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Sandeep Kumar Pathak (born 4 October 1979) is an Indian academic turned politician from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab since April 2022. He is a former assistant professor of IIT Delhi, former research associate at University of Oxford and MIT. He is also currently Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.[1]
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Early life and education
[edit]He was born in Bataha village in Mungeli, Chhattisgarh to agriculturist parents. He completed his education till class 6th from his village and then moved to Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to his aunt's house for further studies. He completed his master's in Chhattisgarh and then moved to Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and National Chemical laboratory, Pune for further studies.
He then moved to the University of Cambridge to pursue Ph.D on high-temperature superconducting materials. Post that he pursued post-doctoral research as research associate in University of Oxford and MIT.[2]
Professional career
[edit]He joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 2016. His area of work at the IIT is stated to be fabrication of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices, photo-physical properties and he has a number of research papers to his credit.[3]
Political career
[edit]He was recognized for his behind-the-scenes work in the 2022 Punjab elections, on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party, and was nominated by the party as a candidate for a seat in the Rajya Sabha, to which he was elected, unopposed, in April 2022.[4]
He was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab on 21 March 2022.[5] Later he was appointed Co-incharge for Himachal Pradesh on 4 June 2022.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sandeep Pathak replaces Raghav Chadha as Punjab co-incharge as AAP appoints new office-bearers in 9 states". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Nanda, Rupashree. "Surveys Key, Good Chance in Gujarat: AAP's Silent Strategist Sandeep Pathak Opens Up to News18". News18. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Mishra, Soni. "Who is Sandeep Pathak, AAP's surprise pick for Rajya Sabha?". The Week. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "All five nominees of AAP from Punjab elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". newsonair.gov.in. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sandeep Pathak replaces Raghav Chadha as Punjab co-incharge as AAP appoints new office-bearers in 9 states". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Mohan, Vibhor. "Sandeep Pathak is Aam Aadmi Party's Himachal Pradesh co-incharge". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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[edit]Sandeep Pathak
View on GrokipediaSandeep Kumar Pathak (born 4 October 1979) is an Indian politician and former physicist affiliated with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), serving as a Rajya Sabha member from Punjab since April 2022.[1] A native of Bataha village in Chhattisgarh, Pathak transitioned from academia to politics, becoming a key organizational figure in AAP under Arvind Kejriwal.[2] Pathak earned a PhD in high-temperature superconducting materials from the University of Cambridge in 2011, followed by research positions at the University of Oxford and MIT, before joining IIT Delhi as an assistant professor.[3][4] He entered politics with AAP around 2016, leveraging his analytical background to contribute to the party's campaign strategies, notably aiding its 2020 Delhi assembly victory and the decisive 2022 Punjab assembly win that formed a majority government.[5] Appointed national general secretary for organization in December 2022—a newly created role—Pathak oversees AAP's expansion efforts, including as in-charge for Chhattisgarh, while maintaining a low-profile approach focused on policy implementation in education and healthcare.[2][6] His rise underscores AAP's recruitment of technocratic talent to support its governance model emphasizing public services over traditional political patronage.[7]
