Dr. Sikander Kumar | |
Birth Place: | Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start: | 3 April 2022 |
Constituency: | Himachal Pradesh |
Predecessor: | Anand Sharma |
Office1: | Vice Chancellor, Himachal Pradesh University |
Term Start1: | 3 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 19 March 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Rajinder S Chauhan |
Successor1: | Sat Parkash Bansal (Acting) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse: | Jyoti Devi |
Children: | 02 |
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[1] of Himachal Pradesh University Shimla.
He has been declared by the BJP as its candidate from Himachal Pradesh for the 2022 Rajya Sabha elections.[2] [3] On 22 March 2022. He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on BJP ticket.[4]