S. C. Vats

{{Short description|Indian politician and educationalist}}

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| name = S. C. Vats

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| occupation = Politician, Clinician

| party = Indian National Congress till 2015. Then Bhartiya Janta Party

| awards = Best Legislator Award, Delhi Assembly constituency, 2006

|residence = Delhi, India

| nationality = Indian

| alma_mater = AU Tibbia College{{cite web|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=ayurvedic-unani-tibbia-college|title=Dr S. C. Vats Education }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/sc-vats-63-congress-shakurbasti/story-4bpsUSI6I6RWnzUy5lO1LL.html|title=Dr S. C. Vats Alma Mater |date=8 November 2008 }}

| spouse = Bimla Vats

| children = 2

| website = scvats.in{{cite web|url=http://scvats.in/|title=Dr S. C. Vats Website }}

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Suresh Chand Vats (born September 1945) is a veteran Indian politician and an educationist who currently heads the governing body of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, imparting education in the field of Law, Journalism and Information Technology. He is a former member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly Shakur Basti and won the elections twice, in 1998 and 2003 contesting as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 2008 he lost to BJP's Shayam Lal Garg by a margin of 4000 votes. In 2015, S. C. Vats contested as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and lost to Aam Aadmi Party's candidate Satyendra Kumar Jain by a margin of 3,133 votes from Shakur Basti (Delhi Assembly constituency). Vats has also been Member of Delhi Metropolitan Council from 1983 to 1989.{{cite web|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metro.htm|title=Delhi Metropolitan Council }} He has chaired the governing bodies of half a dozen reputed National Institutes with distinction.{{cite web|url=http://scvats.in|title=Dr S. C. Vats Official Website }}{{cite web|url=http://www.iimraipur.ac.in/pdf/Convocation%20Souvenir.pdf|title=IIM Raipur Souvenir }}

He is an initiated disciple of Ramakrishna Mission and tries to practice the precepts as preached by Swami Vivekananda.

In 2015, he was booked under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 376 (rape) of IPC for allegedly molesting and sexually assaulting a woman while she was attached to Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies of which Mr. Vats is chairperson in Delhi.{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bjp-leader-sc-vats-booked-for-sexually-assaulting-a-woman/story-oVC0WUwHgSf7WO7aRbDwOP.html|title=BJP leader SC Vats booked for sexually assaulting a woman |date=18 February 2015 }}

In 2020, S. C. Vats again contested as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and lost to Aam Aadmi Party's candidate Satyendra Kumar Jain for second time by a margin of 7,592 votes from Shakur Basti (Delhi Assembly constituency).