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{{Infobox | {{Infobox politician | ||
| name | | name = Shaurya Doval | ||
| | | spouse = Divya Doval | ||
| father = [[Ajit Doval]] | |||
| children = 2 | |||
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] | | party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] | ||
| awards = [[Udyog Rattan Award]] | | awards = [[Udyog Rattan Award]] | ||
| constituency = [[Uttarakhand]] | |||
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'''Shaurya Doval''' is the founder and leader of a [[right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref name="right" /> [[think tank]], [[India Foundation]] that is closely associated with the [[Narendra Modi Government]].<ref name="right">{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/how-national-security-advisor-ajit-dovals-son-shaurya-reinvented-himself-into-a-key-policy-player/articleshow/48322773.cms?from=mdr|title=How National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son Shaurya reinvented himself into a key policy player|first=Rahul|last=Tripathi|website=[[The Economic Times]]|date=14 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/why-congress-wants-pm-narendra-modi-to-dismiss-these-four-ministers-including-nirmala-sitharaman-suresh-prabhu/920174/|title=Why Congress wants PM Narendra Modi to dismiss these four ministers including Nirmala Sitharaman, Suresh Prabhu|date=5 November 2017|website=[[Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]}}</ref> Doval and his organisation have attracted media scrutiny due to their growing influence, opaque funding and ties to some of India cabinet ministers. He co-founded the foundation with [[Ram Madhav]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://thewire.in/politics/exclusive-think-tank-run-nsa-ajit-dovals-son-conflict-interest-writ-large|title=Exclusive: Think-Tank Run by NSA Ajit Doval's Son Has Conflict of Interest Writ Large|website=[[The Wire]]|first=Swati|last=Chaturvedi|date=4 November 2017}}</ref> | |||
==Early life and education== | == Early life and education == | ||
Doval is the son of [[Ajit Doval]], India's [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]]. An alumnus of [[Hindu College, Delhi|Hindu College]], Shaurya has an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from [[Chicago Booth]] and [[London Business School]].<ref name="right" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://doc-research.org/author/shaurya-doval/|title=Shaurya Doval|website=DOC Research Institute}}</ref>{{third party inline|date=August 2021}}<ref name="americanprogress">{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2017/06/25/435000/center-american-progress-u-s-india-task-force/|title=Center for American Progress U.S.-India Task Force|website=[[Center for American Progress]]}}</ref>{{third party inline|date=August 2021}} | |||
== Career == | |||
Doval is the managing director of a Singapore-based [[wealth management]] firm, Torch Investment (previously known as Zeus Caps), a company chaired by Saudi Prince [[Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.torchinvestment.com/#team|title=Torch Investment|website=www.torchinvestment.com}}</ref> He previously worked in [[leveraged finance]] at [[GE Capital]]'s London office and [[investment banking]] at [[Morgan Stanley]].<ref name="americanprogress"/> | |||
== Politics == | |||
In 2014, Doval was a planner<ref name="right" /> for the $1.5m<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news|date=29 September 2014|title=Narendra Modi : US turns on charm as roadshow rolls into New York|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/28/narendra-modi-india-new-york-prime-minister|access-date=14 September 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> gala public reception for the newly appointed [[Prime Minister of India]] [[Narendra Modi]] by the [[Indian American]] community at [[Madison Square Garden]] during his 2014 [[state visit]] to the US which was attended by 20,000 people.<ref name="guardian" /> | |||
He formally joined [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] in [[Uttarakhand]] as a special invitee in [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand|the party's state executive]] members' meet in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nsa-ajit-dovals-son-attends-bjp-state-meet-triggers-talk-of-joining-politics-4990647/|title=NSA Ajit Doval's son attends BJP state meet, triggers talk of joining politics|website=[[Indian Express]]|first=Kavita|last=Upadhyay|date=20 December 2017}}</ref> He became the party's [[chairperson|convenor]] for good governance in the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-bjp-declared-convener-of-27-departments-21134179.html|title=भाजपा ने घोषित किए 27 विभागों के संयोजक व सहसंयोजक|website=[[Dainik Jagran]]|trans-title=BJP declared convenor and co-convener of 27 departments|date=December 4, 2020|first=Sunil|last=Negi}}</ref> Political analysts speculated that he might contest the [[2019 Indian general election]] from the [[Pauri Garhwal]] seat of Uttarakhand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/uttarakhand/dehradun/national-security-advisor-ajit-doval-son-shaurya-doval-planning-to-contest-election-in-2019-from-uttarakhand/699561/|title=2019 चुनाव लड़ने की तैयारी कर रहे एनएसए अजीत डोवाल के बेटे शौर्य, शुरू किया बड़ा अभियान|trans-title=NSA Ajit Doval's son Shaurya preparing to contest 2019 elections, started a big campaign|first=Kavita|last=Upadhyay|date=July 1, 2018|website=[[Jansatta]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/surprise-ends-in-pauri-seat-as-bjp-announces-former-party-president-as-candidate-5637342/|title=Surprise ends in Pauri seat as BJP announces former party president as candidate|date=March 22, 2019|first=Kavita|last=Upadhyay|work=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Nihi|last=Sharma|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/shurya-doval-signals-entry-into-active-politics-from-uttarakhand/story-fGgNoFCmbAvDdCTN9m3jZM.html|title=Shurya Doval signals entry into active politics — from Uttarakhand|date=19 December 2017|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajpat/jansatta-special-column-rajpat-opinion-article-veteran-bjp-uttarakhand-leader-bhagat-singh-koshyari/863461/|title=भगत सिंह कोश्यारी नहीं लड़ना चाहते अगला लोकसभा चुनाव?