Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal is an Indian educationist who is the Chancellor of Lovely Professional University. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab in March 2022.
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Wiki/Biography
Dr. Ashok was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. He attended D. R. Jain National High School, Jalandhar Cantt. He holds an LLB degree from University Regional Campus, Jalandhar, and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Later, he was conferred with Honoris Causa Doctorate degree by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh.
Physical Appearance
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Dr. Ashok’s father’s name is Baldev Raj Mittal who was the founder of Lovely Professional University. He has two brothers, Ramesh Mittal and Naresh Mittal.
Wife & Children
Dr. Ashok is married to Rashmi Mittal who is the pro-chancellor of Lovely Professional University. He has two children, a son named Pratham Mittal, who is the founder of Mastersā Union School of Business, and a daughter named Srishti Mittal, who is married.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal with his wife and children
Academic Career
In 2001, he started an affiliated college, Lovely Institute of Management. The affiliation created many problems in the way Ashok wanted to deliver education to students. In 2005, he received approval from Punjab Government to start a private university, Lovely Professional University. In an interview, Dr. Ashok talked about how he worked towards keeping the motto of LPU alive and said,
LPU was started with the motto to prepare students for the industry, unlike other traditional universities. Great importance was given to develop a human resource that was ready to be taken into the industry and also play their part in the development of society and the country. This gave way to LPUās taglineā āTransforming Education, Transforming Indiaā. LPU is a multi-disciplined university, making the experience of a student more rewarding than at an institution with a restricted number of subjects.”
Political Career
On 21 March 2022, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Punjab. On 24 March 2022, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Aam Aadmi Party logo
Awards
- He received Punjab Gaurav Award in 2012.
- He received the LMA Vardhman Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2013.
- He received the Shiksha Ratna Award in 2013.
- He received the Best Manager of the Year Award from the Socrates Committee Oxford, UK in 2016.
- He received the National Education Excellence Award from ASSOCHAM in 2017.
- He received Indian Red Cross Award in 2020.
Facts/Trivia
- In 1991, he started the automobile business and made a dealership with Bajaj, and in 1996, he started a dealership with Maruti.
- Dr. Ashok was always interested in academics, and in an interview, he said that he pursued a career in academics because he wanted to make some changes in the education system.
- Dr. Ashok’s father set up a sweet shop business, which was later run by his brothers, who had to leave their studies to take care of the business. Dr. Ashok did not leave his studies and pursued graduation. He used to work at the shop during the day and attend college in the evening.
- In 2019, LPU was the first private university that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited. Many renowned celebrities, and Presidents and Prime Ministers of other countries have also visited LPU.
Narendra Modi in LPU
- On 21 March 2022, Dr. Ashok was nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab. The other names include ex-cricketer Harbhajan Singh, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal with other nominees of Rajya Sabha elections from Punjab
