Rajeev Shukla (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician, former journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of

Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Founded in 2007, it features ten city-based Professional sports league organization, fr ...

. In 2015, he was re-appointed unanimously as the Chairman of IPL by the BCCI. On 18 December 2020, he was elected unopposed Vice President of the BCCI.

Early life

Rajeev Shukla was born on 13 September 1959 in

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

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. He was educated at Pandit Prithi Nath College,

and at Christ Church College, Kanpur. He then studied law at Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College,

. Before entering politics, he was friend with Deepa saxena with whom he shared theator stage, he was a reporter for

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daily ''

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''. Shukla held this job until 1985, when he became a special correspondent for ''Ravivar Magazine''. He was hired as a senior editor and he continued in that job until being elected to the

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in 2000. He has now joined the

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Personal life

Rajeev Shukla is married to Anurradha Prasad. Anurradha Prasad is Managing Director of B.A.G. Films and Media Limited, and is sister of Ravi Shankar Prasad. The couple has one daughter Vaanya Shukla.

Political activities

Running as a member of the Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party, Shukla won by a large margin. In 2003, his party merged with the

, and Shukla was appointed as a spokesperson. He was nominated as a secretary to the All India Congress Committee in January 2006. In March 2006, Shukla was elected for a second term. Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh in June 2022.

References

External links

The Indian Express: Columnists > Rajeev Shukla
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