Smriti Irani Biography | Age | Caste | Husband | Children | Family

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Smriti Malhotra
Profession(s)	Actress, Model, Politician
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 80 kg in pounds- 176 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Politics
Political Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Political Journey	2003: Joined BJP 2004: Contested the Lok Sabha Elections from Chandi Chowk in Delhi and lost to Congress candidate Kapil Sibal. The same year, she was absorbed as a Vice-President for the Maharashtra youth wing 2009: Campaigned for Vijay Goel's candidature in New Delhi 2010: Appointed as the National Secretary of the party and was roped in as the President of the Mahila (women) wing for BJP 2011: Became a member of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat 2014: Contested the Lok Sabha Elections against Rahul Gandhi in the Amethi Constituency and lost by 1,07,923 votes. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed her as the Minister of Human Resource Development in his cabinet 2016: In July, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was taken away from Irani, and she was given the Ministry of Textiles instead, in a cabinet reshuffle 2017: In July, she was handed the additional charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 2018: In May, the additional charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was taken away from her and was given to Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2019: Contested the Lok Sabha Elections against Rahul Gandhi in the Amethi Constituency and won by a margin of 55,120 votes and became the Minister of Women and Child Development
Biggest Rival	Rahul Gandhi
TV Career
Debut	Video Song: Song "Boliyan" of the album "Saawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag" with Mika Singh in 1998 TV Serial: Aatish and Hum Hain Kal Aaj Aur Kal, both aired on Star Plus in 2000 TV Producer: Virrudh for Sony TV in 2007 TV Host: Yeh Hai Jalwa, a dance based reality show on 9X in 2008 Film (Actress): Amrita, a Bengali film in 2012
Personal Life
Date of Birth	23 March 1976
Age (as in 2019)	43 Years
Birthplace	New Delhi
Zodiac sign	Aries
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
School	Holy Child Auxilium School, New Delhi
College/University	School of Open Learning, University of Delhi
Educational Qualification	• 12th Pass • Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) first year from Delhi University's School of Open Learning (did not complete the three-year degree course)
Religion	Hinduism
Caste/Ethnicity	• Half-Punjabi half-Maharashtrian (from her father's side) • Bengali-Assamese (from her mother's side)
Address	A-602, Neptune Apartments, Swami Samarth Nagar 4th Cross Lane, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053
Hobbies	Doing Yoga, Listening to Music, Travelling, Playing Carrom
Controversies	• Her educational qualification became controversial in 2014 when she made contradictory claims regarding her educational degrees. In 2004, she claimed to have a degree in BA while in 2014 she claimed to have a degree in Commerce. • She was criticized for not taking appropriate action in the suicide case of a Dalit student of Hyderabad University, Rohit Vemula. • A number of central-university Vice Chancellors criticized Irani when she sacked two vice chancellors, during her tenure as HRD Minister. • In October 2014, a furor was created over her decision to replace German with Sanskrit as the third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas. • Management institutes i.e., IIMs were at the loggerheads with Irani when she cleared a clause to include the IIMs under the ambit of her ministry. • A number of bureaucrats left her ministry citing her high-handed way of functioning.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Not Known
Marriage Date	Year 2001
Family
Husband/Spouse	Zubin Irani (Businessman)
Children	Son- Zohr Irani (Born in 2001) Daughters- Zoish Irani (Born in 2003), Shanelle Irani (Step-daughter)
Parents	Father- Ajay Kumar Malhotra Mother- Shibani Bagchi
Siblings	Brother- Name Not Known Sister(s)- Two Younger Sisters (Names Not Known)
Favourite Things
Favourite Food	Gujarati Cuisines, Pizza, Chocolates
Favourite Fruit	Strawberry
Favourite Colour	Blue
Favourite Actor(s)	Dharmendra, Saif Ali Khan, Shah Rukh Khan
Favourite Actress(es)	Rekha, Hema Malini
Favourite Cartoon Show	Tom and Jerry
Favourite Politician(s)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi
Favourite Film(s)	Mr. India (1987), Avengers Series
Favourite Film Director	Shekhar Kapur
Style Quotient
Assets/Properties	Movable: Rs. 3.83 Crore (as in 2019) Immovable: Rs. 7.28 Crore (as in 2019)
Money Factor
Salary (as a Member of Parliament)	Rs. 1 Lakh + Other Allowances (as in 2019)
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 11.11 Crore (as in 2019) Some Lesser Known Facts About Smriti Irani Does Smriti Irani smoke?: No Does Smriti Irani drink alcohol?: No Smriti Irani is a popular Indian TV actress-turned-politician. Her mother was a member of Jana Sangh and her grandfather was an RSS Swayamsevak. When Smriti Irani was still a schoolgirl in Delhi, her parents had invited an astrologer to predict their three daughters’ futures. The astrologer declared that while her two younger sisters would do all right, “Badi Ladki Ka Kuchh Nahin Hoga.”