Satyadev Pachauri

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| native_name =

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 23 May 2019

| predecessor = Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

| successor = Ramesh Awasthi

| constituency = Kanpur

| office1 = Minister of MSME, Khadi & Sericulture,
Government of Uttar Pradesh

| term_start1 = 19 March 2017

| term_end1 = 17 June 2019

| successor1 = Satish Mahana

| office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh

| constituency3 = Arya Nagar

| constituency2 = Govind Nagar

| predecessor2 = Ajay Kapoor

| successor2 = Surendra Maithani

| term_start3 = 1991

| term_end3 = 1993

| predecessor3 = Reshma Arif

| successor3 = Mahesh Balmiki

| term_start2 = 6 March 2012

| term_end2 = 5 June 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bhind, Madhya Bharat, India

| education = M. Sc. (Chemistry)

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = Rama Pachauri

| children = Two Sons, Two Daughters

| website = {{url|satyadevpachauri.in}}

| term_end = 4 June 2024

}}

Satyadev Pachauri is an Indian politician and the former Minister of Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and Export Promotion in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was the Member of Parliament from Kanpur parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

Early life

Pachauri was born on 12 August 1948{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} in a traditional Brahmin family of Pandit Pyarelal Pachauri at village Mihona dist. Bhind (M.P). He completed M.Sc. in Chemistry from VSSD College during that time he was elected as The Student President. He started his political career in 1967 with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. In 1991 he was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly first time from Arya Nagar constituency of Kanpur Nagar district.{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/BJP-gets-ready-for-Pachauris-nomination/articleshow/610393.cms | title=BJP gets ready for Pachauri's nomination | work=The Times of India | date=11 April 2004 | accessdate=19 April 2014}}

Controversy

He was involved in a controversy for publicly ridiculing a female disabled employee when noted disability activist Satendra Singh (doctor) filed the first ever case under the new Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.{{cite web|title=UP Minister Could Become First to Be Tried Under New Disability Law|url=https://thewire.in/126598/satyadev-pachauri-persons-with-disabilities-act-uttar-pradesh/|website=The Wire}}{{cite news|title=Delhi University doctor stands up for UP government employee's rights|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/new-disability-law-du-doc-stands-up-for-up-govt-employees-rights/articleshow/58321074.cms?from=mdr|publisher=Times of India}}

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