Arvind Kejriwal

1. Arvind Kejriwal born 16 August 1968 is an Indian politician, social activist and former civil servant who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He is also the current Chief Minister designate, having won the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections. He is the National Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP. Kejriwal is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and worked for the Indian Revenue Service IRS as a Joi .....

Early childhood And family

2. Arvind Kejriwal was born on 16th August 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district of Haryana. He belongs to a financially sound middle class family. His father, Mr. Gobind Ram Kejriwal was an electrical engineer who got a lot of transfers during his service period. Arvind changed many schools because of his fathers professional transfers. His mother, Gita Kejriwal is a housewife and played a vital role in shaping his ethics and career. Arvind has a you .....

Arvind kejriwal childhood

3. He is married to Sunita Kejriwal, who is also an IRS officer. The two were batch mates in civil services training period and joined IRS together and later decided to marry. The couple has one girl and a boy. Harshita Kejriwal is the elder child of AK and qualified IIT exams like his father, while his son Pulkit Kejriwal is still studying in school. .....

Education

4. He was born on Janmashtami birth day of Lord Krishna and one day after the Independence day of India. He was also called as Munna by his parents. Arvind was a very well known scholar from his schooldays. He did his schooling form Siwani and Ghaziabad. According to his mother, Kejriwal was so focused towards his studies that he even did his studies in bathroom if any guest arrived at home. After seeing his zeal and commitment, AKs grandfather Mang .....

Career

5. Arvind Kejriwal joined IIT Kharagpur and did his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. Tata Steel hired him in 1989 to work as Mechanical Engineer in Jamshedpur. He worked there for around 3 years. He wanted to work in Social welfare department of Tata Steel but officials didnt allow him to do so. Thus finally he resigned from Tata Steel in 1992 and decided to prepare for IAS exams. In 1995, he cleared Civil Service Exams to join the public service.I .....

Social activities

6. Kejriwal was a social activist from the very beginning. He even met Mother Teresa and wanted to work for this society. He worked in RamaKrishna Ashram, Kolkata for few days. He spent few days in Nehru Yuva Kendra as well.He started an NGO named .....

Politics and Aam Aadmi Party

7. Finally after trying each and every tactics, Arvind Kejriwal decided to form a political party. The party was formed on 26 November 2012 and named after a lot of consultations. Finally his party got the name on Aam Aadmi or common man Aam Aadmi Party. He even fasted against Delhi Congress government of Sheila Dixit in March 2013. He opened a revolutionary campaign against Sheila Dixits government and MCD ruled BJP. The selfless volunteers and .....

List of major work done by him in just 49 days

8. Lowered the rates of electricity Lowered the rates of water consumption Simplified the VAT for Delhi businessmen Played a vital role to curb corruption Played a vital role to curb inflation launched anti corruption helpline Gave an amount of 1 Crore to a martyr policemen Arvind Kejriwal also gave an order to power authorities to fulfill the electricity needs of country otherwise theyll bring some other power companies in Delhi. The party decided .....

As an MLA

9. Arvind Kejriwal worked a lot as an MLA. He held several Mohalla Sabhas in his New Delhi legislative constituency to know the problems of people and area. He carried out 60 projects and many projects had been successfully implemented in a short time.Here is the report card of Mr. Kejriwal showing how he used his MLA local area development fund .....

Mufflerman

10. Arvind Kejriwal became famous as Mufflerman. The campaign of branding Arvind Kejriwal became very famous via #Mufflerman. .....

Awards and Accolades

11. Ashok Fellow Award in 2004 for Civic Engagement Satyendra K Dubey Award in 2005 for trying to bring governance transparency CNN IBN Indian of the Year in 2006 for his work in Public Service Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2006 for Emerging leader Grant And Fellowship Accolade in 2009 by Association of Indias Development Distinguished Alumunus Awards in 2009 by IIT Kharagpur for Eminent Leadership Economic Times Award in 2010 for Policy Changing Agent of .....

The systems man

12. Kejriwal has in the past spoken well of the Delhi Metro. Unlike the Indian Railways, he says, the capitals metro service isnt a sea of confusion and chaos. And thats because the service has correct systems in place. He owns a car but has been known to take the metro frequently to work. .....

Perfection fetish

13. Colleagues close to the AAP leader say hes fastidious and would cross out documents, mark them in red, make repeated alterations just to ensure it is to his liking perfect and just the way hed like it to be. He is never tired of revising and revising the lokpal draft, for instance, making margin jottings during his innumerable meetings with senior colleagues, typing, chopping, changing paragraphs, sentences and words. .....

Mr cool

14. Hes known to be a demanding man to work with, more respected than feared. Colleagues say theyve hardly seen him lose temper. He doesnt take people to task but when miffed, instead takes on the task himself. When annoyed, colleagues say he goes quiet and retreats into his offi ce, shutting the door behind him. .....

Only the best

15. Kejriwal finished school in 1985 and decided he would go to IIT. His dad Gobind Kejriwal advised him to apply to other engineering colleges as well but Kejriwal said he wouldnt even consider joining such an option. He had set his mind on going to the best engineering college in the country and wouldnt settle for anything less. .....

