Deepender Singh Hooda

Indian politician

Member, Council of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs); elected Vice Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society; Chairperson, Indo-U.K. Forum of Parliamentarians; President, Haryana State Football Association; Patron, Sarvhitkari Seva Trust (NGO working on education, health and water); participated in Aspen Strategy Group Dialogue on Indo-U.S. relations; awarded Honorary "Beta Gamma Sigma" (top 1 per cent of class) at Indiana University; elected President of Asian Students Association at Indiana University in a unanimous vote; successfully led initiative for holding ‘Asian Business Conference’ at Harvard Business School; as Social Secretary, 1998-1999, organised all major social events and cultural functions during the period; work experience with (i) Reliance Industries Ltd., India, May 1999-December 2000, (ii) Software Engineer, Infosys Technologies Ltd., India, December 2000-August 2001 and (iii) American Airlines/Sabre Holdings, Dallas, USA/ Travelocity, June 2003-July 2005; participated in grassroots election campaigns as also in all the election campaigns in Rohtak Lok Sabha and Kiloi Vidhan Sabha Constituencies during the last 15 years on behalf of Congress Party as a student, party propagandist, party leader and organiser