Sandeep Pathak
{{Short description|Indian politician from Aam Aadmi Party}}
{{For|the Marathi actor|Sandeep Pathak (actor)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Sandeep Kumar Pathak Profile.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, India
| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| constituency = Punjab, India
| termstart = 10 April 2022
| predecessor = Partap Singh Bajwa
| president = *Ramnath Kovind
| 1blankname = Chairman of the House
| 1namedata = *Venkaiah Naidu
| alma_mater = (PhD)
| party = Aam Aadmi Party
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Aam Aadmi Party: Gujarat Incharge, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh Co-incharge
Ex-Professor: IIT Delhi
Research Associate: University of Oxford & MIT
| education = Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
}}
Sandeep Kumar Pathak (born 4 October 1979) is an Indian academic turned politician from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab since April 2022. He is a former assistant professor of IIT Delhi, former research associate at University of Oxford and MIT. He is also currently Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Sandeep Pathak replaces Raghav Chadha as Punjab co-incharge as AAP appoints new office-bearers in 9 states |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aap-appoints-new-office-bearers-in-9-states-sandeep-pathak-is-gujarat-in-charge-379458 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}}
Early life and education
He was born in Bataha village in Mungeli, Chhattisgarh to agriculturist parents. He completed his education till class 6th from his village and then moved to Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to his aunt's house for further studies. He completed his master's in Chhattisgarh and then moved to Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and National Chemical laboratory, Pune for further studies.
He then moved to the University of Cambridge to pursue Ph.D on high-temperature superconducting materials. Post that he pursued post-doctoral research as research associate in University of Oxford and MIT.{{Cite web |last=Nanda |first=Rupashree |title=Surveys Key, Good Chance in Gujarat: AAP's Silent Strategist Sandeep Pathak Opens Up to News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/exclusive-surveys-key-good-chance-in-gujarat-aaps-silent-strategist-sandeep-pathak-opens-up-to-news18-4985017.html |access-date=2022-04-14 |website= News18 |language=en}}
Professional career
He joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 2016. His area of work at the IIT is stated to be fabrication of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices, photo-physical properties and he has a number of research papers to his credit.{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Soni |title=Who is Sandeep Pathak, AAP's surprise pick for Rajya Sabha? |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2022/03/21/aaps-surprise-pick-for-rajya-sabha-iit-professor-sandeep-pathak.html |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=The Week |language=en}}
Political career
He was recognized for his behind-the-scenes work in the 2022 Punjab elections, on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party, and was nominated by the party as a candidate for a seat in the Rajya Sabha, to which he was elected, unopposed, in April 2022.{{cite news |title=All five nominees of AAP from Punjab elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=All-five-nominees-of-AAP-from-Punjab-elected-unopposed-to-Rajya-Sabha&id=437831 |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=newsonair.gov.in |date=24 March 2022}}
He was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab on 21 March 2022.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Tribune News |title=Sandeep Pathak replaces Raghav Chadha as Punjab co-incharge as AAP appoints new office-bearers in 9 states |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/aap-appoints-new-office-bearers-in-9-states-sandeep-pathak-is-gujarat-in-charge-379458 |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}} Later he was appointed Co-incharge for Himachal Pradesh on 4 June 2022.{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=Vibhor |title=Sandeep Pathak is Aam Aadmi Party's Himachal Pradesh co-incharge |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/sandeep-pathak-is-aaps-himachal-pradesh-co-incharge/articleshow/92009354.cms |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-sandeep-kumar-pathak Profile] at National Portal of India
- [https://ces.iitd.ac.in/?page=Sandeep Profile] at IIT Delhi
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=N9WQS5AAAAAJ&hl=en Profile] at Google Scholar
- [https://twitter.com/SandeepPathak04 Profile] at Twitter
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Category: People from Mungeli district
Category:Rajya Sabha members from Punjab, India
Category:Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Punjab, India