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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Deepender Singh Hooda
| image =[[File:Indian Red Cross Society.jpg|200px]]
| caption =
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1978|01|04|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Delhi]], India
| residence = Delhi, India
| office1 = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 10 April 2020
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Haryana]]
| predecessor1 = [[Selja Kumari]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] [[Lok Sabha]]
|constituency2 = [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]
| term_start2 = 2005
| term_end2 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| successor2 = [[Arvind Kumar Sharma]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| spouse = Sweta Mirdha Hooda
| father = [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]]
| alma_mater =
| profession = Political and Social Worker
| children =
| website =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| footnotes =
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'''Deepender Singh Hooda''' (born 4 January 1978)<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4207 |title=Fourteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile |access-date=25 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208071647/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4207 |archive-date=8 December 2007}}</ref> is an Indian politician and four-term MP from the [[Indian National Congress]], who is the current [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] representing Haryana. He also served three terms as Member of Parliament in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]] (2005–2019). He is a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian National Congress - Congress Working Committee|url=https://www.inc.in/en/congress-working-committee/special-invitees|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Indian National Congress}}</ref> the highest decision making body of the [[Indian National Congress]].

In his 15 years as the Rohtak MP, he helped set up an [[Indian Institute of Management Rohtak|IIM]], [https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-largest-cancer-institute-launched-at-aiims-jhajjar-campus/story-EAH3X5PrZtx4ADmM7DouXK.html India's largest cancer institute at Jhajjar], an [https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-delhi-campuses-also-to-open-in-haryana-175880-2014-01-07 IIT extension campus], besides the 5,500 acre [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Rohtak-rocks-while-Gurgaon-quakes/articleshow/13142893.cms IMT, Rohtak] which has companies like Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Suzuki Motorcycles and others, attracting an investment of Rs 5,000 crore, besides setting up [https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/deepender-stands-tall-in-citadel-763743 FDDI and IHM] in his constituency. He continues to be engaged in academics and was named a [https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/hooda-named-leader-in-residence-of-us-biz-school-115111001517_1.html Leader-in-Residence] at the [[Kelley School of Business]], [[Indiana University]], [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington]] – its Poling Chair of Business and Government.

He is the fourth generation of his family to be in public service: His father [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]] served as the Chief Minister of Haryana for two terms while his grandfather, [[Ranbir Singh Hooda]], was a freedom fighter, a member of the Constituent Assembly, member of the 1st and 2nd Lok Sabha from Rohtak,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/654.htm|access-date=2020-08-21|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> and Minister in Punjab (when Haryana was part of Punjab)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Aastha|date=2019-02-01|title=Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Hooda, who was minister in Punjab & Haryana and went to jail 5 times|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/chaudhary-ranbir-singh-hooda-who-was-minister-in-punjab-haryana-and-went-to-jail-5-times/185933/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> and a member of Rajya Sabha. His great grandfather [http://www.gpsanghi.ac.in/ch-matu-ram-arya.html Choudhary Matu Ram] was a social reformer and a freedom fighter who worked closely with [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

Hooda was the youngest parliamentarian when he entered politics in 2005.<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/deepender-singh-hooda--haryana-chief-minister-bhupinder-singh-hooda-congress-haryana/1/327216.html The prince man: Deepender Singh Hooda], India Today, 30 November 2013.</ref> He writes frequently on Indian economics and international affairs in the [[The Indian Express|Indian Express]] and other prominent publications.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-03|title=Deepender Hooda|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/deepender-hooda/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Hooda was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020 and was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha from Rohtak for three terms. During the 16th Lok Sabha, he was the [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] of Indian National Congress in Parliament.<ref name="weforum">[https://www.weforum.org/people/deepender-singh-hooda/ World Economic Forum]</ref> He also served on several other statutory and parliamentary bodies in various capacities as an elected board member of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology; as a Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy; as chairman of Indo-UK forum of Parliamentarians. In past, he has been a member of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Finance, External Affairs, Agriculture and Human Resource Development.<ref name="indian-archive">[http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4207 Detailed Profile: Deepender Singh Hooda]</ref>
{|class ="wikitable"
|-
! SI No.
! Year
! House
! Constituency
! Party
! Committee
|-
|1.
|[[2004 Indian general election|2005]] (By Poll)
|[[Lok Sabha|14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Consultative Committee on External Affairs. Committee on Agriculture.
|-
|2.
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Lok Sabha|15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Standing Committee on Human Resource Development. Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
|-
|3.
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Lok Sabha|16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Standing Committee on Energy.
|-
|colspan=6|'''Lost the [[2019 Indian general election|election in 2019]] to [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP's]] [[Arvind Kumar Sharma]].'''
|-
|4.
|[[2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections|2020]]
|[[Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Haryana]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|-
|}

