Amrish Ranjan Pandey is a youth leader and is currently officiating as the National Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress.[1] He was appointed the National Secretary of IYC in March 2020 and is currently the IYC In-charge for the State of West Bengal and was given the charge in July 2020, as West Bengal Assembly polls are also approaching.[1] He is a practising lawyer in the Delhi-NCR region.
He started his political career with Congress Party's student Wing NSUI. He has been very active in both student and youth politics at IYC and NSUI.[2][3][4]
Amrish was born in Bihar on 25 October 1988, as son of Smt. Rajkumari Pandey and Shri Arun kumar Pandey. He traces his lineage to Shri Damodar Pande, who was the Mulkaji of Nepal from 1803 to 1804 and is also popularly known as the first Prime Minister of Nepal. Another significant face from Amrish's family is Rana Jang Pande, who was the third Mukhtiyar or Prime Minister of Nepal. After a political conspiracy, Amrish's forefathers shifted to Madhubani, Bihar and the family has been settled there since. Having completed his primary and secondary education from Watson High School, Madhubani, Amrish has strong ties with Madhubani.
In year 2008, Amrish completed his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi and thereafter completed his master's degree from University of Delhi. Amrish had his first rendezvous with politics, when he joined National Students Union of India in 2005, while studying at the Zakir Hussain College and since then he has never looked back. He is Bachelor of Law from Campus Law Center Delhi University.
Amrish is a political leader, not just by passion but also by formal training. He has been an active participant at various Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians Programme (KASYP) established by Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He was first granted a fellowship by the foundation in 2013. Since then Amrish has attended several KASYP workshops. He was also called on to attend the Legislative Fellow Program by U.S. Department of State in 2016, wherein, Amrish worked with the office of the Speaker, Columbus, Ohio. Thereafter, he also attended the Professional Fellows Congress (Office of Citizen Exchanges), Washington D.C. As an alumnus of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Amrish has represented India in various programs. A detailed list of the same is as follows:
Acted as a volunteer of an International Seminar on Cultural Diversity in South Asia organized by Zakir Husain College in collaboration with Asia Project, India International Cente