Deepender Singh Hooda is an Indian politician who is currently a member of the Haryana State Assembly. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and served as a member of the Rohtak Lok Sabha for three consecutive terms from 2005 to 2019. He was a special guest at the Congress Working Committee of the Executive Committee of the Indian National Congress. In 2005, at the age of 27, he entered politics and became the youngest member of Parliament. He is the fourth generation of his family to engage in public service.
Wiki/Biography
Deepender Singh Hooda was born on Wednesday, January 4, 1978 in Delhi (45 years old; as of 2023). He completed his matriculation course in 1993 from Mayo College, Ajmer. He completed his high school education in 1995 from Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi. He completed his Bachelor of Technology degree from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana in 1999; he was second in his class. In 2003, he pursued an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, Bloomington; he was awarded the honorary title Beta Gamma Sigma and was appointed Leader in Residence as the University’s Poling Chair in Business and Government. He served as president of the university’s Asian Students Association. He pursued his LLB degree from Delhi University Campus Law Center in 2019.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′0″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Deepender Singh Hooda belongs to the Jaat family. The Jaats are a traditional farming community in the northern regions of India and Pakistan.
Parents and siblings
Deepender Singh Hooda is the son of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. His mother’s name is Asha Hooda.
Deepender Singh Hooda with father Bhupinder Singh Hooda and mother Asha Hooda
wife and children
He was married twice. His first wife was Geeta Grewal, a dentist; they separated in 2005. He married Hemsweta Mirdha on February 22, 2010. They have a son.
Deepender Singh Hooda and his wife Hemsweta Mridha
Deepender Singh Hooda with his father, mother, wife and son
other family members
Deepender Singh Hooda’s great-grandfather Choudhary Matu Ram Hooda was a politician, social reformer and freedom fighter who worked with Mahatma Gandhi participated in the independence movement together and was one of the outstanding leaders of the Indian National Party when it was formed. 1985 Congress.
Deepender Singh Hooda’s great-grandfather Choudhary Matu Ram Hooda
Deepender’s grandfather was Ranbir Singh Hooda, a politician who served in the undivided state of Punjab and later in what is now Haryana. He was the first and second Lok Sabha member from Rohtak, Haryana and also a member of the Union House. He was a freedom fighter who participated in the Satyagraha movement and was arrested in 1941.
Deepender Singh Hooda’s grandfather Ranbir Singh Hooda
address
VPO – Sanghi, Tehsil and Districts – Rohtak, Haryana
Signature/Autograph
Deepender Singh Hooda’s signature
Profession
company’s
He started his career in the fabric manufacturing division of Reliance Industries Limited in May 1999 as a Process Engineer; at the time of his separation in December 2000, he served as Assistant Manager, Offshore Operations Coordination. He joined Infosys as a Software Engineer and worked there for 9 months till August 2001. After completing his MBA in 2003, he started working as a software engineer. Senior Manager, Product Strategy and Marketing, Saber Corporation, Dallas, USA; he has worked there for over two years.
politics
In 2005, he joined the Indian National Congress, contested the Lok Sabha by-election in Rohtak, Haryana, and became a member of Parliament. He was appointed to the Advisory Committee on External Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture. In 2009, he won the 15th Lok Sabha election and became a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development and the Member of Parliament Local Development Planning Committee. In 2014, he was re-elected to the third Lok Sabha from Rohtak and was appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy. During his 15 years in the Rohtak Lok Sabha, he helped establish many educational institutions such as the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, a state-of-the-art cancer center – AIIMS-II campus in Jhajjar, as well as many sports centres, stadiums, government schools and colleges. In 2019, he contested the Lok Sabha election from Rohtak constituency on the name of the Indian National Congress, but lost to Arvind Kumar Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Deepender Singh Hooda campaigning during Lok Sabha elections 2019
In 2020, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana and was sworn in as a member of the Rajya Sabha on July 22, 2020.
Screenshot of Deepender Singh Hooda when he was a member of the Indian Rajya Sabha
From July 2020 to September 2022, he served as a member of the Personnel, Public Complaints, Law and Justice Committee; during this period he also served as a member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament (August 2020) and the Treasury Advisory Committee (2020 November) members. In September 2022, he became a member of the Federal Council’s External Affairs Committee, and in January 2023, he became a member of the Federal Council’s Information and Communications Technology Management Committee.
dispute
Brij Bhushan defamation case
In January 2023, Indian wrestlers launched a protest against the sexual harassment of female wrestlers by Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Indian Wrestling Federation and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Brij Bhushan said in an interview with ANI news reporter
90% of athletes and guardians in Haryana trust the Wrestling Federation of India. Some of the families and girls who have made accusations belong to the same ‘akhada’… The patron of this ‘akhada’ is Deepender Hooda. ”
When Deepender Singh Hooda was asked about the allegations he said
I don’t know why he dragged our names. We are filing a defamation lawsuit against him. Our wrestlers are fighting for justice and the entire country is supporting them. An independent investigation must be conducted. ”
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2010, he received the Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shrestha Award for his contribution to rural development through education and power generation.
- In 2011, he was among the top 12 Indians in the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders list.
- In 2019, he received the Best Parliamentarian Award from Union Minister for Micro, Small and Enterprises Giriraj Singh at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
car collection
Deepender Singh Hooda owns a Ford Endeavor.
income
His income for the financial year 2018-2019 was Rs. 74,76,600.
Assets and property
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 3,86,54,113
- Bonds, Bonds and Equity: Rs. 2,12,11,824
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 35,36,100
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 1,18,60,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 1,29,00,000
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 7,85,00,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. Excludes assets owned by his wife and dependents.
net worth
Deepender Singh Hooda’s net worth for FY 2018-2019 is estimated to be Rs. 17,37,34,128. It does not include his wife and dependents’ net worth.
Facts/Trivia
- While studying for his MBA, he led a team of Asian students from Harvard University’s top 15 business schools in the United States to organize Asian business conferences.
- In 2005, he was offered a job at McKinsey & Company, but he turned it down and returned to India, later joining politics.
- He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institutes of Technology and Vice Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Society.
- While serving as a member of the Lok Sabha, he was elected Chairman of the Indo-British Parliamentarian Forum.
- In 2017, he participated in the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FIKKI – FICCI) India-Japan Forum and visited Japan to strengthen mutual ties between Japan and India.
- He joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra launched by Rahul Gandhi in September 2022.
Deepender Singh Hooda with Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra
- He was a columnist for The Indian Express, writing about India’s economy and international affairs.
- He has a keen interest in subjects such as History, American Civil War, Indian Freedom Movement, World War II, French Revolution, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Indus Valley Civilization, Social Economics, Marxism, Capitalist Economic Model and Governance.
- His pastimes and entertainments were cricket, Haryana wrestling and tennis.
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