Sudhanshu Trivedi

Sudhanshu Trivedi (born 20 October 1970) is an Indian politician and former professor. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament from its Upper House, the Rajya Sabha. Trivedi is the Senior National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life
Trivedi was born on 20 October 1970 in Indira Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh to U.D. Trivedi and Shrimati Priyamvada Trivedi. He studied Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (previously U.P. Technical University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Career
Trivedi was a faculty member at the Mechanical Engineering department of many universities including the Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya. He worked as an information advisor to the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as political advisor to the former BJP National President Rajnath Singh. During the 2014 Indian General Elections, he was one of the members of the BJP's media team. , he is the national spokesperson of the BJP.

Trivedi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha in by-election from Uttar Pradesh in 2019. The seat had fallen vacant after the demise of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley.

Personal life
Trivedi lives in a Bunglow at Pandara Road, New Delhi. He is married to Shalini Tiwari on 8 May 2009 and has a son and a daughter.