How Educated are India's Renowned Politicians?


P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is the currently serving Finance Minister in the Congress-led UPA government and holds multiple degrees. He graduated with B Sc degree in statistics from the Presidency College in Chennai. From the Madras Law College he completed his bachelor of law and in 1968 he secured his MBA from Harvard Business School. At first he enrolled as a lawyer in the Madras High Court where he became a senior advocate in 1984. He practices law in the Supreme Court and in other high courts in India as and when required.

Naveen Jindal
Naveen Jindal is the Indian politician and the Chairman of the Jindal Steel and Power Limited. Naveen graduated in Commerce from Hansraj College, University of Delhi in 1990. Later in 1992 he completed his MBA degree from the University of Texas, Dallas. At the University of Texas he was the Student Government President and recipient of the Student Leader of the Year Award.

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