Piyush Vedprakash Goyal
Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Government of India. He was elevated to the Cabinet Minister position on 3 September 2017.
Born: 13 June 1964 (age 56 years), Mumbai
Spouse: Seema Goyal
Mother: Chandrakanta Goyal
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Previous offices: Interim Minister of Corporate Affairs (2019–2019), more
Education: University of Mumbai, Don Bosco High School Matunga, H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Government Law College Mumbai, Hyderabad (sind) National Collegiate Board.
Goyal was born in Bombay to Chandrakanta Goyal and Ved Prakash Goyal. His mother was a three-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Maharashtra and his father served as the Union Minister for shipping in the Third Vajpayee ministry from 2001 to 2003. His father also served as the National Treasurer of the BJP for over two decades
Piyush Goyal was a all-India second rank holder in CA Final Chartered Accountant and second rank holder in Law in Mumbai University. He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga.
He is married to Seema Goyal, an active social worker, and has two children – Dhruv and Radhika, who have both graduated from Harvard University, USA.
Goyal started his career as an investment banker and served on the board of India's largest commercial banks, the State Bank of India 2001-2004 and Bank of Baroda 2002-2004 as Government nominee.
Piyush was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence. An active member of the Managing Committee of Indian Merchants Chamber, he is also involved with NGOs in diverse fields such as tribal education and welfare of the physically challenged.
During his 35-year-long political career, he has served on the National Executive and held several important positions in the BJP including the national treasurer. He was also nominated by the Government of India to the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers. He was the Dy. Campaign In-charge for the Parliament elections in 1991 and played a key role at the central level in all elections since 2004.
He was elected as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Maharashtra for the Rajya Sabha in 2010.
In May 2019, he continued at the Ministry of Railways and got the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
In June 2019, he was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.
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