Papa mein hai dum

16. In an interview to a newsmagazine, Kejriwals 12 yr old son Pulkit proudly said his dad was enough for all the opponents. Because papa mein hai dum. Daughter Harshita 17 is equally proud, their teachers and seniors are AAP followers. Kejriwals believes the way his sons life has played out shows he has gods blessings. Thus, No one can harm my son. .....

Rock of support Sunita

17. His wife Sunita, also an IRS officer, is the familys backbone. Kejriwals mother Geeta Devi recalled to reporters the day her son called up to say he had found the girl he wanted to marry. And how they went on to have an arranged marriage . Down to earth Sunita said she treats her husbands job, as any other. She told a magazine last year, I just want him and the kids to remain least affected by all this. .....

A man possessed

18. Kejriwals energy levels are unbelievably high, and party colleagues say he sleeps barely four hours a day. The night before Anna Hazares Ramlila Maidan fast, he and other senior leaders spent the night at Kiran Bedis house. Colleagues say Kejriwal coughed through the night. The next morning, he nibbled at a plain toast, drank a cup of milk and was off to the venue in a flash. .....

Averse to ceremony

19. In the revenue service, Kejriwal was Spartan, no nonsense and absolutely upright. He refused to have a peon, cleaned his own desk, emptied his dustbin and studiously avoided office get togethers. Those who saw him then recall how hed be seen at a tea stall near his office or else in his office room, withdrawn, doing his work. A man who is apparently averse to ceremony, he does not celebrate his birthday and those of his children. .....

First day lessons

20. On the first day of his job in 1995 in the Indian Revenue Service IRS, Kejriwal recalls what a senior official told him: the 27 year old was advised how to make money at the start of ones career and then pretend to be an honest officer for the rest of his life. A shocked Kejriwal said it impacted the shape his career took, from a small bureaucrat to activist to politician. .....

Magsaysay man

21. Kejriwal was at an RTI event in 2006 the day he got to know he had been awarded the years Magsaysay Award. He had spoken nonstop, engaging students and activists to file RTI applications when his phone rang. He took the call and later informed a colleague he had received the prestigious award. Moments later, he was back at what he was doing, normal as ever. .....

Surprise treats

22. Kejriwal is known to perk up the mood of his officewallahs with impromptu treats of patties or ice cream for the entire staff. He takes time out to chat with people and doesnt let phone calls break the conversation. .....

Blunt talker

23. Delhis CM in waiting has been provocative and outspoken in front of TV cameras, unbelievably blunt at times. Senior colleagues such as Prashant Bhushan have been seen straining and trying their best to rein him in. The Kejriwal of the early days and the man now are somewhat different, he appears a lot more restrained and mellowed. .....

Movie buff

24. Though he has hardly got any time with his family the last year, Kejriwal said in an interview he liked to take his kids to watch films. He is a fan of Aamir Khan and admires his work and enjoys comedies as well. .....

A regular student

25. His IIT batchmates say his foray into activism and politics was a bolt out of the blue for them. In his college days, Kejriwal never professed an interest in either going out with friends to play cards or for a round of drinks. Friends remember him as being more interested in theatre than academics. .....

Friends network

26. His close friends from college days helped him raise loans to reimburse the government when he took his voluntary retirement from the civil service after he had taken two years paid study leave. In fact, its his friends reportedly who pitched in with Rs 25,000 every month for a living so he could continue his fight against corruption. Kejriwal said the remaining expenses were borne by wife Sunita, an additional commissioner in the income tax depa .....

Steel worker

27. Once out of IIT Kharagpur, Kejriwal joined Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, and apparently liked the job. He admired the hard work and sincerity the workers displayed. He served the company for three years and returned to Delhi because he wanted to take the civil services exam. His dream was to join the police service, but he qualified for Indian Revenue Service. .....

Jan Lokpal movement

28. In 2010, Kejriwal protested against corruption in the Commonwealth Games. He argued that the Central Vigilance Commission CVC did not have any powers to take any action against the guilty, while CBI was incapable of launching an unbiased investigation against the ministers who controlled it. He advocated appointment of public ombudsman Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states.In 2011, Kejriwal joined several other activists, including Anna .....

Establishment of AAP

29. One of the major criticisms directed at the Jan Lokpal activists was that they had no right to dictate terms to the elected representatives. As a result, Kejriwal and other activists decided to enter politics and contest elections.In November 2012, they formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party; Kejriwal was elected as the partys National Convener. The party name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or common man, whose interests Kejriwal proposed to repre .....

2014 national elections

30. Kejriwal said in January, prior to his resignation as chief minister, that he would not contest a seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.He claimed party members persuaded him to change his mind,and on 25 March, he agreed to contest against the BJP prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi,[48] from Varanasi,but lost the election. .....

2015 Delhi Assembly elections

31. Kejriwal led AAP to win 67 out of 70 constituencies in 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, reducing its chief opponent BJP to 3 seats.He again won from New Delhi by defeating Nupur Sharma by 31,583 votes and announced to take oath to become the Chief Minister of Delhi on 14 February 2015. .....

Book written by Arvind Kejriwal

32. Swaraj by Arvind Kejriwal questions the present democratic system in India and suggests the way people can achieve true Swaraj self rule. The book proposes a model of governance which is based on Gandhis concept of Swaraj or Home Rule. Kejriwal states that power should not be concentrated in a few hands in New Delhi but should be in the hands of Gram Sabhas and Mohalla Sabhas so that the people have the right to take decisions that affect their l .....