6 Indian CEO Turned Politicians

Rahul Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj, chairman of the Bajaj Group, is a Rajya Sabha member. He has the support of the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Nationalist Congress Party.  In June 2006, Bajaj was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra. The 71 year old took over control of the Bajaj Group in 1965. Under his leadership, the company made great progress. The Bajaj Group finds a place among the top Indian corporate. Its business spans over a wide range of industries, automobiles, home appliances, lighting, iron and steel, insurance, travel and finance. He was awarded the third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2001.

Rajkumar Dhoot
Rajkumar Dhoot is Shiv Sena-nominated member of the Rajya Sabha representing Maharashtra. He is the CEO of Datacom Solutions.  The 54 year old is the brother of Venugopal Dhoot, Chairman of Videocon Industries. Datacom Solutions, is a subsidiary of consumer durables major Videocon Industries, which received telecom licences to begin pan-India operations. He promotes education especially among girls by running a Girls High School at Gangapur for 1100 girls of First to Tenth Standard and running a multi-specialty charitable hospital, namely 'Nandlal Dhoot Charitable Hospital' at Aurangabad with an investment of 100 crores, providing only second cobalt 60 facilities for cancer and Cardiac Care Centre and allied treatment and took up construction of roads in the region.