Rajeev Shukla

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Rajeev Shukla
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Shukla in 2025
37th President of the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Interim
In office
12 September 2025 –28 September 2025
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Known forChairman 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 December 2020, he was elected unopposed Vice President of the BCCI. [2]

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Early life

Rajeev Shukla was born on 13 September 1959 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. [3] He studied at Pandit Prithi Nath College, Kanpur, [4] and Christ Church College, Kanpur. [5] He then studied law at Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur. [6]

Before entering politics, he was friends with Deepa Saxena, with whom he shared the theater stage, and he was a reporter for the Hindi daily Jansatta . Shukla held this job until 1985, when he became a special correspondent for Ravivar Magazine. [7] 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. [8]

Personal life

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. [9] The couple has one daughter Vaanya Shukla.

Political activities

Running as a member of the Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party, Shukla won by a large margin. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "A father-daughter angle in latest IPL conflict of interest".
  2. ↑ "Rajiv Shukla set to become new BCCI vice-president unopposed".
  3. ↑ "Who is Rajeev Shukla, Rajya Sabha MP, former journalist set to become next BCCI president?". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Rajeev Shukla Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in.
  5. ↑ "Rajeev Shukla Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in.
  6. ↑ "Rajeev Shukla Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in.
  7. ↑ "The Economic Times: Business News, Personal Finance, Financial News, India Stock Market Investing, Economy News, SENSEX, NIFTY, NSE, BSE Live, IPO News". economictimes.indiatimes.com.
  8. ↑ "Rajeev Shukla Profile". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Rajeev Shukla: Meet the man who is a minister, networker, BCCI mandarin and businessman".
  10. ↑ Ramakrishan, Venkitesh (15 April 2000). "Convulsions in Uttar Pradesh". Frontline. Archived from the original on 16 June 2002. Retrieved 28 October 2006.
  11. ↑ Ramaseshan, Radhika (7 January 2006). "Rahul Awaits Popular Demand". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2006.
  12. ↑ "Congress' Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Business Standard. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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