Sachin Pilot

Sachin Pilot
Pilot at an event in 2010
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 December 2018
Preceded byAjit Singh Mehta
ConstituencyTonk
General Secretary of Indian National Congress for Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
23 December 2023
PresidentMallikarjun Kharge
Preceded byKumari Selja
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office
17 December 2018 – 14 July 2020
GovernorKalyan Singh
Kalraj Mishra
Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot
Ministry and Departments
  • Public Works Department
  • Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
  • Science & Technology
  • Statistic
Succeeded byDiya Kumari
Prem Chand Bairwa
President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
13 January 2014 – 14 July 2020
National PresidentSonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Preceded byC. P. Joshi
Succeeded byGovind Singh Dotasra
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Corporate Affairs
In office
29 October 2012 – 24 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVeerappa Moily
Succeeded byArun Jaitley
Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
In office
28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byRasa Singh Rawat
Succeeded bySanwar Lal Jat
ConstituencyAjmer, Rajasthan
In office
17 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded byRama Pilot
Succeeded byKirodi Lal Meena
ConstituencyDausa, Rajasthan
Personal details
Born
Sachin Rajesh Pilot

(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 47)
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Sara Abdullah
(m. 2004; div. 2023)
Children2
Parent(s)Rajesh Pilot (father)
Rama Pilot (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (BA)
I.M.T. Ghaziabad
(PGDM)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service2011–present
Rank Captain
Unit Territorial Army
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Captain Sachin Rajesh Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has been serving as Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Tonk since 2018. He has previously served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Corporate Affairs and Communication and IT in the Government of India[1] under Manmohan Singh.[2][3] Additionally he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 under Ashok Gehlot. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament at the age of 26.[4]

Pilot was born to late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot and Rama Pilot. He was previously a member of the Indian Parliament for Ajmer in 2009 and Dausa constituencies of Rajasthan, becoming the youngest member of parliament when he was elected from the latter seat in 2004, aged 26. He was unseated from the Lok Sabha during the 2014 election from Ajmer constituency.[5] He served as the Minister of Corporate Affairs in the UPA-2 government tenure (2012–2014).[6]

He studied at Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi, and holds a B.A. from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, a diploma in marketing from I.M.T. Ghaziabad and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.[7] He was employed with the Delhi Bureau of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and then with American multinational corporation General Motors for two years.[8]

  1. ^ "Cabinet reshuffle: Ministers take charge - Pawan Kumar Bansal the new Railways Minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Congress sacks Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan deputy CM, PCC chief". The Times of India. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The End Nears. Sachin Pilot Is Now Ex Deputy Chief Minister". NDTV.
  4. ^ "Who is Sachin Pilot?". The Times of India. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Rajasthan Election Result 2018 Highlights: Ashok Gehlot Named Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot Will Be Deputy CM". Moneycontrol. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sachin Pilot". Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Lok Sabha 2009 Winner - Ajmer (Rajasthan): Sachin Pilot". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Detailed professional background before entering politics". Elections.in.