Shashank Mani

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 9 June 2024

| predecessor = Ramapati Ram Tripathi

| constituency = Deoria

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| birth_name = Shashank Mani Tripathi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|07|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India

| nationality = Indian

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| spouse = Gauri Tripathi

| children = 2 daughters

| father = Prakash Mani Tripathi

| residence = Vill- Barpar Tahsil- Deoria District- Deoria

| alma_mater = IIT Delhi

| profession = Politician, author, businessman

| website = {{url|www.shashankmani.in|Official Website}}

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Shashank Mani Tripathi (born 25 July 1969) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha. He was elected from the constituency of Deoria in the state of Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news|title=Grassroots workers {{!}} Rooted in the masses|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-grassroots-workers-rooted-in-the-masses-2565853-2024-07-13|accessdate=1 June 2025|publisher=India Today|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601170808/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-grassroots-workers-rooted-in-the-masses-2565853-2024-07-13|archivedate=1 June 2025|language=en}} He is founder of Jagriti Yatra and Jagriti Enterprise Centre – Purvanchal (JECP).{{cite news |title=देवरिया में अटल कम्युनिटी इनोवेशन सेंटर का हुआ उद्घाटन:बिना उद्यमिता के गरीबी मिटाना संभव नहीं- डॉ. चिन्तन वैष्णव |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/deoria/news/it-is-not-possible-to-eradicate-poverty-without-entrepreneurship-dr-chintan-vaishnav-130302696.html |access-date=4 July 2023}} {{cite web |last1=Pham |first1=Dinh-Long |title=Jagriti Yatra: 500 youth, 1 train & masala chai every day |url=https://medium.com/@BambinoBanana/jagritiyatra-9c0376dfc864 |website=Medium |access-date=5 July 2023 |language=en |date=4 September 2019}}{{cite news |title=Women-led Businesses Fostering the Growth of Entrepreneurship in India - Shashank Mani |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/business/women-led-businesses-fostering-the-growth-of-entrepreneurship-in-india-shashank-mani20230109153633/ |access-date=4 July 2023}} He is the son of Former Deoria MP Prakash Mani Tripathi.

Early life and education

Mani's initial education was at Colvin Taluqdars’ College (Lucknow), where he won the Jahangirabad gold medal in sports and athletics. He later enrolled in the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he was the deputy general secretary for sports activity boards. Under his leadership, IIT Delhi became victorious in the inaugural Inter IIT Sports Annual Competition.{{cite news |title=Shashank Mani |url=https://newsroompost.com/author/shashank |access-date=5 July 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Mani |first1=Shashank |title=India : A Journey Through A Healing Civilisation |date=6 August 2007 |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India |isbn=978-81-7223-652-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-gdAAAACAAJ |access-date=5 July 2023 |language=en}}

Career

Shashank Mani is the founder of the Jagriti Yatra and the Jagriti Enterprise Centre - Purvanchal (JECP). He is BJP Candidate for Loksabha election 2024 from Deoria Constituency.

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