Shelly Oberoi

Shelly Oberoi is an Indian politician who is serving as Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi since February 2023.[1]

Dr Shelly Oberoi
Dr Shelly Oberoi chairing a meeting of Municipal Corporation of Delhi as Mayor of Delhi
26th Mayor of Delhi
Assumed office
22 February 2023
DeputyAaley Mohammad Iqbal
Preceded byOffice re-established
ConstituencyEast Patel Nagar (Ward no. 86)
Personal details
Born1983 (age 39-40)
Delhi, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
Parent
  • Satish Oberoi (father)
Alma mater
OccupationProfessor, Politician

Oberoi became the first mayor elected after re-unification of the Municipal Corporation of North, South and East Delhi into a unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Early life and education

Oberoi was born in 1983. She has done PhD in Commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University,[2] studied management from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode,[3] Bachelor of Commerce from Janki Devi Memorial College[4] and Master of Commerce from Himachal Pradesh University.[5]

She has served as an assistant visiting professor at Delhi University.[6]

Political career

Oberoi joined Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi in 2013 and became the Vice President of its women’s wing in 2021.[7] She won 2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election from Ward 86 which comes under Patel Nagar Assembly constituency.[8] On 23 December 2022, she became mayoral candidate.[9] She was elected as the Mayor of Delhi on 22 February 2023, winning by 34 votes against the BJP candidate Rekha Gupta[1] and on 26 April, 2023 She again has been re-elected as the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after BJP candidate Shikha Rai name was withdrawn from the mayoral post.

References
  1. Prakash, Karam. "AAP wins Delhi mayoral poll; Shelly Oberoi elected mayor". The Tribune India.
  2. Roy, Snehashish (2022-12-23). "AAP's Shelly Oberoi is new Delhi mayor. 5 things to know about her". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  3. Chaturvedi, Amit. "Shelly Oberoi: 5 Points On AAP Leader Elected Delhi Mayor". NDTV. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  4. Paliwal, Aishwarya (2023-02-22). "कौन हैं AAP की शैली ओबेरॉय? MCD में 15 साल से काबिज BJP को किया बाहर". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  5. Teotia, Riya. "Who is Shelly Oberoi? New mayor of Delhi who won the MCD elections from Aam Aadmi Party". WION News. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  6. Pathak, Analiza. "AAP's Shelly Oberoi Is The New Mayor Of Delhi; Who Is She?". Zee Media. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. Singh, Rakesh (2023-02-22). "दिल्ली की मेयर शैली ओबरॉय कौन हैं? पढ़ाई-लिखाई से सियासी लड़ाई तक, जानें 'कुंडली'". News18 India (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  8. Basnet, Radha (2023-02-22). "Meet Shelly Oberoi, The Professor-Turned-Politician, Elected As Delhi's New Mayor". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  9. Jain, Pankaj. "Shelly Oberoi named Delhi Mayor candidate of AAP". India Today. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.