Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Rajeev Chandrasekhar | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2026 | |
| Preceded by | V. Sivankutty |
| Constituency | Nemom |
| President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2025 | |
| National President | J. P. Nadda Nitin Nabin |
| Preceded by | K. Surendran |
| Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ashwini Vaishnaw |
| Preceded by | Sanjay Dhotre |
| Succeeded by | Jitin Prasada |
| Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship | |
| In office 7 July 2021 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Dharmendra Pradhan |
| Preceded by | R. K. Singh |
| Succeeded by | Jayant Chaudhary (as MoS I/C) |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 23 April 2006 – 2 April 2024 | |
| Constituency | Karnataka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1964 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Anju Chandrasekhar |
| Relations | T. P. G. Nambiar (father-in-law) |
| Children | 2 |
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician, entrepreneur, and technocrat. He currently represents Nemom in the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2026. He is also the state president of BJP Kerala. A prominent voice in India's digital and economic policy, he is a former Union Minister, having served as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Before his ministerial appointments, Rajeev served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka for multiple terms between 2006 and 2024. Initially serving as an independent MP elected with broad legislative support, he officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2018. Within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), he has also held the roles of national spokesperson and vice-chairman of the coalition's Keralam unit.
Throughout his parliamentary career, Rajeev has been instrumental in shaping national policy, serving as a Member of the Joint Committee on the Data Protection Bill, 2019, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), and the Consultative Committee on MoE & IT. He has also been a member of the Indian Council for World Affairs and served on the Rajya Sabha Select Committees for both the GST and Real Estate bills.