Sandeep Dikshit

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Sandeep Dikshit
Member of Parliament
for East Delhi
In office
May 2004 May 2014
Residence New Delhi
As of 16 September, 2006
Source: [Loksabha profile, Parliament of India]

Sandeep Dikshit (born 15 August 1964) is an Indian politician, development manager and educator. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. [1] He represented the East Delhi constituency of Delhi and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. [2]

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Early life

Sandeep Dikshit was born to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Vinod Dikshit, [3] an IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sandeep holds a Masters degree in history from St. Stephens College, and received his post-graduate diploma in Rural Management in 1989 at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). [4]

Career

Before entering active politics, Sandeep Dikshit headed a social development group Sanket Information and Research Agency Pvt. Ltd which pioneered the first sub-national Human Development Report in the world in 1996. [5] [6] He is currently a faculty member at O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat. [7]

In June 2017, he triggered a controversy when he likened behavior by Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat to that of a "goon on the street" and apologized later via Twitter. [8]

Personal life

He is married to Mona Dikshit. [3] They have a daughter. [3]

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Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for East Delhi

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