Madhukeshwar Desai

Madhukeshwar Desai
Vice President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Personal details
Born 25 August 1987 (1987-08-25) (age 29)
Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma mater Christ College
Profession Lawyer
Religion Hinduism

Madhukeshwar Desai (born 25 August 1987) is an Indian politician and great grand son of former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai. In 2013, he was appointed the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party [1][2] at 25, making him the youngest Vice President in the history of the party.[3] Madhukeshwar setup the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration in 2016 and currently serves as its CEO.[4]

Personal life

Madhukeshwar was born to Jagdeep & Navina Desai on 25 August 1987 in Mumbai. He has one sister Kalyani Desai. Desai did his schooling from G.D Somani and Kensri School, subsequently completing his education in Law from Christ College, Bangalore.

Madhukeshwar married Sneha Menon Desai a journalist by profession who hails from Bangalore.[5] The couple currently resides in Mumbai.[6]

Political life

Madhukeshwar is the great grandson of former Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai.[7][8]

The legacy of India's first non-congress Prime Minister [9] was claimed by both The Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prior to his entry into Indian Politics he was approached by both major political parties in India.[10][11] He chose the BJP because of its ideology and is considered to be a close ally of current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.[12]

While in College, he organised student events under the name, The Young Leaders Collective[13] which focused on political sensitization and student related issues.[14]

In 2011, he started working with the Bharatiya Janata Party, informally. Madhukeshwar accompanied Shri L. K. Advani on his Jan Chetana Yatra for 40 days across 23 states. He assisted in the form of researching and writing on the topic of black money, corruption and inflation for his speeches as well as contributed towards the white paper on black money subsequently.

He was appointed National Vice President of the BJYM in May 2013, the youngest in the history of the party and given the charge of Bihar.[15] He toured extensively across Bihar, strengthening the organization at the grass root level & fulfilled this role until 2015, after which he was given the charge of Kerala.

Besides working in Karnataka, Gujarat and Bihar, for the 2014 General elections, he worked specifically in the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency, which the BJP won for the first time in the history of the party.[16]

Professional life

An Advocate by profession, Madhukeshwar works with the Government of Maharashtra on the International Financial Services Centre being set up at the BKC, and is currently in the process of setting up the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration as its CEO.[17][18] The MCIA is the product of a joint effort between the Government of Maharashtra, the international and domestic arbitration community and the business community. MCIA is headquartered at Express Towers, Nariman Point.[19]


References

  1. ↑ "Morarji Desai's great grandson Madhukeshwar Desai joins BJP's youth wing as vice-president". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Srinivasan's woes compound - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. ↑ "BJP makes Morarji great grandson youth wing V-P - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  4. ↑ "International arbitration centre to open in August at Nariman Point - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  5. ↑ "L K Advani, Gowda Attend Wedding of Morarji Desai Kin". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  6. ↑ "Late Morarji Desai's great grandson gets married in Bengaluru - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  7. ↑ "In Bihar, Morarji great grandson to root for Modi - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  8. ↑ "In Gujarat its only NaMo. 1000 NSUI activists join BJP, even Congress foot soldiers dont want Rahul babas democracy". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  9. ↑ "Can Modi follow in Morarji's footsteps? - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  10. ↑ "Morarji Desai's great grandson Madhukeshwar Desai joins BJP's youth wing as vice-president". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  11. ↑ "Morarji Desai’s great grandson is BJP youth wing V-P - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18. C1 control character in |title= at position 14 (help)
  12. ↑ "In Bihar, Morarji great grandson to root for Modi - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  13. ↑ "Platform to encourage young leaders | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  14. ↑ "YLC: Student politics sans the party line". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  15. ↑ "Can Modi follow in Morarji's footsteps? - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  16. ↑ "Morarji Desai's great grandson Madhukeshwar Desai joins BJP's youth wing as vice-president". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  17. ↑ "Mumbai: Documents to float proposal for IFSC centre in BKC to be ready in couple of weeks | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  18. ↑ "Maharashtra, Gujarat in the race for India's first IAC". The Hindu. 2016-04-01. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  19. ↑ "International arbitration centre to open in August at Nariman Point - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
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