Former banker banking on past experience in ministry

The telecommunications industry and India Post have major roles to play both in India and abroad, newly appointed communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said as he took charge of the ministry on Tuesday.

He said he will first take stock of the department before commenting on his priorities and immediate challenges before the ministry. "There has been a revolution in this department... (I will) put in my best to ensure that we deliver according to the aspirations of the prime minister as well the 140 crore people...of the country."

Scindia has also served as minister of state for communications in the UPA government. "It is also a little bit like coming full circle for me because I worked as a junior minister in this department in 2007-2009," he said.


Scindia holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA degree from Stanford University. He has worked at the United Nations and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.