With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) winning the MCD elections with a majority of 134 seats, it dislodged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power after 15 years. After a neck-to-neck battle between the AAP and BJP, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party went past the halfway mark in the 250-member civic body.
Arvind Kejriwal, the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi is an Indian politician and an activist. Arvind Kejriwal became famous after the Jan Lokpal Bill with activist Anna Hazare. Before joining politics, Arvind Kejriwal worked at Tata Steel and has also rendered his service as a Joint Joint Commissioner of Income Tax Department in New Delhi. Let us know his education qualification.
Early life and schooling
Arvind Kejriwal was born on August 16, 1968, in an upper-middle-class family in Siwani, Haryana to Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. Kejriwal’s father was an electrical engineer. Kejriwal received his education at the Campus School at Hisar and Holy Child School at Sonipat.
Studied at IIT
In 1985, Kejriwal cracked the IIT-JEE exam and scored All India Rank (AIR) of 563. He graduated from IIT Kharagpur in Mechanical Engineering. In 1989, Kejriwal joined Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, but in 1992, he resigned from the job citing to prepare for the Civil Services Examination.
Joined the Indian Revenue Service
In 1995, Arvind Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) after clearing the Civil Services Examination. He served as an Assistant Commissioner of the Income Tax Department. He…
