Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi (born 20 October 1970) is an Indian politician and former professor. A leader of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

and Member of Parliament from its Upper House, the

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since 2019. Trivedi is a senior National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life

Trivedi was born on 20 October 1970 in Indira Nagar,

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

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to U.D. Trivedi and Shrimati Priyamvada Trivedi. He studied

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

and holds a Ph.D. in

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (previously U.P. Technical University),

, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

Trivedi was a faculty member at the

department of many universities including the Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya. He worked as an information advisor to the former

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor (India), governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minis ...

and as political advisor to the former BJP National

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Rajnath Singh Rajnath Singh (; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving the Defence Minister of India since 20 May 2019. He was also the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He also served the Home Minister in th ...

. During the 2014 Indian General Elections, he was one of the members of the BJP's media team. , he is the national spokesperson of the BJP. Trivedi was elected unopposed to

in by-election from Uttar Pradesh in October 2019. The seat had fallen vacant after the demise of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley.

Personal life

Trivedi lives at Pandara Road, New Delhi. He is married to Shalini Tiwari on 8 May 2009 and has a son and a daughter.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trivedi, Sudhanshu 1970 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Lucknow Indian engineering academics