Anil Shastri
Anil Kumar Shastri | |
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| File:Anil Shastri, in New Delhi on November 25, 2006 (cropped).jpg | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Shyamlal Yadav |
| Succeeded by | Shrish Chandra Dikshit |
| Constituency | Varanasi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1948 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Hari Krishna Shastri Sunil Shastri |
| Alma mater | Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School |
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Anil Kumar Shastri (born 4 June 1948) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.[1] He is known for his outspoken views. Presently, he is Chairman of the Hindi Department in All India Congress Committee.[2] He was elected to the ninth Lok Sabha from Varanasi in 1989 as member of Janata Dal and was a Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Anil Shastri was born in Lucknow to Lal Bahadur Shastri, a former Prime Minister of India and Lalita Shastri. He is an alumnus of St. Columba's School, Delhi and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He completed his Advanced Management Programme at Ashridge Business School, now part of Hult International Business School.
Career
[edit | edit source]Social and educational activities
[edit | edit source]He has been instrumental in promoting higher education particularly in the field of management. He has set up three institutions and is the Chairman of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology & Management, Indore and Lal Bahadur Shastri polytechnic, Manda, Allahabad. Anil Shastri is Holding Trustee of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust which is involved with various socio-cultural activities. Anil Shastri also worked with a leading TATA Company, Voltas for seventeen years in senior positions.[citation needed]
His son Adarsh Shastri has worked in the corporate world for 17 years in senior positions who quit his job with Apple and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad, UP constituency and then won Feb. 2015 Delhi Assembly elections from Dwarka Constituency of Delhi.
Positions held
[edit | edit source]- Member of Parliament (for Janata Dal), ninth Lok Sabha, Varanasi, 1989
- Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Pavan Choudary and Anil Shastri. Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership. Wisdom Village Publications, 2014. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
See also
[edit | edit source]- Lal Bahadur Shastri Former prime minister of India
References
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- Children of prime ministers of India
- India MPs 1989–1991
- Living people
- St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
- St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni
- Hult International Business School alumni
- Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Politicians from Lucknow
- Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh
- Janata Dal politicians
- Politicians from Varanasi
- Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politician stubs