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The Economic Times
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Amit Malviya out, Deepak Mhaskey in: BJP's new IT cell chief is a Chemistry professor and an expert in electoral data

The BJP has appointed Deepak Mhaskey as its new IT Cell chief, replacing Amit Malviya in a key organisational change that puts a Chhattisgarh-based political organiser at the centre of the party’s national digital operations. Mhaskey brings a professional background that stretches from Chemistry teaching and agriculture to electoral data analysis and public-sector governance.

His appointment gives the BJP’s digital team a new face with a career that is quite different from the conventional profile of a political social-media strategist.

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