26 January 2015.

On 29 May 2016, he was nominated by the BJP as its candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha elections on 11 June.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.piyushgoyal.in/biography
  2. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/people/minister-of-state-independent-charge-piyush-goyal-531174?curl=1401174523
  3. ↑ http://www.examideas.com/famous-chartered-accountants/
  4. ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-02-11/news/47235744_1_investment-cycle-bjp-government-investor-confidence
  5. ↑ http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2173
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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