Raghav Chadha

Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and an MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi.[5] He is also a practising chartered accountant.[6] He was the chairperson of the committee of peace and harmony which summoned Facebook India representative for a discussion on 18 Nov, 2021

Raghav Chadha
Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board
Assumed office
2 March 2020[1][2]
Preceded byDinesh Mohaniya
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
12 February 2020
Preceded byVijender Garg Vijay
ConstituencyRajinder Nagar
Personal details
Born (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ProfessionChartered Accountant
Known forSpokespersons of AAP[3][4]
WebsiteOfficial Website

Early life and career

Born on 11 November 1988 and raised in New Delhi, Chadha received his school education from the capital city's Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated from University of Delhi (DU). He then pursued Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India, post which he went to the ‘London School of Economics’ for a certification course of EMBA. In his early career he worked with accountancy firms including Deloitte and Grand Thornton.

When AAP won the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election with a majority, Chadha at the age of 26 was appointed as AAP's national treasurer. In April 2018, the then Union Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh, terminated his appointment as an advisor to Sisodia along with 9 other advisors.[7]

In 2018, he contested from the South Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He lost in the elections to the BJP candidate, Ramesh Bidhuri.[8] In February 2020, he contested from the Rajendra Nagar constituency in 2020 Delhi Assembly and won against BJP's candidate RP Singh. Following the elections, he was appointed as vice-chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and assigned the water portfolio in the Delhi Government.

References
  1. https://www.news18.com/news/india/aap-mla-raghav-chadha-appointed-delhi-jal-board-vice-chairman-2522837.html
  2. http://www.delhijalboard.nic.in/sites/default/files/All-PDF/PR_RC_03.03.2020_E_0.pdf
  3. "Official Spokespersons". Aam Aadmi Party. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "Meet Raghav Chadha, AAP ka cute quotient - Times of India". Times of India. 19 February 2015.
  5. "Delhi's water supply situation to improve soon: Jal Board VC Raghav Chadha". LiveMint. Press Trust of India. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. "WHO IS RAGHAV CHADHA". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. "Sacked AAP adviser Raghav Chadha refunds Rs 2.5 salary to home ministry". Business Standard India. 18 April 2018 – via Business Standard.
  8. "Lok Sabha Election result: In South Delhi, BJP marches ahead, AAP's Raghav Chadha distant second-Politics News , Firstpost". 23 May 2019.
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