Rajendra Darda
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Rajendra Jawaharlal Darda is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Aurangabad East constituency and is a Cabinet Minister for Education, Government of Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra
Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.It is an elected government with 288 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Ministers:...

 in India
India
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Education

After graduating from Nagpur University, Darda received his diploma from the Government Institute of Printing Technology, Mumbai. Darda also attended a two-year advanced course in Graphic Arts from the London College of Printing
London College of Communication
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Career

Darda is Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director of the Lokmat
Lokmat
Lokmat is the largest read & circulated Marathi language newspaper. It is the fifth largest Indian daily and in Marathi, it is the largest selling daily with 1.58 million copies a day. As per IRS 2010 Q3, Lokmat has a total readership of 23.67 million...

 newspaper group. The Dainik Lokmat is the fourth largest daily newspaper. with a circulation of 10,856,000. Lokmat also runs a Marathi news channel called IBN-Lokmat
IBN-Lokmat
IBN Lokmat is a Marathi-language news channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a joint venture between Network 18 and Lokmat Group, which runs the most read Marathi newspaper, Lokmat.IBN Lokmat was launched on 6 April 2008, the Gudi Padwa day...

 in partnership with CNN-IBN.

Darda had also taught journalism courses at Nagpur University.

Politics

In 1997 Darda joined the Congress party
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 and in 1999 was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Aurangabad (west), Maharashtra. Darda then became the state Minister for Energy, Finance and Planning, and later the Minister of State for Home. He was re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Aurangabad (West) constituency in October 2004 and again in 2009. He then became the Minister for Industries in the newly constituted Cabinet of Maharashtra Government in November 2009.

Personal life

Darda has two sons, Karan and Rishi and a brother Vijay Jawaharlal Darda who serves as Chairman of Lokmat.

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