Sandeep Kumar is an Indian politician and the incumbent minister of SC/ST Welfare and Women and Child Welfare in the Delhi government, under the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal. He is currently the youngest minister in Kejriwal’s cabinet. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Sultan Pur Majra (Assembly constituency) in member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

Early Life Career

Sandeep Kumar is the son of Zile Singh and a resident of Sultanpur area in Delhi. He completed his 12th standard in 2001, under the CBSE board of Delhi. He acquired a Bachelor of Arts from Delhi University in 2004. He became a lawyer by getting his LLB degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in 2009. He is married to Ritu Verma, who is a housewife.

Kumar worked with Arvind Kejriwal (who would later become the convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)) in the India Against Corruption-led anti-corruption movement in 2012. As a lawyer, he fought cases for economically and socially backward people, without taking any fees.