Sikander Kumar

Dr. Sikander Kumar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2022
Preceded byAnand Sharma
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University
In office
3 August 2018 – 19 March 2022
Preceded byRajinder S Chauhan
Succeeded bySat Parkash Bansal (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseJyoti Devi
Children02

Sikander Kumar is an Indian academic, professor and politician of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal Pradesh. He is currently a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament, from Himachal Pradesh.

He was 26th Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh University Shimla.

Political career

He has been declared by the BJP as its candidate from Himachal Pradesh for the 2022 Rajya Sabha elections. On 22 March 2022. He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on BJP ticket.

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Sikander Kumar 26th VC at HPU". 3 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "BJP fields woman for lone Rajya Sabha seat from Nagaland". 18 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rajya Sabha polls: BJP fields Phangnon Konyak for lone Nagaland seat; names candidates for Assam, Tripura, Himachal". Aninews. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sikander Kumar elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Himachal". 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.