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Arvind Kejriwal

7th Chief Minister of Delhi

Incumbent

Assumed office

28 December 2013

Preceded by Sheila Dikshit

MLA, Delhi Legislative Assembly

Taking office

Succeeding Sheila Dikshit

Constituency  New Delhi

Personal details

Born 16 August 1968

Siwani, Haryana

Political party Aam Aadmi Party

Spouse(s) Sunita Kejriwal

Children Two

Alma mater IIT Kharagpur 

Arvind KejriwalFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arvind Kejriwal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian

 politician who has been the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi

since 28 December 2013. Born in Haryana, Kejriwal is a

graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,

where he studied mechanical engineering. He worked for 

the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) as a Joint

Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He is well-

known for his role in dr afting a proposed Jan Lokpal Bill

and his eff orts to bring and implement the Right to

Information (RTI) Act at grassroots level.

Kejriwal won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 

Emergent Leadership in 2006 for his contribution to the

enactment of the Right to Information Act and for hisefforts to empower the poorest citizens of India. In 2006,

after resigning from the IRS, he donated his Magsaysay

award money as a corpus fund to found an NGO, Public

Cause Research Foundation. In 2012, he launched the

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and defeated Sheila Dixit in the

2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election by a margin of 

25,864 votes.[1]

Contents

1 Early life

2 Activism

2.1 Parivartan

2.2 Right to Information

2.3 Jan Lokpal Bill

3 Political career 

4 Writing

5 Awards6 References

7 External links

Early life

Kejriwal was born in the village of Siwani, Haryana, on 16 August 1968 to Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita

Devi, a well-educated and well-off couple. He has a younger sister and a brother. His father was an electrical

engineer who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and whose work led to many changes inthe family's residence. Kejriwal spent most of his childhood in north Indian towns such as Sonepat, Ghaziabad

and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School in Hisar.[2]

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Kejriwal studied mechanical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and then from 1989 he

worked for Tata Steel. He left that job in 1992, having previously taken leave of absence in order to study for 

the Civil Services Examination,[2] and spent some time in Kolkata, at the Ramakrishna Mission in North-East

India and at Nehru Yuva Kendra.[3]

Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1995 after qualifying through the Civil Services Examination. [4] In

2000, he was granted two years' paid leave to pursue higher education on condition that upon resuming his

work he would not resign from the Service for at least three years. Failure to abide by that condition wouldrequire him to repay the salary given during the leave period. He rejoined in 2003 and worked for 18 months

 before taking unpaid leave for 18 months.[5] In February 2006, he resigned from his position as a Joint

Commissioner of Income Tax in New Delhi.[4] The Government of India claimed that Kejriwal had violated his

original agreement by not working for three years. Kejriwal said that his 18 months of work and 18 months of 

unpaid absence amounted to the stipulated three year period during which he could not resign and that this was

an attempt to malign him due to his involvement with Team Anna, a strand of the Indian anti-corruption

movement. Eventually, in 2011, the matter was resolved when he paid his way out of the Service with the help

of loans from friends.[5]

Kejriwal is married to Sunita, who is also an IRS officer and his batchmate from National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie and the National Academy of Direct Taxes in Nagpur. The couple have a daughter 

and a son. Kejriwal is a vegetarian. He has been practicing Vipassana for many years.[2]

Activism

Parivartan

Kejriwal believes "Change begins with small things". In December 1999, while still in service with the Income

Tax Department, he helped found a movement named Parivartan (which means "change"), focused on assistingcitizens in navigating income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi. The Parivartan organisation

exposed a fake ration card scam in 2008[6][7] but, according to a founder member, did not have a great impact

generally and was largely moribund by 2012.[8]

Right to Information

Together with Manish Sisodia and Abhinandan Sekhri, Kejriwal established the Public Cause Research

Foundation in December 2006, donating the prize money he had received from the Ramon Magsaysay Award

as a seed fund.[9] This new body paid the employees of Parivartan.[8]

Kejriwal has used the Right to Information Act in corruption cases in many government departments including

the Income Tax Department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Public Distribution System and the Delhi

Electricity Board.[3]

Jan Lokpal Bill

 Main article: Jan Lokpal Bill 

Kejriwal was the civil society representative member of the committee constituted by the Government of Indiato draft a Jan Lokpal bill, following a campaign for introduction of such legislation that featured Anna Hazare.

He had been arrested for his support of Hazare.[10][11]

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Political career

Kejriwal established the AAP in November 2012. The party name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or "common

man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent.[12]

He became one of the five most mentioned Indian politician on social networking sites such as Facebook and

Twitter in the run-up to the Delhi legislative assembly elections of December 2013[13] Those elections were the

first contested by the AAP and in them Kejriwal defeated the incumbent Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, in her Assembly constituency of New Delhi.[14] The party as a whole won 28 of the 70 available Assembly seats.[15]

The AAP then announced its intention to form a minority government in the hung Assembly, with what Dikshit

describes as "not unconditional" support from Indian National Congress.[16][17] Kejriwal was sworn in as the

second-youngest Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013, after Chaudhary Brahm Prakash who became

chief minister at the age of 34.[18] He is in charge of Home Ministry, Power, Planning, Finance, Vigilance and

other non allotted ministries.[19]

Writing

Kejriwal's  book, Swaraj, was published in 2012.[20]

Awards

2004: Ashoka Fellow, Civic Engagement[3]

2005: 'Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award', IIT Kanpur for his campaign for bringing transparency in

Government[21]

2006: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership[6]

2006: CNN-IBN, 'Indian of the Year' in Public Service[22][23]

2009: Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership[24]

2009: Awarded a grant and fellowship by the Association for India's Development.[25]

2010: Policy Change Agent of the Year, Economic Times Awards along with Aruna Roy[26]

2011: NDTV Indian of the Year along with Anna Hazare[27]

2013: CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2013-Politics[28]

References

1. ^ "Election Commission of India Official Results" (http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU0540.htm?

ac=40). Retrieved 23 December 2013.

