Priyanka Chaturvedi

Priyanka Chaturvedi (born 19 November 1979) is a Spokesperson of All India Congress Committee, a Presidium of Indian National Congress Party of India. She is also a columnist for Tehelka,Daily News and Analysis and First Post.

Personal life

Chaturvedi was born (19 November 1979 ) and raised in Mumbai. Her ancestors hails from Uttar Pradesh. She completed her primary education in St. Joseph's High School, Juhu in 1995 and then graduated in Commerce from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Vile Parle in 1999. She is married and has two children. She is avid reader and blogger.

Career

Considering that India has a huge youth population it is absolutely important that they involve themselves actively in shaping not just their own future but that of the country too.

Chaturvedi started her career as Director of MPower Consultants, a Media, PR and event management company. She is Trustee of Prayas Charitable Trust which runs two schools to provide education to over 200 under-privileged kids. "Considering that India has a huge youth population it is absolutely important that they involve themselves actively in shaping not just their own future but that of the country too", says Chaturvedi. She exhorts that it is absolutely necessary that youths are aware of happenings around them at local level and national level. She says that youth should contribute to nation in whichever field they strongly believe in, not just political field but social field also. She joined Congress in 2010 and became General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress from North-West Mumbai in 2012. Chaturvedi has a significant presence on Twitter and is known for defending policies of ruling Congress party on Twitter. Because of this, in May 2013 Chaturvedi was elected as Spokesperson of AICC.

Priyanka

Priyanka is a popular female given name in Hindu and Buddhist cultures. It is a name derived from the Sanskrit word 'Priyanker' or 'Priyankar' meaning, someone or something that is amiable; lovable, or makes you happy. In its adverb form it can also mean endearing behavior, for example an act of showing kindness or happiness or excitement; or kind agree-ability.

The Sanskrit word Priyankar is also used to describe the white variety of the 'Kantakari' flower (Sweta kantakari). Some of the earliest mentions of the Kantakari flower can be found in the ancient Hindu Ayurveda text from the mid-second millennium BCE.

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India Today

India Today is an Indian English-language weekly magazine and news television channel. It was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher. At present, India Today is also published in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015.

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Smriti Irani

Smriti Zubin Irani (née Malhotra, born 23 March 1975) is an Indian politician and former model, television actress and producer. She is the current Minister of Human Resource Development in the Government of India. Irani represents the state of Gujarat as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

Early life and education

Smriti, was born in Delhi. She is of Punjabi, Maharastrian, Bengali and Assamese origin and the eldest of three sisters. She has been a "part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from childhood" as her grandfather was an RSS swayamsevak and her mother a member of Jana Sangh.

She studied up to class 12 at Holy Child Auxilium School and discontinued further education. Irani has herself provided conflicting affidavits of her educational qualifications. In 2004, she submitted that she had obtained a graduate degree in Arts (B.A, 1996) from Delhi University (School of Correspondence); and in 2014, she submitted that she had completed a part of a graduate degree in Commerce (Part I B.Com, 1994) from Delhi University. Furthermore, a leak from the School of Correspondence, as reported by a newspaper, claims that Irani had enrolled in 2013, but had not written her examination. In June 2015, a lower court upheld the allegation of misrepresentation of her education qualifications.