Sandeep Dikshit
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sandeep Dikshit
| image = 150px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
| residence = New Delhi
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| constituency = East Delhi
| term_start = May 2004
| term_end = May 2014
| predecessor = Lal Bihari Tiwari
| successor = Maheish Girri
| party = Indian National Congress
| spouse = Mona Dikshit
| children = 1
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 16 September|
| year = 2006|
| source = [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4076&lastls=15 Loksabha profile], Parliament of India
| mother = Sheila Dikshit
}}
Sandeep Dikshit (born 15 August 1964) is an Indian politician, development manager and educator. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India.{{cite news| url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40749&Itemid=1&issueid=36§ionid=30&limit=1&limitstart=1 |title= The Rahul offensive| work= India Today| via= Indiatoday.intoday.in |date= 2009-05-07| access-date= 2013-03-14 | first= Priya| last= Sahgal| edition= 3 December 2009}} He represented the East Delhi constituency of Delhi and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.{{cite news| url= http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?240577 |title= Inner Courtyard | first= Saikat| last= Datta |date= 2009-06-01| website= Outlookindia.com| access-date= 2013-03-14}}
Early life
Sandeep Dikshit was born to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Vinod Dikshit,{{cite web| url= http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4076| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120314045943/http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4076| title= Shri Sandeep Dikshit| website= india.gov.in|url-status= dead | archivedate= 2012-03-14}} an IAS officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Sandeep holds a master's degree in history from St. Stephens College, and received his post-graduate diploma in Rural Management in 1989 at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA).{{Cite web |title=Sandeep Dixit |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/election-news/key-contestants/story/sandeep-dixit-46319-2009-05-01 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=India Today |date=2 May 2009 |language=en}}
Career
Before entering active politics, Sandeep Dikshit headed a social development group Sanket Information and Research Agency Pvt. Ltd which pioneered the first sub-national Human Development Report in the world in 1996.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title=Sandeep Dikshit - CSR Health Impact Awards |url=https://csr.indiahealthsummit.com/profile/sandeep-dikshit/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129085023/https://csr.indiahealthsummit.com/profile/sandeep-dikshit/ |archive-date=29 November 2023 }}{{Cite web |last=Livemint |date=2024-04-01 |title=Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's ED custody extended till April 15 in excise case |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/excise-policy-case-rouse-avenue-court-sends-delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-to-judicial-custody-till-april-15-11711946400691.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=mint |language=en}} He also served as a faculty member at O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat.{{cite web |url=https://jgu.edu.in/jsgp/faculty/professor-sandeep-dikshit/ |title=Professor Sandeep Dikshit {{!}} |website=jgu.edu.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204083106/https://jgu.edu.in/jsgp/faculty/professor-sandeep-dikshit/ |archive-date=2020-12-04}}
In June 2019, he triggered a controversy when he likened behavior by the Indian Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat to that of a "goon on the street" and apologized later via Twitter.{{cite news| url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/59100393.cms | title= Former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit calls Army chief 'sadak ka goonda', apologises later | work= The Times of India| date= 2017-06-11| access-date= 2019-07-21}}
Personal life
References
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Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Politicians from Lucknow
Category:Delhi University alumni
Category:Lok Sabha members from Delhi
Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election