Gaurav Gogoi

Gaurav Gogoi
Member of the India Parliament
for Kaliabor
Assumed office
1 September 2014
Preceded by Dip Gogoi
Constituency Kaliabor
Personal details
Born (1982-09-04) 4 September 1982
Delhi
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi[1]
Parents Tarun Gogoi (Father)
Dolly Gogoi
Alma mater Indraprastha University, Delhi
Occupation Social Worker
Politician
Religion Hindusim

Gaurav Gogoi is an active politician of Indian National Congress in Assam state of India from Tai-Ahom community. He contested for the Indian general elections, 2014 from Kaliabor seat and won. Gaurav left his job at Airtel to join a Delhi-based NGO called Pravah in the year 2005.[2]

Early life

Gaurav Gogoi was born in the year 1982. His father Tarun Gogoi is a present chief minister of Assam, who was actively involved in Politics.He graduated from St.Columba's School in Delhi. He then completed B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering in 2004 from Indraprastha University, Delhi & then joined marketing team of Airtel. He later went to United States of America to study Public Administration.[3] He also enjoys Dancing and Choreography. In 2013, Gaurav married UK-born Elizabeth Colebourn.[4][5][6][7]

Political career

Upon his return he joined politics and said that he would do whatever the party wanted him to do.[8] In March 2014 Congress Party announced Gogoi it's candidate from Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency).After the announcement Gogoi filed his nomination on 19 March 2014.[9] He won his first election polling a total of 443,315 votes beating his nearest rival, Mrinal Kumar Saikia of BJP by over 93,000 votes. Election_Result_2014

References

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