Bhavya Bishnoi | |
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 Bhavya taking oath in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in 2022. | |
| Constituency | Adampur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1993 New Delhi, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2022) |
| Parent(s) | Kuldeep Bishnoi (father), Renuka Bishnoi (mother) Pari Bishnoi (Spouse) |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (BA), Oxford University (MSc), Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
Bhavya Bishnoi (born 16 February 1993) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Adampur constituency in the November 2022 by-election. He is the youngest Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4]
Bhavya was born on 16 February 1993 in New Delhi, India, when his grandfather, Bhajan Lal Bishnoi, was serving as Chief Minister of Haryana.[3][5] Bhavya studied at The Shri Ram School,[6] Gurugram, where he was also served the School President. Bhavya topped Delhi-NCR in both, the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education board examinations (securing 97%) as well as the IB Diploma Programme examinations (securing 43 out of 45 points).[7]
Bhavya earned a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in London,[8] United Kingdom, where he also captained LSE’s cricket team. Thereafter, he read Modern South Asian Studies (MSc) at Oxford University,[6][9][10][11] United Kingdom, where he secured First Class Honours besides earning an ‘Oxford Blue’ in cricket.[12] Most recently, Bhavya was pursuing a Master in Public Administration (MPA) at the Harvard Kennedy School,[6] USA.
In 2018, Bhavya founded Bhajan Global Impact Foundation (BGIF),[13] a non-profit that aims to drive transformative change through evidence-based policymaking, impact interventions, and development collaborations. Prior to that, Bhavya was Special Projects Lead at the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) where he co-led and co-managed Global Citizen India,[14][15] a citizen engagement and social impact movement that culminated in India’s largest ever musical festival held in Mumbai in November 2016.[16]
Bhavya is currently serving as the youngest Member of Haryana's Legislative Assembly from Adampur.[17][18] Prior to this, he contested the 2019 Indian general elections from the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency under the Indian National Congress, however he lost to Brijendra Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party.[19] He was also the first parliamentary candidate to have designed a constituency-specific manifesto.
On 3 August 2022, Bhavya's father, Kuldeep Bishnoi, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and resigned from the Adampur constituency, Bhavya under the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated the Indian National Congress candidate Jai Prakash in a bypoll election by a margin of 15,740 votes with a total voter turnout of 67,492 votes.[1][20]
Bhavya has pursued cricket, athletics, and swimming at the state level.[21][11] Bishnoi earned an ‘Oxford Blue’ for excellence in cricket while representing the Oxford University Cricket Club.[22]
Bhavya is the grandson of Bhajan Lal Bishnoi, who served as Chief Minister of Haryana for 3 terms, as well as Union Minister for Agriculture and Environment in the Government of India.[23] He is the son of Kuldeep Bishnoi, a two-time Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and four-time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), and Renuka Bishnoi, a two-time MLA.[2][24]