|trans-title=Bhagat Singh Koshyari does not want to contest the next Lok Sabha elections?|date=December 29, 2018|website=[[Jansatta]]}}</ref> In April 2019, [[Z security]] protection was provided in response to potential security threats against him and his father during the elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/nsa-dovals-son-shaurya-doval-gets-vip-security-cover/article26994748.ece|title=NSA Doval's son Shaurya Doval gets VIP security cover|date=April 30, 2019|via=[[The Hindu]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref> | |||
According to a 2017 report by ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'', since 2014 Doval's think tank had become the most influential in India. It alleged that he had a [[conflict of interest]] as four of the directors of India Foundation were appointed as ministers in 2014 including Defence Minister [[Nirmala Sitharaman]] and they continued to be Directors in India Foundation even after joining the government. It questioned the Foundation's opaque sources of funding.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/ajit-dovals-son-shaurya-conflict-of-interest-the-wire|title=Doval's Son Rubbishes The Wire's Claims of "Conflict of Interest"|date=November 3, 2017|website=[[The Quint]]}}</ref> Doval claimed that it raised money through "conferences, advertisement[s], [and] journal[s]" and that "no foreign funding has ever been received", however ''The Wire'' noted its conferences were sponsored by international companies such as [[Boeing]] and [[DBS Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Siddharth|last=Varadarajan|date=5 November 2017|title=Shaurya Doval's Response to The Wire Raises More Questions Than It Answers|url=https://thewire.in/politics/shaurya-doval-response-the-wire-questions-answers-india-foundation|access-date=2021-09-14|website=[[The Wire]]}}</ref> | |||
In | In 2019, ''[[The Caravan]]'' alleged inexplicable ties between the businesses of Doval and his younger brother Vivek who allegedly ran a [[hedge fund]] based in the [[Cayman Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/business/ajit-doval-sons-cayman-islands-hedge-fund-vivek-shaurya|title=Ajit Doval's sons run a web of companies including a Cayman Islands hedge fund even as father demands crackdown on tax havens|first=Kaushal|last=Shroff|website=[[The Caravan]]|date=16 January 2019}}</ref> This was taken up by Congress leader [[Jairam Ramesh]] in a press conference on January 17, 2019. A subsequent [[criminal defamation]] case was filed by Vivek Doval against Ramesh, ''Caravan'' magazine and its staff writer who Doval claimed had used "inferences and innuendos" to give the impression that he and his family were involved in [[money laundering]] and [[Round-tripping (finance)|round tripping]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/vivek-doval-records-his-evidence-in-defamation-case-against-magazine/article27268749.ece|title=Vivek Doval records his evidence in defamation case against magazine|first=Nirnimesh|last=Kumar|date=May 28, 2019|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> In December 2020, Ramesh apologised in court for "any hurt the statements may have caused".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/defamation-case-jairam-ramesh-apologises-to-vivek-doval-7111783/|title=Defamation case: Jairam Ramesh apologises to Vivek Doval|website=[[Indian Express]]|last=Anand|first=Mohan|date=20 December 2020}}</ref> | ||
== Public work in Uttarakhand == | |||
Doval conceptualized 'Bemisaal [[Garhwal District|Garhwal]]' under the banner of 'Buland Uttarakhand' which aims to improve the quality of education and health in Uttarakhand.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nsa-ajit-dovals-son-shauryas-move-from-power-hub-to-base-at-home-uttarakhand-garhwal-5240603/|title=NSA Ajit Doval's son Shaurya's move, from power hub to base at home|date=July 1, 2018|website=[[The Indian Express]]|first=Kavita|last=Upadhyay}}</ref> | |||
== | == Awards == | ||
Doval was awarded the [[Udyog Rattan Award]] in 2012 for his contribution to the power sector in India.<ref name="americanprogress" />{{third-party inline|date=August 2021}} He was also the [[Eisenhower Fellowships|Eisenhower Fellow]] from India for 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eisenhower.secure.force.com/efworld/PublicFacingSearchPage?id=00541000005Zo0HAAS|access-date=2021-08-25|website=[[Eisenhower Fellowships]]|title=Meet Our Fellows}}</ref> On 13 February 2021, [[Chandigarh University]] awarded Doval with its Pride of India award 'for his contribution as think-tank and youth icon for entrepreneurs'.<ref>{{Cite video|title=Role of Youth in making India a $5 Trillion Economy|url=https://www.facebook.com/chandigarhuniversitygharuan/videos/role-of-youth-in-making-india-a-5-trillion-economy/1345354972491626/|language=en|access-date=2021-09-05|publisher=[[Chandigarh University]]|via=[[Facebook]]|date=13 February 2021|minutes=30:50-34:55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/entrepreneurs-are-the-real-patriots-as-they-contribute-in-strengthening-of-nation-s-economy-says-thought-leader-shaurya-doval-853589967.html|title=Entrepreneurs are the real patriots as they contribute in strengthening of nation's economy says thought-leader Shaurya Doval|publisher=[[Chandigarh University]]|via=[[PR Newswire]]|date=13 February 2021}}</ref> | |||
== | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Think tank#India]] | ||
* [[ | * [[List of think tanks in India]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
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