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Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Member of Parliament


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Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Member of Parliament & Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur, Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha, Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, Youngest President of FICCI, Convenor – Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has made a distinguishing mark with every role he has donned.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar founded BPL Mobile and was one of the first investors in the early 90's to develop India's first and largest green field telecom infrastructure. BPL Mobile had invested and built a world-class telecom infrastructure in the metro of Mumbai and other circles and laid the foundation for the telecom revolution in India.  Rajeev is widely recognized for his significant role in the development of the now successful telecom sector.

A chip engineer by training, way back in 80’s, Rajeev Chandrasekhar was a part of the team at Intel that built the first Pentium processors at Intel  and was one of Intel’s fastest rising stars and became one of only three engineers who were CPU architects, working on the next generation of chips. Infact, every Intel 486 processor ever manufactured, contains Rajeev’s initials.

Successful Entrepreneur

Rajeev Chandrasekhar founded Jupiter Capital in 2005 with a vision to foray into businesses of tomorrow in emerging new markets of globalizing economy of India.  Jupiter Capital venture companies are in domains that include transportation, logistics services, hospitality, technology and media partnering global players in all these verticals.

Started with an initial investment of USD 100 million in 2005, Jupiter Capital now has investments worth nearly USD 800 million and are expected to grow to over 1 Billion by  2011.

Public Service

Rajeev Chandrasekhar was elected to the Rajya Sabha in May 2006, as a Member of Parliament representing Bangalore.  Rajeev focuses on Bengaluru and Karnataka; reforms in governance, policy making, institution building interventions and issues concerning national security.

A strong votary of good governance, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been vocal and articulate about the issues of reforms, governance and economy inside Parliament and in various public forums. Rajeev has been in forefront in the fight against corruption in the 2G Spectrum Scam and his continuous efforts to keep the heat on the issue and bring the perpetrators to book.

Visionary

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Convener of ABIDe Task Force appointed by the Karnataka Government for Better Bangalore and the author of PlanBengaluru2020, a comprehensive plan for development which has been praised by Planning Commission as a visionary document and the force behind drafting a Bill to ensure separate law for Bangalore. Media has applauded his contribution to Bangalore and considered one of the top influencers in Bangalore.

Philanthropy

Rajeev is also involved in coordinating private-public partnership efforts to build 1 lakh houses for the flood hit people in North Karnataka and has personally committed – through his Foundation - to build 1000 houses at a cost of over Rs. 10 crores. Rajeev is the Founder and Managing Trustee of RC Foundation which mainly focuses on programmes aimed at primary education for poor children and also the Founder and Principal Donor of Flags of Honour that offers financial assistance and supports families of martyrs.

Other Roles

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the Chairman of the National Military Memorial Committee. Bangalore will become the first city to have India’s National Military Memorial, post Independence. Rajeev is also Chairman of Namma Bengaluru Foundation, a non-profit organization that is works with citizens of Bangalore to make the city a Better Bangalore and is also the Principal Donor of Flags of Honour Foundation - a platform and a bridge between the citizens who seek to help, and the martyr's families.

A quiet achiever, Rajeev Chandrasekhar success lies in his relentless pursuit of nation building ideas and his ability to bring together best of the brains – experts, committed individuals in government and private – and inspiring them to success.