Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon (born 1959) is a politician from Punjab

Punjab (India)

Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...

. He belongs to the Kairon political family. He is the great-grandson of Nihal Singh Kairon, grandson of Pratap Singh Kairon

Pratap Singh Kairon

Pratap Singh Kairon was the Chief Minister of the Punjab province , and is widely acknowledged to be the architect of post-Independence Punjab Province. Moreover, he was an Indian independence movement leader...

, son of Surinder Singh Kairon

Surinder Singh Kairon

Surinder Singh Kairon was the son of late Sardar Pratap Singh Kairon. He was born on October 6, 1934 at Village Kairon District Amritsar. He earned a B.sc. and a M.A from Punjab University. He was a member of Punjab Vidha Sabha before being elected to the Lok Sabha representing the Congress Party...

, son-in-law of Parkash Singh Badal and nephew of Harcharan Singh Brar

Harcharan Singh Brar

Harcharan Singh Brar was the Chief Minister of Indian Punjab from August 31, 1995 to November 21, 1996. He succeeded the assassinated Chief Minister Beant Singh....

. He is a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly in the Punjab Legislative Assembly from the Patti

Patti, India

Patti is a city and a municipal council in the Tarn Taran district of the Indian state of Punjab, located 45 km from Amritsar. Patti is the town of Mai Bhago's husband who fought in support of Guru Gobind Singh Ji against the Mughals in the war of Muktsar...

 Constituency. He has served twice as a minister. He has held the portfolios of Excise and Taxation, Food and IT. He was educated at The Doon School

The Doon School

The Doon School is an independent school located in Dehradun in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Established in 1935, it was founded by Satish Ranjan Das. Its first Headmaster was Arthur E...

 and holds a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in Technology from Punjab Engineering College

Punjab Engineering College

PEC University of Technology, formerly known as Punjab Engineering College , is an engineering institute located in the city of Chandigarh, India...

 and an MBA degree

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 from Kellogg School of Management

Kellogg School of Management

The Kellogg School of Management is the business school of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, downtown Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida. Kellogg offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel,...

 at Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

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