Anil Kumar Shastri is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the

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. He is known for his outspoken views. Presently, he is Chairman of the Hindi Department in

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. He was elected to the ninth Lok Sabha from Varanasi in 1989 as member of Janata Dal and was a Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.

Early life

Anil Shastri was born in Lucknow to

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White R ...

, a former Prime Minister of India and

Lalita Shastri Lalita Shastri (born Lalmani Devi; 11 January 1910 – 13 April 1993) was the wife of Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Lalita Devi was from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. She married Lal Bahadur Shastri on 16 May 1928. After marriag ...

. He is an alumnus of St. Columba's School, Delhi and

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, Delhi. He completed his Advanced Management Programme at Ashridge Business School, now part of

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Career

Social and educational activities

He has been instrumental in promoting higher education particularly in the field of management. He has set up three institutions and is the Chairman o
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management
Delhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology & Management, Indore and Lal Bahadur Shastri polytechnic, Manda, Allahabad. Anil Shastri is Holding Trustee of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust which is involved with various socio-cultural activities. Anil Shastri also worked with a leading TATA Company, Voltas for seventeen years in senior positions. His son Adarsh Shastri has worked in the corporate world for 17 years in senior positions who quit his job with Apple and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad, UP constituency and then won Feb. 2015 Delhi Assembly elections from Dwarka Constituency of Delhi.

Positions held

* Member of Parliament (for Janata Dal), ninth Lok Sabha, Varanasi, 1989 * Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

Publications

* Pavan Choudary and Anil Shastri. ''Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership''. Wisdom Village Publications, 2014. .

References

Children of prime ministers of India India MPs 1989–1991 Living people St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni Hult International Business School alumni Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Lucknow Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh Janata Dal politicians Politicians from Varanasi Year of birth missing (living people) {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub