Arvind Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal

Born on August 16, 1968, Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, a former bureaucrat and the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. An IIT Kharagpur Alumnus, Kejriwal is the founder and convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and gained public attention when he won the Raman Magsaysay Award for his role as a Right to Information (RTI) activist in 2006.

Kejriwal was born in Haryana's Bhiwani district and completed his schooling from Hisar. A student of mechanical engineering, Kejriwal left his job at Tata Steels, cleared his civil service examinations and joined the Indian Revenue Services in 1993. He married his batchmate Sunita Kejriwal in 1995.

A few years later, he shifted his focus to social issues and started a movement called 'Parivartan' with Manish Sisodia and others to address the grievances of the citizens of Delhi. He joined Anna Hazare to lead an anti-corruption dharna seeking enactment of a Jan Lokpal Bill in 2011. Following his differences with Hazare, he laid the foundation of AAP and contested the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections.