Background
Anil Shastri was born in Lucknow to Lal Bahadur Shastri, a former Prime Minister of India and Lalita Shastri.
politician member of the Lok Sabha
Anil Shastri was born in Lucknow to Lal Bahadur Shastri, a former Prime Minister of India and Lalita Shastri.
Saint Stephen"s College.
He is known for his outspoken views. Presently, he is Special Invitee to the Congress Working Committee and Chairman of the Hindi Department in All India Congress Committee. He was elected to the ninth Lok Sabha from Varanasi in 1989 and was a Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
He is an alumnus of Saint Columba"s School, Delhi and Saint Stephen’s College, Delhi.
He did his Advanced Management Programme at Ashridge Business School, United Kingdom
Anil Shastri, after his graduation, worked in the corporate world for 17 years in senior positions. Social and educational ativities
He has been instrumental in promoting higher education particularly in the field of management.
He has set up two institutions and is the Chairman of Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Technology, Bareilly. Anil Shastri is Holding Trustee of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust which is involved with various socio-cultural activities.
He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh constituency and will be contesting the February, 2015 Delhi Assembly elections from Dwarka Constituency of Delhi.
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Member of Parliament, ninth Lok Sabha, Varanasi, 1989.