Raghav Chadha
Raghav Chadha | |
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Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board | |
Assumed office 2 March 2020[1][2] | |
Preceded by | Dinesh Mohaniya |
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 12 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Vijender Garg Vijay |
Constituency | Rajinder Nagar |
Personal details | |
Born | Delhi, India | 11 November 1988
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Alma mater | University of Delhi Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
Profession | Chartered Accountant |
Known for | Spokespersons of AAP[3][4] |
Website | Official Website |
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and an MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi.[5] He is also a practising chartered accountant.[6] He was the chairperson of the committee of peace and harmony which summoned Facebook India representative for a discussion on 18 Nov, 2021
Early life and career[]
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Born on 11 November 1988 and raised in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from the capital city's Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated from University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India, post which he went to the ‘London School of Economics’ for a certification course of EMBA. In his early career he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte and Grand Thornton.
When AAP won the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with a majority, Chadha at the age of 26 was appointed as AAP's national treasurer. In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.[7]
In 2018, he contested from the South Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri.[8] In February 2020, he contested from the Rajendra Nagar constituency in 2020 Delhi Assembly and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh. Following the elections, he was appointed as vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and assigned the water portfolio in the Delhi Government.
References[]
- ^ https://www.news18.com/news/india/aap-mla-raghav-chadha-appointed-delhi-jal-board-vice-chairman-2522837.html
- ^ http://www.delhijalboard.nic.in/sites/default/files/All-PDF/PR_RC_03.03.2020_E_0.pdf
- ^ "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Meet Raghav Chadha, AAP ka cute quotient - Times of India". Times of India. 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Delhi's water supply situation to improve soon: Jal Board VC Raghav Chadha". LiveMint. Press Trust of India. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "WHO IS RAGHAV CHADHA". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Sacked AAP adviser Raghav Chadha refunds Rs 2.5 salary to home ministry". Business Standard India. 18 April 2018 – via Business Standard.
- ^ "Lok Sabha Election result: In South Delhi, BJP marches ahead, AAP's Raghav Chadha distant second-Politics News , Firstpost". 23 May 2019.
- Living people
- People from New Delhi
- Delhi MLAs 2020–2025
- Aam Aadmi Party politicians
- University of Delhi alumni
- Indian accountants
- 1988 births
- Aam Aadmi Party candidates in the 2019 Indian general election