On 21st March 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party announced its 4th nomination for the Rajya Sabha. The 4th nominee is Ashok Mittal of LPU, know his net worth, family, biography
Apart from Sandeep Pathak, Raghav Chadha, and Harbhajan Singh, Ashok Mittal is the newest edition to AAP’s Rajya Sabha nominee list. On the 31st of March 2022, the elections for 13 seats of the Rajya Sabha will take place. 21st March was the last date to register for the seats from Punjab. The last date to withdraw names has been finalized as 24th March 2022.
Ashok Mittal LPU Biography, Age, Family, AAP Rajya Sabha Punjab Candidate, Education And Net Worth
Ashok Mittal is the Chancellor at the Lovely Professional University which is based in Punjab. LPU is a renowned institution today that offers numerous courses to students. Ashok Mittal’s father began a sweet business in 1961 with a loan of 500 rupees and today his family has a net worth of INR 800 crore. While his exact age is unknown, he is aged 45-55 years.
The success story of the lovely group is from rags to riches. Ashok’s father Baldev Raj Mittal was employed under a contractor in the military. He left that job and started selling and making sweets in a small shop. His shop was located in Jalandhar’s Cantonment area.
Ashok is married to Rashmi Mittal who serves as the vice-chancellor at LPU. He has a son named Pratham Mittal. Ashok Mittal, a law graduate from Guru Nanak Dev University.
Elders brothers of Ashok namely Ramesh Mittal and Naresh Mittal joined their family’s sweet shop but Ashok wanted to pursue something different. He despite joining the sweet business decided to pursue his graduation and masters in law. According to his elder brother who serves as the Chairman at LPU, he used to attend the college in the evening and work at their shop in the morning.
In 1991 when their sweet brand was doing great in Punjab they decided to expand their business in the automobile sector and took a franchise for Maruti Suzuki along with selling second hand cars. In the year 2001, they entered the education sector by building a beautiful University in Phagwara Punjab that was spread in 3.5 acres which today has 30,000 students from 30 countries.
Ashok Mittal’s Net Worth
Ashok Mittal presides over a group which has a net worth of Rs.800 crore and he is into the automobile, sweets, and education businesses.