Sandeep Kumar is an Indian politician who was Minister for SC/ST Welfare and Women and Child Welfare in the Delhi government under Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from February 2015 until he was removed from the council of ministers on 31 August 2016. At 34 he was the youngest member of that cabinet. He represented Sultan Pur Majra in the sixth Delhi Legislative Assembly, and was later expelled from the Aam Aadmi Party.

Early Life Career

Sandeep Kumar is the son of Zile Singh and a resident of Sultanpur area in Delhi. He completed his 12th standard in 2001, under the CBSE board of Delhi. He acquired a Bachelor of Arts from Delhi University in 2004. He became a lawyer by getting his LLB degree from the Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in 2009. He is married to Ritu Verma, who is a housewife.

Kumar worked with Arvind Kejriwal (who would later become the convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)) in the India Against Corruption-led anti-corruption movement in 2012. As a lawyer, he fought cases for economically and socially backward people, without taking any fees.

Offices and terms on this page were last verified in September 2026 against publicly available records. Earlier versions described ministerial posts that have since ended.