Ashwini Vaishnau is an Indian politician and Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology. He is a 1994 Ex-Odisha cadre IAS officer.
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Wiki/Biography
Ashwini Vaishnau, also Ashwini Vaishnavi, was born on Saturday, July 18, 1970.age 51 years; As of 2021) in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. His zodiac sign is Cancer. He did his schooling at St. Anthony’s Convent School and Mahesh School in Jodhpur. He was the topper of his state in his class 11 boards. He attended MBM College of Engineering, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan to pursue BE and graduated with Gold Medal in 1992. In 1994, he received his MTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. After cracking the civil services exam, he worked as an IAS officer. In 2008, he went to the United States to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he graduated in 2010.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 9″
Eye Color: Black
Hair color: salt and pepper
family
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Dau Lal Vaishnau (Lawyer and Tax Consultant) and mother’s name is Saraswati Vaishnau. He has a brother named Anand Vaishnau.
Ashwini Vaishnau’s parents and brother
wife and children
He is married to entrepreneur Sunita Vaishnav. Together, the couple has a daughter named Tanya Vaishnavi (who works at Apple Inc.) and a son named Rahul Vaishnavi (a social entrepreneur).
Ashwini Vaishnau with his wife and son
Children of Ashwini Vaishnau
Caste
Belongs to the Bairag family. Bairag is a section of Hindu Brahmins.
Career
public services
In 1993, he cracked UPSC exams with AIR 27 and was allotted Odisha cadre. As an IAS officer, he served as Collector in Balasore and Cuttack districts of Odisha. While he was serving in Balasore, the state was hit by a cyclone which killed many people. Ashwini is said to have handled the situation effectively, which brought him into the limelight of politicians. The National Human Rights Commission has expressed appreciation to Ashwin for the sincerity, dedication and commitment he has shown in organizing and implementing relief and rehabilitation work in his district. He worked in Odisha as an IAS until he was appointed Deputy Secretary in the office of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003.
Ashwini Vaishnau with Atal Bihari Vajpayee
While working in the PMO, he contributed to the creation of a framework for public-private partnerships in infrastructure projects. He was appointed as Vajpayee’s private secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the 2004 elections. In 2006, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Mormugao Port Trust, where he worked for the next two years before leaving for the US to pursue his MBA. After returning to India in 2010, he voluntarily resigned from his post due to financial debt for his studies in the US.
Corporate service and entrepreneurship
After receiving his MBA degree, he returned to India and joined GE Transportation as Managing Director. He then joined Siemens in Gurgaon as Vice President Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy. He also served as one of the three directors at Thriveni Pellets Private Limited, a unit of Thriveni Earth Movers Private Limited, one of India’s largest mines. In 2012, he quit his corporate job and launched Three Tee Auto Logistics Private Limited and Vee Gee Auto Components Private Limited, both automotive component manufacturing units in Gujarat. In an interview, he said:
I went to Gujarat and built my machines while living in a container for 7 months because I wanted to get this plant up and running in record time. “
politics
In June 2019, Ashwin joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Ashwini Vaishnau joins BJP
Vaishnav won the Rajya Sabha elections with the help of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members in Odisha, opening an eye to rival BJP-RJD relations. This came despite many ruling BJD members opposing his nomination and suspecting that the BJP Supremo, Naveen Patnaik, had bowed to Narendra Modi-Amit Shah pressure to support Vaishnau. On June 28, 2019, he was appointed as a member of the Subordinate Legislation and Petitions Committee and the Science and Technology, Environment and Forests Committee. He argued that the economic slowdown in India was cyclical in nature and was not a structural slowdown. He believed that investing was better than spending money. He supported the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill on 5 December 2019 in the Rajya Sabha. He also raised issues ranging from ship recycling bill to protection of women in Rajya Sabha. In April 2021, he was appointed as a member of the Press Council of India (PCI) for three years. On 8 July 2021, in a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Minister of Railways, Electronics and Information Technology and Minister of Communications.
Ashwini Vaishnau holds the post of Communications Minister at Sanchar Bhavan
signature
Signature of Ashwini Vaishnau
Address
Constant: Flat No. 1-A, Ananda Residence, Plot No. 45, Shahid Nagar. Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751007
Current: Flat No 17/207, Heritage City, MG Road, Gurgaon, Haryana-122002
Net worth and assets
Aswin has movable assets worth Rs. 13.08 crore (approx.) and immovable assets of Rs. 4.1 crore, including two residential buildings in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Gurgaon (Haryana) worth Rs. 3.45 crore and non-agricultural land in Bhubaneswar, Odisha worth Rs. 65 GEL, which is his net worth. 17.18 million (approx) (as of 2018).
Car collection
Facts/Trivia
- Many sources have claimed that his family belongs to Jeevand Kallan village in Pali district of Rajasthan. Later his family settled in Jodhpur.
- In March 2021, after Rashmi Samant resigned as president of the Oxford University Students’ Union over her old racist social media posts, Aswin claimed she was being forced to do so due to cyberbullying, which was unfair.
- Awarded President’s Silver Medal, Commendation of National Human Rights Commission of India.
- In 2021, Twitter went against the Indian government to comply with the new IT rules in India, which, among other requirements, mandates the appointment of three key personnel – a chief compliance officer, a nodal officer and a complaints officer by social media platforms of more than 50 million users. Instead, Twitter moved the Delhi High Court. A day after Ashwini Vaishnaw was sworn in as communications minister, he warned Twitter about the new IT rules, saying:
Anyone living and working in India must follow its rules and the law of the land is supreme. “
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