2. ^ a b c "Ramon Magsaysay Award to Activist Arvind Kejriwal"

(htt p://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/awardees/awardee/biography/141). Ramon Magsaysay Foundation.

3. ^ a b c "Arvind Kejriwal | Ashoka – Innovators for the Public"

(htt ps://web.archive.org/web/20130928232958/http://india.ashoka.org/fellow/arvind-kejriwal). 2004. Archived

from the original (http://india.ashoka.org/fellow/arvind-kejriwal) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 24

September 2013.

4. ^a

 b

 "Federal Government accepts Kejriwal's resignation after six years in 2011"(htt p://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-accepts-kejriwals-resignation/213611-37-64.html). CNN-IBN. Press Trust of 

India (PTI). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

5. ^ a b "Govt finally accepts Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-

21/india/30541794_1_kejriwal-1995-batch-irs-officer-resignation). The Times of India. 21 December 2011.

 

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6. ^ a b "Magsaysay Award: "Change Begins With Small Things"" (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?

232016). Outlook. Retrieved 31 July 2006.

7. ^ "One family, many ration cards and a major scam" (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-

newdelhi/one-family-many-ration-cards-and-a-major-scam/article1292093.ece). The Hindu. 8 July 2008.

8. ^ a b Anand, Panini (13 August 2012). "The More They Change: Kejriwal’s original experiment in Sundar Nagri

lies in tatters" (http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281825). Outlook India. Retrieved 23 December 

2013.

9. ^ "Public Cause Research Foundation | About | People's empowerment through transparent, accountable

gover nance" (http://www.pcrf.in/aboutus.html). Pcrf.in. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

10. ^ "Anna to stay in Tihar till venue is ready" (http://www.timesnow.tv/Kejriwal-leaves-Tihar-jail-Anna-

next/articleshow/4381598.cms). The Times of India. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

11. ^ Ar  pit Parashar (9 April 2011). "Members of JanLokPal Draft Committee"

(htt p://archive.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws090411TheTenMen.asp). New Delhi: Tehelka.

Retrieved 6 August 2013.

12. ^ "Arvind Kejriwal formally launches Aam Aadmi Party" (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-aam-

aadmi-party-formal-launch-jantar-mantar/1/234729.html). India Today. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

13. ^ "Can Social media be a gamechanger in 2014 Lok Sabha elections?" (http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/DEL-

social-media-to-be-a-game-changer-in-2014-lok-sabha-elections-for-narendra-modi--4324902-PHO.html). Daily

Bhask ar. Retrieved 20 July 2013.14. ^ "Assembly election 2013: Arvind Kejriwal sweeps Sheila Dikshit right out of her constituency"

(htt p://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/assembly-polls/assembly-election-2013-arvind-kejriwal-sweeps-sheila-

dikshit-right-out-of-her-constituency-456109?pfrom=home-elecdec13_mainstory). NDTV. 8 December 2013.

15. ^ "28 AAP MLAs choose Arvind Kejriwal as leader in Delhi Assembly" (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/28-aap-mlas-

choose-arvind-kejriwal-as-leader-in-delhi-assembly/438689-80-258.html). IBN. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 19

December 2013.

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(htt p://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/arvind-kejriwal-to-be-delhi-s-youngest-cm-who-will-his-minister-s-

 be_ 898827.html). Zee News. 23 December 2013.

17. ^ "Fulfill promises, Sheila Dikshit tells Aam Aadmi Party" (http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fulfill-promises-

sheila-dikshit-tells-aam-aadmi-party-462091?curl=1387819909). NDTV. IANS. 23 December. Retrieved 23December 2013.

18. ^ "Arvind Kejriwal becomes Delhi's youngest Chief Minister" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-

elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/Aam-Admi-Arvind-Kejriwal-takes-oath-as-Delhi-CM-vows-change-in-

gover nance/articleshow/28047952.cms). IBN. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

19. ^ "K ejriwal sworn-in as Delhi's Chief Minister" (http://www.thehindu.com/news/c ities/Delhi/kejriwal-swornin-

as-delhis-chief-minister/article5511463.ece). The Hindu. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.

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(htt p://www.livemint.com/Politics/XERu7Qq6eidzuQrpQewQcN/The-different-shades-of-Arvind-

Kejr iwal.html). HT Mint. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

21. ^ Pr ofile "Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award" (http://www.iitkalumni.org/sda/sdaProfile2.asp?id=1). IIT

Kan pur Alumni Association.

22. ^ "C N N-IBN Indian of the Year" (http://www.indianoftheyear.com/2007/winner_2006.html). Retrieved 25

August 2011.

23. ^ C N N-IBN (20 June 2007). "Indian of the Year: Big winners" (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indian-of-the-year-

 big-winners/32936-3.html). New Delhi: IBNLive.in.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

24. ^ "Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur" (http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/top-awardees/daa1.php?Sl=61).

Retrieved 22 August 2011.

25. ^ "Association for India's Development" (http://www.aidprojects.org/projects-view-1.asp?

login=guest&id=944). Retrieved 1 November 2011.

26. ^ "ET Awards: The top 10 of 2010" (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/et-awards-the-top-10-of-

2010/articleshow/6703195.cms?curpg=2). The Economic Times. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2013.27. ^ " NDTV Indian of the Year 2011" (http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ndtv-indian-of-the-year-2011-142183).

 NDTV. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

28. ^ "C N N IBN Indian of the Year" (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stop-acid-attacks-is-indian-of-the-year-kejriwal-

wins-for-politics/440784-3.html). CNN IBN. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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