Anil Shastri

Anil Kumar Shastri (born 4 June 1948) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.^[1] He is known for his outspoken views. Presently, he is Chairman of the Hindi Department in All India Congress Committee.^[2] He was elected to the ninth Lok Sabha from Varanasi in 1989 as member of Janata Dal and was a Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.

Anil Kumar Shastri
Member of Lok Sabha
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	Shyamlal Yadav
Succeeded by	Shrish Chandra Dikshit
Constituency	Varanasi
Personal details
Born	(1948-06-04) 4 June 1948 (age 77)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal
Children	3
Parents	Lal Bahadur Shastri (father) Lalita Shastri (mother)
Alma mater	Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School

Anil Shastri, in New Delhi on November 25, 2006

Early life

Anil Shastri was born in Lucknow to Lal Bahadur Shastri, a former Prime Minister of India and Lalita Shastri. He is an alumnus of St. Columba's School, Delhi and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He completed his Advanced Management Programme at Ashridge Business School, now part of Hult International Business School.

Career

Social and educational activities

He has been instrumental in promoting higher education particularly in the field of management. He has set up three institutions and is the Chairman of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Technology & Management, Indore and Lal Bahadur Shastri polytechnic, Manda, Allahabad. Anil Shastri is Holding Trustee of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust which is involved with various socio-cultural activities. Anil Shastri also worked with a leading TATA Company, Voltas for seventeen years in senior positions.^{[citation needed]}

His son Adarsh Shastri has worked in the corporate world for 17 years in senior positions who quit his job with Apple and joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He unsuccessfully contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad, UP constituency and then won Feb. 2015 Delhi Assembly elections from Dwarka Constituency of Delhi.

Positions held

• Member of Parliament (for Janata Dal), ninth Lok Sabha, Varanasi, 1989
• Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India

Publications

• Pavan Choudary and Anil Shastri. Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership. Wisdom Village Publications, 2014. ISBN 9789380710365.

See also

• Lal Bahadur Shastri Former prime minister of India