Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (born 1 January 1971) is an Indian politician who serves as the Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel in the second Narendra Modi ministry since 2021. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh since 2020. He is a former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the 2019 Indian general election. He is former member of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2001 to 2020 and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020. While a member of the INC, he served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Corporate in the second Manmohan Singh ministry from 2012 to 2014.
Jyotiraditya Scindia | |
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Scindia in June 2022 | |
| Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Hardeep Singh Puri |
| Minister of Steel, Government of India | |
| Assumed office 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | RCP Singh |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Satyanarayan Jatiya |
| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 24 February 2002 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Madhavrao Scindia |
| Succeeded by | Dr. K. P. Yadav |
| Constituency | Guna |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Corporate, Government of India | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Veerappa Moily |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1971 Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2001–2020) |
| Spouse |
Priyadarshini Raje Scindia
(m. 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Scindia family |
| Residence(s) | Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.B.A.) |
Scindia is the son of politician Madhavrao Scindia, and a grandson of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last ruler of the princely state of Gwalior during the British Raj in India. Jyotiraditya was briefly the titular Crown Prince of Gwalior in 1971, until the privy purses and titles of Indian royals were abolished by the government in 1971.