Mrityunjay Sharma

Mrityunjay Sharma is a first-generation politician, entrepreneur and author of the current bestseller, 'Broken Promises: Caste, Crime and Politics in Bihar'. An engineering graduate from BIT Mesra, Ranchi and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, Mrityunjay worked in various corporate leadership roles before moving to work with the then-chief minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr Raman Singh on developmental issues. He subsequently moved to his home state of Jharkhand to join politics and work at the grassroots. He is currently the Convener - Election Management for BJP Jharkhand. He also runs a social initiative called Kartavyapath to teach mathematics to underprivileged children and is a visiting faculty at several institutes, including the IIMs.