Akhilesh Das

Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta (born 1961) is an Indian politician & a prominent educationist. At present, he is the President of Badminton Association of India, Vice President of Badminton Asia Confederation, Member - Executive Council of Badminton World Federation & Vice President of Indian Olympic Association .

He is the Chairman of Babu Banarasi Das Educational Society, Lucknow which runs the following institutions:

Earlier he had long been a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament with the Indian National Congress party for two terms & with the BSP for one term.

He is the son of Banarasi Das, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Das began in 1993, as the mayor of Lucknow. He was also the secretary of the Congress parliamentary Party directly under President of the party Sonia Gandhi from May 2003 to Dec 2005.

In 1996 while with the Indian National Congress party, he was nominated (elected by the State Legislature) to the Rajya Sabha in 1996 and 2002, and then by the BSP in November 2008. He served as Minister for Steel in the Manmohan Singh cabinet.

On January 31, 2017, Das, rejoined the Indian National Congress party.

Das done schooling from Colvin Taluqdars' College, Lucknow. Das holds degrees in law, public administration and management, and a doctorate in business administration. He is married to Mrs. Alka Das who serves as the Chancellor of Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow. He has two children namely son Mr. Viraj Sagar Das & daughter Ms. Sona Das.

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