arvind kejriwal

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 Year
NDTV Indian of the Year in 2011
CNN IBN Indian of the Year in 2013 for re innovating Indian politics
Named in leading Global Thinkers of 2013 by Foreign Policy
Most Voted person in Times 100 most influential person of 2014
Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave Awards in 2014 for notable leader in politics
Listed in Forbes 5 people who made an impact on thinking of people
Asias most inspiring And young social change maker at World Brands Summit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.