Siddharth Shirole

Siddharth Anil Shirole (born 4 February 1979) (Marathi: सिद्धार्थ अनिल शिरोळे) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and first time Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Shivajinagar Vidhansabha Constituency from Pune.

Siddharth Shirole is also the Councillor for Ward 14 ( Deccan Gymkhana - Model Colony ) of the Pune Municipal Corporation. Siddharth is also the Director of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited and National Finance Head of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

He is the son of Anil Shirole the former Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha from Pune. He belongs from the well known Shiledar Shirole (Patil) family of Shivajinagar, Pune.

Professionally, Siddharth Shirole heads the Parichay Group of Hotels and Restaurants, which owns the multi-award-winning restaurant Shabree (शबरी), Hotel Parichay, Shavaree Restaurant and Zaika Spice IceCream.

Siddharth is also the author of the widely loved self-help book ‘Today is my Favourite Day’ unleashing the Power of Optimism published by Wisdom Tree.

Siddharth Shirole represented India for the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program for International Opinion Leaders. Whose notable alumni from India include Ex. President Pratibha Patil, Ex. President Kocheril Raman Narayanan, Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Former PM Indira Gandhi and Former PM Morarji Desai.