Harshita Kejriwal is an Indian entrepreneur and the daughter of Arvind Kejriwal, the seventh chief minister of Delhi. Her mother, Sunita Kejriwal, is a former IRS officer. She has always been an excellent student academically, which has kept her in the news. In 2014, Harshita Kejriwal scored 96% in Class XII and made headlines on various news channels. She works as an Associate Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in Gurgaon.
Wiki/Biography
Harshita Kejriwal was born in 1996 in Delhi, India (26 years old; as of 2022). Harshita Kejriwal completed her schooling in 2014 from Delhi Public School, Noida. In 2018, she received a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 5″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family and caste
She belongs to the Vaishya (Baniya) community.
Parents and siblings
Her father Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician who founded the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in November 2012 and later became the seventh chief minister of Delhi. Her mother’s name is Sunita Kejriwal, a former IRS officer. Her grandfather, Gobind Ram Kejriwal, was an electrical engineer. Her grandmother’s name was Gita Devi.
Harshita Kejriwal with her parents, brothers and grandparents
Harshita Kejriwal has a brother named Pulkit Kejriwal.
husband
She is not married yet.
Profession
Soon after completing her college studies at IIT Delhi, she did a summer internship at Imperial College London in May 2016, which she completed in July 2016. In August 2016, she did a month-long internship at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. From September 2016 to December 2016, Harshita Kejriwal was an exchange student at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. Harshita Kejriwal completed her summer internship at ITC Limited, Guntur, India from May 2017 to July 2017. From April 2017 to May 2018, she served as a team leader at Enactus. Subsequently, she joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as an associate consultant in August 2018, where she worked until April 2020. Harshita Kejriwal co-founded a wellness brand called Basil that provides health and food-related advice in 2020.
sports
In 2010, Harshita Kejriwal won the Under-19 District Football Championship. The 2015 Walmart Women’s Empowerment Grant title was awarded to Harshita Kejriwal. That same year, she became the Enactus Nationals Champion. In 2015, Harshita Kejriwal reached the semi-finals at the Enactus World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa. She emerged as the runner-up in the Kshitij Bplan competition held at IIT Kharagpur in January 2016. In the same year, Harshita Kejriwal finished second at the Enactus Nationals. In 2017, she won the blue dart competition bonus.
Facts/Trivia
- In her spare time, Harshita Kejriwal enjoys reading, dancing, playing football and traveling to faraway places. She is a trained Odissi dancer.
- Harshita Kejriwal actively participated in various district-level badminton tournaments during her school and college days. She has received formal badminton training.
Harshita Kejriwal plays badminton
- Harshita graduated from IIT Delhi in 2018, following in the footsteps of her father, Arvind Kejriwal, who also graduated from IIT Delhi.
- From June 2016 to March 2018, Harshita Kejriwal received the Cargill Scholarship for her leadership qualities. The scholarship is offered to ten students from six countries around the world.
- During elections in Delhi and other parts of India, Harshita Kejriwal and her parents frequently attended political rallies and campaign events for the Aam Aadmi Party.
- Arvind Kejriwal, the seventh chief minister of Delhi, received an unknown email in January 2019 threatening to kidnap his daughter Harshita Kejriwal . Addressing a press conference, a senior AAP leader said,
In the email, the unidentified sender claimed that they would harm the chief minister’s daughter and asked him to do whatever it takes to protect her. “
- In February 2020, some leaders of the BJP called Arvind Kejriwal a terrorist in a public statement. Soon after the statement, Harshita Kejriwal said in an interview to a media outlet that those who called her father a terrorist were engaging in dirty politics and in the same conversation, she was sure that her father would Re-elected Chief Minister of Delhi by the people of Delhi. She added that her father provided basic facilities for free to the poor people of Delhi. she says,
They say politics is dirty, but this is a new low. If medical facilities are free, is this terrorism? If children are educated, is this terrorism? If electricity and water facilities are improved, is this terrorism? Not only us, but 20 million ordinary people are also participating in the election. They will show on February 11 whether they voted based on the charges or the work they did. “
- Harshita Kejriwal was scammed by OLX user out of Rs. In February 2021, her number was 34,000. Soon, she made headlines when she became the victim of an online scam.
- Apart from Hindi and English, Harshita Kejriwal is also proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing in French.
- Harshita Kejriwal participated in Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann’s campaign in Punjab in the 2022 assembly elections. According to Harshita, Bhagwant Mann is her uncle. Harshita Kejriwal while talking to the media said that she is contributing to the future of the country. she says,
I’m not used to speaking.but i came here to Cha Cha Ji (Man). If there is only one political party that cares about children and their future, it is the AAP. I studied at IIT Delhi… My father taught me to contribute to the country, whether it was work or starting a business. “
Harshita Kejriwal campaigning for Aam Aadmi Party 2022 in Punjab with her mother
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