{"id":1167,"date":"2024-02-06T09:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2024-02-06T09:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T09:07:15","slug":"nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Nirmala Sitharaman Biography, Birth, Age, Family, Education, Political Career, Recognitions,\u00a0and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nirmala Sitharaman Biography:<\/strong> Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her fifth Union Budget on February 1. The finance minister&#8217;s 2022 budget presentation speech lasted approximately one and a half hours, while the 2021 budget speech lasted two hours and 40 minutes, making it the longest in India&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-26.png 900w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-26-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 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life, Family and Education<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more\/#Nirmala_Sitharaman_Political_Career\" title=\"Nirmala Sitharaman Political Career\">Nirmala Sitharaman Political Career<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more\/#Nirmala_Sitharaman_Career_before_entering_Politics\" title=\"Nirmala Sitharaman Career before entering Politics\">Nirmala Sitharaman Career before entering Politics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more\/#Nirmala_Sitharaman_Recognitions\" title=\"Nirmala Sitharaman Recognitions\">Nirmala Sitharaman Recognitions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/nirmala-sitharaman-biography-birth-age-family-education-political-career-recognitions-and-more\/#Nirmala_Sitharaman_Social_Media_Accounts\" title=\"Nirmala Sitharaman Social Media Accounts\">Nirmala Sitharaman Social Media Accounts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Biography\"><\/span><strong>Nirmala Sitharaman Biography<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Birth<\/strong><\/td><td>18 August 1959<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Age<\/strong><\/td><td>62 years<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Family&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>Narayanan Sitaraman (Father)<br>Savitri (Mother)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Education<\/strong><\/td><td>Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli (B. A. Economics)\u00a0Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) (M.A. and M.Phil. in Economics)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Profession<\/strong><\/td><td>Politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Husband<\/strong><\/td><td>Parakala Prabhakar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Children<\/strong><\/td><td>Parakala Vangmayi (daughter)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/td><td>@nsitharaman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-27.png 770w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-27-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-27-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The current finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, is an Indian politician and also serves as India&#8217;s corporate affairs minister. Nirmala Sisraman has been a member of Rajya Sabha since 2014. She has previously served as Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs (Treasury) and Minister of Commerce and Industry of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Personal_life_Family_and_Education\"><\/span><strong>Nirmala Sitharaman Personal life, Family and Education<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nirmala Sitharaman was born on August 18, 1959, to Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman in Madurai. Sitharaman&#8217;s father hailed from Musiri, Tiruchirappalli, and her mother&#8217;s family had its roots in Thiruvenkadu, and the Thanjavur and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu. Nirmala Sitharaman was born in a Tamil Iyengar Brahmin family and her father was an Indian Railways employee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nirmala Sitharaman completed her schooling in Madras and Tiruchirappalli. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli. In 1984, she moved to Delhi to complete her Master of Arts and M.Phil in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28.png 600w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-28-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nirmala Sitharaman met her husband Parakala Prabhakar while studying at JNU. Despite having different political ideologies, the couple married in the year 1986 and have a daughter named Parakala Vangmayi. Parakala Prabhakar was of Congress ideology while Sitharaman leaned towards BJP. Her husband Parakala Prabhakar served as a communications advisor to the then-Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Political_Career\"><\/span><strong>Nirmala Sitharaman Political Career<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Political Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2006, Nirmala Sitharaman joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and became the national spokesperson of BJP in 2010. In 2014, after the BJP won the elections, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as a Junior Minister in Narendra Modi&#8217;s cabinet. In June 2014, Sitharaman was elected as a Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh. In May 2016, she contested and won the Karnataka seat in the Rajya Sabha elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-29.png 948w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-29-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/studybizz.com\/politics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-29-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India&#8217;s first full-time Minister of Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 3, 2017, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the Minister of Defence. She is the second female to hold this post after Indira Gandhi and the first one to hold it full-time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India&#8217;s first full-time Finance Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 31, 2019, Sitharaman joined the office as the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister and is India&#8217;s first full-time female Finance Minister. On July 5, Sitharaman presented her maiden budget in the parliament. On February 1, 2020, she presented the Union Budget 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is the second female minister to present the budget, after former PM Indira Gandhi for the 1970\u201371 fiscal year. Breaking the records set by her predecessors, Yashwant Sinha, Arun Jaitley, Manmohan Singh, and P Chidambaram, who presented five budgets in a row, is Sitharaman, the first full-time female finance minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Relief packages amid the COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the COVID-19 crisis, Sitharaman became the in-charge of the COVID-19 Economic Response Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She unveiled &#8216;Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan&#8217; 20 lakh crore relief package via a press conference at the National Media Centre.\u00a0 The Rs 20 lakh crore relief package includes the previous packages announced by the GOI and the central bank i.e. RBI to deal with the coronavirus distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, PM Modi in his fifth address to the nation, since the countrywide lockdown, announced this package to make India self-reliant and urged the people to become vocal for local products, i.e., the use of swadeshi. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted, &#8220;This shall not be just a financial package, but a reform stimulus, a mindset overhaul, and a thrust in governance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Prime Minister and Finance Minister indicated that this huge package will revive the Indian economy and will support people from all walks of life amidst the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Career_before_entering_Politics\"><\/span>Nirmala Sitharaman Career before entering Politics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nirmala Sitharaman worked as a salesperson at Habitat (A home decor store in London). She also served as an assistant to an Economist of the Agricultural Engineers Association (UK). She has also worked as a Senior Manager (Research and Development department) for PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and at the BBC World Service. She was also a member of the National Commission for Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Recognitions\"><\/span>Nirmala Sitharaman Recognitions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nirmala Sitharaman was conferred with the \u00a0Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019 by JNU.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She was also ranked as the 34th most powerful woman in the world in 2019 by Forbes Magazine.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nirmala Sitharaman is one of the most powerful women that India has witnessed. From the first full-time female Finance Minister to holding several positions in the Union Cabinet, Sitharaman is an inspiration to all the females of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirmala_Sitharaman_Social_Media_Accounts\"><\/span><strong>Nirmala Sitharaman<\/strong> Social Media Accounts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Instagram<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nsitharaman\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Twitter<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsitharaman?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Facebook<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nirmala.sitharaman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirmala Sitharaman<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wikipedia<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirmala_Sitharaman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nirmala Sitharaman<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Youtube<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nirmala Sitharaman Biography: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her fifth Union Budget on February 1. 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