Deepender Singh Hooda

Deepender Singh Hooda
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2005
Preceded by Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Personal details
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978
Delhi, India
Residence Delhi

Deepender Singh Hooda (born 4 January 1978)[1] has twice served as a member of parliament in India, where he represents the Indian National Congress from the Rohtak constituency in Haryana. He is the third generation of his family to hold such a position: Bhupinder Singh Hooda is his father, while his grandfather, Ranbir Singh Hooda, was a freedom fighter, a member of the Constituent Assembly and Minister in Punjab (when Haryana was part of Punjab).

Hooda was the youngest parliamentarian when he entered politics in 2005.[2] His area of expertise includes rural infrastructure, water, agriculture, education and energy.[3]

Political career

Hooda is the Whip of Indian National Congress in Parliament.[3] He also serves on several other statutory and Parliamentary bodies in various capacities as an elected Board Member of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology; as a Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy; as Chairman of Indo-UK forum of Parliamentarians. In past, he has been a member of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Finance, External Affairs, Agriculture and Human Resource Development.[4]

October 2005Elected to 14th Lok Sabha; Member, Consultative Committee on External Affairs
August 2007Member, Committee on Agriculture
2009Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Aug 2009Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
October 2009Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

Corporate career

Before entering into politics, he has worked with organizations in India and US namely Infosys, Reliance Industries and Sabre Corporation.[3]

Education

Deepender Hooda holds a Bachelor of Technology and Master of Business Administration qualifications and was educated at Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani Maharishi Dayanand University in Rohtak and Indiana University, Bloomington respectively.[1] He attended school at Mayo College, Ajmer.[5]

Awards

In 2010 he received Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta award for the best young exponent of parliamentary practices for his work towards rural development through education and power generation.[6]

Personal life

Hooda divorced Geeta Grewal in 2005. In February 2010, Hooda married Sweta Mirdha, a granddaughter of a former leader of the INC in Rajasthan, Nathuram Mirdha. Her older sister, Jyoti Mirdha, is a Congress MP from Nagaur, Rajasthan.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ↑ The prince man: Deepender Singh Hooda, India Today, November 30, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 World Economic Forum
  4. ↑ Detailed Profile: Deepender Singh Hooda
  5. ↑ "Deepinder Singh Hooda's assets pegged over Rs 35 crore". The Indian Express. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  6. ↑ Award for Sainath, Narayana Murthy, The Hindu, Jan 22, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Rohtak town geared up for wedding of Hooda's son". Thaindian News. IANS. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2013.


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