Deepender Singh Hooda

Deepender Singh Hooda (born 4 January 1978)[1] is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress, who is the current Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha representing Haryana. He also served as a three-term Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Rohtak, where he represented the Indian National Congress.

Deepender Singh Hooda
Deepender Singh Hooda
Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
10 April 2020
Preceded bySelja Kumari, INC
ConstituencyHaryana
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
2005 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byBhupinder Singh Hooda, INC
Succeeded byArvind Kumar Sharma, BJP
ConstituencyRohtak
Personal details
Born (1978-01-04) 4 January 1978
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Sweta Mirdha Hooda
FatherBhupinder Singh Hooda
ResidenceDelhi, India
EducationPost Graduate
ProfessionPolitical and Social Worker

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 was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020 and is among the youngest to be elected for a fourth term in both houses of the Parliament. During the 16th Lok Sabha, he was the Whip of Indian National Congress in Parliament.[3] He also served 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]

SI No. Year House Constituency Party Committee
1. 2005
(By Poll)		 14th Lok Sabha Rohtak INC Consultative Committee on External Affairs.
Committee on Agriculture.
2. 2009 15th Lok Sabha Rohtak INC Committee on Human Resource Development.
Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
3. 2014 16th Lok Sabha Rohtak INC Standing Committee on Energy.
Lost the election in 2019 to BJP's Arvind Kumar Sharma.
4. 2020 Rajya Sabha Haryana INC

Corporate career

He has worked with Reliance Industries, Infosys and Sabre Corporation before getting elected to the Lok Sabha in 2005.[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

World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader (YGL): He was named as a Young Global Leader in the year 2011.[6]

MIT's Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta award: 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.[7]

Personal life

Deepender Hooda married Sweta Mirdha, granddaughter of Nathuram Mirdha who is one the tallest leaders of the Indian National Congress in Rajasthan.[8] Her older sister, Jyoti Mirdha, is a former Congress MP from Nagaur in Rajasthan. Jyoti Mirdha is married to Narendra Gehlaut-Vice Chairman Indiabulls Real Estate. Sweta and Deepender have a young son Kesarbir who has started school.

Hooda was earlier married to Geeta Grewal, they divorced in 2005.

See also

References
  1. "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, 30 November 2013.
  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 7 September 2016.
  6. Twelve Indians Among Young Global Leaders, Rediff.
  7. Award for Sainath, Narayana Murthy, The Hindu, 22 January 2010.
  8. "Rohtak town geared up for wedding of Hooda's son". Thaindian News. IANS. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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