Kartikeya Sharma

Member's Name: Sharma, Shri Kartikeya
Constituency: Haryana

Kartikeya Sharma
Born/Date of Birthday: May 14, 1981
Place of Birth: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Nationality: Indian
Politicial Party: Independent and Others
Educational Qualification: B.Sc. (Business Management) Educated at Kings College, University of London, London, U.K.
Profession: Businessman, Politician
Organization founded: ITV Network
Known for: India News, NewsX, The Sunday Guardian, Aaj Samaj

Marital Status: Married on 22 November 2011
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Aishwarya Pandit
Children: One son and one daughter
Parents: Shri Venod Sharma, Shrimati Shakti Rani Sharma
Siblings: Manu Sharma
Permanent Address: House No. 118A, Model Town, Tehsil Ambala, District Ambala, Haryana Tel.-

Kartikeya Sharma (born May 14, 1981) is a Rajya Sabha MP and media baron from Haryana where he won defeating the congress heavy weight Ajay Maken in a high decibel election on 10 June 2022. Kartikeya is the founder ITV Media Network which has many news channels including National, English, Hindi & 7 regional channels along with print newspapers including the prestigious Sunday Guardian newspaper Daily Guardian and Aaj Samaj .

Personal life
Sharma was born to politician Venod Sharma and Shakti Rani Sharma on 14 May 1981. He is married to author and professor Aishwarya Sharma (daughter of Indian National Congress politician Kuldeep Sharma, former speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly.) since 2011.

Political career
Kartikeya Sharma is elected to Rajya Sabha in 2022 Rajya Sabha elections.

Career
Kartikeya Sharma finished his Bachelors in Business Administration From Kings College London. In 2007, Sharma launched ITV Media. He also launched a network of regional TV channels through India News; as of 2015 India News operated five regional channels broadcasting across Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jharkhand.

Later on, Sharma acquired, through ITV Media, English language news channel NewsX. He entered the print media with the acquisition of The Sunday Guardian, an English language Sunday newspaper, and Aaj Samaj, a Hindi language daily newspaper. He has also been involved with News Wire Services, an Indian TV news wire service.

Kartikeya Sharma is the Owner of Picaadily Hotels, Which Along With Hyatt owns a Range of Properties in Delhi and Parts of Haryana and Punjab. In 2015, Sharma set up Pro Sportify with Ashish Chadha, CEO of the Sporty Solutionz, a company that runs the Pro Wrestling League.

Awards
Kartikeya Sharma got the Champions of Change Award 2022. He also won the award for the Best CEO of the Year at the 2016 eNBA Awards.