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Dr. Sandeep Pathak

10 Nov 2022, 11:20
Indian Politician's Biography
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Dr. Sandeep Pathak

Dr. Sandeep Pathak Wikipedia

Member's Name: Pathak, Shri Sandeep Kumar
Constituency: Punjab, India

Sandeep Pathak
Born/Date of Birthday: 4 October 1979
Place of Birth: Bataha, Mungeli, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party: Aam Aadmi Party
Educational Qualification : B.Sc., M.Sc., P.G. Diploma, Ph.D. Educated at Guru Ghasidas University (GGU), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, CIPET, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
Profession: Ex. IIT- Delhi Professor, Scientist

Marital Status: Married on 27 June 2017
Spouse's Name: Shrimati Tejus Pathak
Children: No Record
Parents: Shri Shiv Kumar Pathak, Shrimati Prabha Pathak
Permanent Address: House No.09, Indira Prastha Apartment, IIT Campus, New Delhi 110016. Tel.-

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Pathak is an Indian politician from Aam Aadmi Party and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab since April 2022. He is a former assistant professor of IIT Delhi, former research associate at University of Oxford &MIT. He is also currently Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh

Early life and education

He was born in Bataha village in Mungeli, Chhattisgarh to agriculturist parents. He completed his education till class 6th from his village and then moved to Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to his aunt's house for further studies. He completed his masters in Chhattisgarh and then moved to Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and National Chemical laboratory, Pune for further studies.

He then moved to the University of Cambridge to pursue Ph.D on high-temperature superconducting materials. Post that he pursued post-doctoral research as research associate in University of Oxford and MIT.

Professional career

He joined the faculty of IIT Delhi in 2016. His area of work at the IIT is stated to be fabrication of perovskite-based photovoltaic devices, photo-physical properties and he has a number of research papers to his credit.

Political career

He was recognized for his behind-the-scenes work in the 2022 Punjab elections, on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party, and was nominated by the party as a candidate for a seat in the Rajya Sabha, to which he was elected, unopposed, in April 2022.

He was appointed Aam Aadmi Party's Incharge in Gujarat & Co-incharge in Punjab on 21 March 2022. Later he was appointed Co-incharge for Himachal Pradesh on 4 June 2022.

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