Siddharth Shirole

Siddharth Anil Shirole (Marathi: सिद्धार्थ अनिल शिरोळे) (born 4 February 1979) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and first time Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Shivajinagar Vidhansabha Constituency from Pune.

Shirole is also the Councillor for Ward 14 (Deccan Gymkhana – Model Colony) of the Pune Municipal Corporation. Shirole is also the Director of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited and National Finance Head of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

He is the son of Anil Shirole, the former Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha from Pune. He belongs to the very well-known Shiledar Shirole (Patil) family of Shivajinagar, Pune.

Professionally, Shirole heads the Parichay Group of Hotels and Restaurants, which owns the multi-award-winning restaurant Shabree (शबरी), Hotel Parichay, Shavaree Restaurant and Zaika Spice IceCream.

Shirole is also the author of the widely loved self-help book Today is my Favourite Day: Unleashing the Power of Optimism published by Wisdom Tree.[1]

Shirole represented India in the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program for International Opinion Leaders, whose notable alumni from India include ex-president Pratibha Patil, ex-president Kocheril Raman Narayanan, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister Indira Gandhi and former prime minister Morarji Desai.