==Corporate career==
Deepender had worked in various companies in India and the United States, before being elected to the Lok Sabha in 2005, at the age of 27. He started his professional career with Reliance Industries Ltd, (1999- 2000) as a management trainee and then worked as a software engineer with Infosys Technologies Ltd, (2000–2001) at their campus in Bengaluru.

He then took a break to finish his MBA at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, where he majored in finance and strategy. After his MBA, he joined American Airlines/Sabre Holdings, Dallas, USA as a senior manager (2003–2005).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Detailed Profile - Shri Deepender Singh Hooda - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4207|access-date=2020-07-10|website=archive.india.gov.in}}</ref> He was offered a job at McKinsey & Company and came to India to take a short break between jobs but then decided to move to public service. He contested and won the Lok Sabha by-election from Rohtak in October, 2005.

==Education==
Deepender Hooda holds a [[Bachelor of Technology]] and [[Master of Business Administration]] and a [[Bachelor of Laws|bachelor's degree in law]]. He did his engineering from the [[Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences]], [[Bhiwani]], then managed by the Birla Education Trust. He did his MBA from [[Kelley School of Business]] at the [[Indiana University]], Bloomington, where he majored in Finance and Strategy. At the Indiana University, he was awarded honorary Beta Gamma Sigma (top 1% of class) and was elected president of Asian Students Association at University in a unanimous vote. During this period, he successfully led team of Asian students from the top 15 business schools in United States in holding `Asian Business Conference` at Harvard Business School.<ref name="indian-archive" />

He holds a law degree from the prestigious Campus Law Centre, [[Faculty of Law, University of Delhi|Faculty of Law]], [[University of Delhi]] (2016–17 to 2019–20).

He attended school at [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/deepinder-singh-hoodas-assets-pegged-over-rs-35-crore/ |title=Deepinder Singh Hooda’s assets pegged over Rs 35 crore |work=The Indian Express |date=22 March 2014 |access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref> [[Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram|Delhi Public School, RK Puram]] and [[Model School, Rohtak]].

==Awards==
World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader (YGL): He was named as a Young Global Leader in the year 2011.<ref>[https://m.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-twelve-indians-among-wef-young-global-leaders/20110314.htm#11 Twelve Indians Among Young Global Leaders], Rediff.</ref>

MIT's Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta award: In 2010 he received Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshta award for the best young exponent of parliamentary practices for his work towards rural development through education and power generation.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Award-for-Sainath-Narayana-Murthy/article16838854.ece Award for Sainath, Narayana Murthy], The Hindu, 22 January 2010.</ref> He received the Shresth Sansad Award in 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=दीपेंद्र हुड्डा को फिर मिला श्रेष्ठ सांसद का सम्मान, हरियाणा के लोगों को किया समर्पित|url=https://www.amarujala.com/chandigarh/deepender-hooda-got-best-parliamentary-award-again|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Deepender Hooda married Sweta Mirdha, grand daughter of Nathuram Mirdha who is a member of the Indian National Congress in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rohtak-town-geared-up-for-wedding-of-hoodas-son_100321297.html |title=Rohtak town geared up for wedding of Hooda’s son |date=16 February 2010 |agency=IANS |publisher=Thaindian News |access-date=10 March 2013}}</ref> Her older sister, Jyoti Mirdha, is a former Congress MP from [[Nagaur]] in Rajasthan. Jyoti Mirdha is married to Narendra Gehlaut-Vice Chairman Indiabulls Real Estate. Sweta and Deepender have a young son Kesarbir who has started school.

Hooda was earlier married to Geeta Grewal, they divorced in 2005.

==See also==
* [[Political families of Haryana|Dynastic politics of Haryana]]

==References==
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{{14th LS members from Haryana}}
{{15th LS members from Haryana}}
{{16th LS members from Haryana}}

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