Sudhanshu Trivedi | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 9 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | Arun Jaitley[1] |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India[3] | 20 October 1970
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Dr. Shalini Tiwari |
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Residence(s) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
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Sudhanshu Trivedi (born 20 October 1970) is an Indian politician and former professor. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament from its Upper House, the Rajya Sabha. Trivedi is the Senior National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5][6][7][8]
Trivedi hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He studied Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering[9] from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (previously U.P. Technical University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.[10] Trivedi got a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and was a faculty member at the Mechanical Engineering department of many universities including the Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya.
He worked as an information advisor to the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as political advisor to the former BJP National President Rajnath Singh.[11] During the 2014 Indian General Elections, he was one of the members of the BJP's media team.[12] As of 2016[update], he is the national spokesperson of the BJP.[13][11]
Trivedi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in by-election from Uttar Pradesh in 2019. The seat had fallen vacant after the demise of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley.[14]