Harshita Kejriwal

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Harshita Kejriwal is an Indian businessperson who is best known for being the daughter of Arvind Kejriwal, the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi, and Sunita Kejriwal, a former IRS officer. Harshita Kejriwal has always been in news for her academic excellence, and in 2014, she secured 96 per cent marks in class XII. In 2018, soon after completing her college studies, Harshita Kejriwal started working with Boston Consulting Group as an Associate Consultant in Gurugram. In 2020, she co-founded a personalized health and fitness venture named Basil..Harshita Kejriwal often campaigns for the Aam Aadmi Party during the elections in Delhi and other states of India.In her leisure time, Harshita Kejriwal likes dancing. She is a trained Odissi dancer.She is the recipient of the Cargill scholarship from June 2016 to March 2018 for her leadership skills among the ten students from six different countries across the world.Her father, Arvind Kejriwal, is an IIT, Delhi graduate, and Harshita followed her fathers footsteps and graduated from IIT Delhi in 2018.From May 2016 to July 2016, Harshita Kejriwal did her summer internship at Imperial College London. In August 2016, she earned her one month internship at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Harshita was an exchange student at Pohang University of Science and Technology in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea, from September 2016 to December 2016. From May 2017 to July 2017, Harshita Kejriwal did her summer internship at ITC Limited, Guntur, India.Harshita Kejriwal then worked as a team leader at Enactus from April 2017 to May 2018. From August 2018 to April 2020, she worked as an Associate Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In 2020, she co-founded Basil, a health brand for personalized health and food advice.Harshita was the winner of the Walmart Women Empowerment Grant title 2015, Blue Dart Competition Grant, which was held in 2017, and Enactus Nationals organised in 2015.Harshita is a trained athlete and a trained badminton player. During her college days, she participated in various zonal level badminton championships. In 2015, during the Enactus World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, she was a semi-finalist, and she won the Under 19 District Football championship in 2010. In January 2016, she was the runner up at Kshitij Bplan Competition, IIT Kharagpur. In July 2016, she was the runner up at Enactus Nationals 2016. Harshita Kejriwal while playing badminton.In January 2019, the chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, received an unknown email in which someone threatened him to kidnap his daughter, Harshita Kejriwal. [4]News Bytes An official of the AAP stated in a press conference, In the email, the unknown sender has claimed that they will harm the chief ministers daughter and have challenged him to do whatever he can do to protect her..