Naresh Gujral

Naresh Gujral is a Chartered Accountant, Shiromani Akali Dal party politician and former a member of the Parliament of India representing Punjab in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Early life and background

He is the son of Inder Kumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India and Sheila Gujral, a noted Hindi poet. He is the grandson of Indian politician Avtar Narain Gujral; his uncle Satish Gujral was a noted artist. He graduated from the Modern School in 1965, and completed his Bachelor's degree St. Stephen's College of the University of Delhi in 1968.

He started a clothing company "SPAN", because he had “nothing better to do”, as he put it.

He contested the 2004 elections for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency as a Shiromani Akali Dal candidate and lost.

He is married to Anjali Gujral and has two daughters.