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Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician, entrepreneur, and technocrat. He currently represents Nemom in the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2026. He is also the state president of BJP Kerala. A prominent voice in India's digital and economic policy, he is a former Union Minister, having served as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Before his ministerial appointments, Rajeev served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka for multiple terms between 2006 and 2024. Initially serving as an independent MP elected with broad legislative support, he officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2018. Within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), he has also held the roles of national spokesperson and vice-chairman of the coalition's Keralam unit.
Throughout his parliamentary career, Rajeev has been instrumental in shaping national policy, serving as a Member of the Joint Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), and the Consultative Committee on MoE & IT. He has also been a member of the Indian Council for World Affairs and served on the Rajya Sabha Select Committees for both the GST and Real Estate bills.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar was born to a Malayali Nair family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. His father, M. K. Chandrasekhar, was an Air Commodore in the Indian Air Force and a trainer of Rajesh Pilot, and his mother is Anandavalli Amma. His family hails from Kerala.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar studied at St. Paul's Convent School in Thrissur and completed his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bengaluru. He then studied electrical engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology. He obtained his master's degree in computer science in 1988 from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
In 1991, after returning to India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar joined the BPL Group. In 1994, he founded BPL Mobile, which grew into one of the major telecom companies in India, holding key licenses in markets such as Mumbai. In July 2005, he sold his 64 per cent stake in BPL Communications to the Essar Group for US$1.1 billion.
Rajeev founded Jupiter Capital in 2005, with an initial investment of US$100 million. The investment firm has investments and managed assets of over US$800 million in technology, media, hospitality, and entertainment.
In April 2013, Rajeev was awarded an honorary degree by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, in recognition of his work as an entrepreneur.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician, entrepreneur, and technocrat. He currently represents Nemom in the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2026. He is also the state president of BJP Kerala. A prominent voice in India's digital and economic policy, he is a former Union Minister, having served as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Before his ministerial appointments, Rajeev served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka for multiple terms between 2006 and 2024. Initially serving as an independent MP elected with broad legislative support, he officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2018. Within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), he has also held the roles of national spokesperson and vice-chairman of the coalition's Keralam unit.
Throughout his parliamentary career, Rajeev has been instrumental in shaping national policy, serving as a Member of the Joint Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), and the Consultative Committee on MoE & IT. He has also been a member of the Indian Council for World Affairs and served on the Rajya Sabha Select Committees for both the GST and Real Estate bills.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar was born to a Malayali Nair family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. His father, M. K. Chandrasekhar, was an Air Commodore in the Indian Air Force and a trainer of Rajesh Pilot, and his mother is Anandavalli Amma. His family hails from Kerala.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar studied at St. Paul's Convent School in Thrissur and completed his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Bengaluru. He then studied electrical engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology. He obtained his master's degree in computer science in 1988 from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
In 1991, after returning to India, Rajeev Chandrasekhar joined the BPL Group. In 1994, he founded BPL Mobile, which grew into one of the major telecom companies in India, holding key licenses in markets such as Mumbai. In July 2005, he sold his 64 per cent stake in BPL Communications to the Essar Group for US$1.1 billion.
Rajeev founded Jupiter Capital in 2005, with an initial investment of US$100 million. The investment firm has investments and managed assets of over US$800 million in technology, media, hospitality, and entertainment.
In April 2013, Rajeev was awarded an honorary degree by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, in recognition of his work as an entrepreneur.
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