About
Medical practitioner and Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Kalyan, Maharashtra.
Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde was born in Mumbai on 4 February 1987. His parents are Eknath Sambhaji Shinde and Lata Shinde.
His father, Eknath Shinde, is a senior Shiv Sena leader. He was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from June 2022 to December 2024 and has been Deputy Chief Minister since December 2024.
Dr. Shinde married Vrushali Shinde in November 2016.
He studied medicine at D.Y. Patil Medical College in Navi Mumbai, where he completed his MBBS and a Master of Surgery (MS) in Orthopaedics. His Lok Sabha profile gives his profession as medical practitioner.
He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Kalyan in May 2014, at the age of 27. Voters returned him in 2019 and again in 2024, when his margin over the runner-up was 2,09,144 votes.
In Parliament he has been a member of the standing committees on health and family welfare, defence and energy, and of joint and select committees set up to examine particular bills. Since September 2026 he has served on the Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture.
In May 2025 he led one of the all-party parliamentary delegations sent abroad after Operation Sindoor. His group visited the United Arab Emirates, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone to explain India's position against cross-border terrorism.
Since 2015 he has organised the Shiv Mandir Art Festival in Ambernath, part of the Kalyan constituency, to bring attention to the town's centuries-old Shiva temple.
He runs a medical assistance cell for people in need, named after Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, and also provides help through the Dr. Shrikant Shinde Foundation.
Outside work he enjoys travelling and learning about other cultures, reading and watching films. He has followed sport and fitness since his school and college days, when he played cricket.
Born on 4 February 1987.
First elected as Member of Parliament from Kalyan.
Member of the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and the Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms.
Began organising the festival in Ambernath.
Second term as MP for Kalyan.
Member of the committee throughout the 17th Lok Sabha.
Third consecutive term, with a margin of 2,09,144 votes.
Member for two annual terms, until September 2026.
Led a delegation to the UAE, Liberia, the DR Congo and Sierra Leone after Operation Sindoor.
Current standing committee membership.