Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an

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and President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of

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Early life

Suresh Kr. Kashyap was born in a

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family to Chambel Singh Kashyap and Shanti Devi at Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh. He did graduation from

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, M.A in Tourism Management from IGNOU and PGDM in Public Relation & Communication Management from Maharshi Dayananad Saraswati University (Ajmer), then B.Ed. and MPhil in Public Administration from

Himachal Pradesh University Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) is an Indian public state university at Summer Hill in the state capital city Shimla. It is close to the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. It is wholly financed by the government of Himachal ...

. In 1988, he joined

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as airman (''non-commissioned officer'') and got retired in 2004.

Political career

He started his career as member of BDC (Pachhad) joined BJP and later became Distt. President of BJP SC Morcha. In 2009 he was State General Secretary of BJP SC Morcha. He became Member of

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from Pachhad constituency in 2012 and got re-elected in 2017 from same constituency. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections he became

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from

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constituency. He served as member of parliamentary committees - *Member of Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice. *Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House. *Member of Committee on External Affairs. *Member of Consulatitve Committee for Ministry of Food Processing Industries. On 22 July 2020 he became President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashyap, Suresh India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh People from Shimla 1971 births Himachal Pradesh University alumni Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University alumni