|
|
 Email this Page |  Write to us
Young Indians who make a difference
March 27, 2008
SACHIN PILOT
At age 26 he became one of the youngest members to be elected to the Indian parliament.
He was inducted into the Congress Party on February 10, 2002, which is the birthday of his late father Rajesh Pilot.
On May 13, 2004, Sachin Pilot was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) from the Dausa Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan, with a margin of over 1.2 lakh votes.
The same year he married Sara Abdullah, daughter of Farooq Abdullah former chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir.
Career graph:
In 2004: Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
Member, Committee on Provision of Computers for MPs, Offices of Parties, Officers of Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
In 2006: Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Education
Air Force Bal Bharti School in New Delhi
B.A. (Hons) from St. Stephens College, Delhi
Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Favourite pastime
Flying light aircraft
Shooting (rifle and pistol)
On Indian politics
"I firmly believe one can be honest, have a clean image and still survive in the murky political business."
SANDEEP PAREKH
In 2006 Sandeep Parekh took charge as adviser (legal) in the Securities and Exchange Board of India. He was appointed to the rank of executive director.
A lawyer by profession, Parekh specialises in securities laws.
He has written several articles related to securities market which have been published in Indian and international publications.
Career graph:
A visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Parekh has been admitted to the bar at New York.
Parekh has been the Chairman of SEBI sub-committee on Integrated Disclosures,
Member of SEBI Committee on Disclosures,
Member of SEBI Committee to study the future of Regional Stock Exchanges
A Member of Securities Committee of the International Law Association.
Education:
LL.B. from the University of Delhi
LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
Image: Sachin Pilot (C) addresses the media after his meeting with President of the Bhartiya Janta Party, Rajnath Singh at BJP headquarters in New Delhi
Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
Also read: The world's most and least corrupt nations
|
|
|
Advertisement
