Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s daughter Parakala Vangamayi married Pratik Doshi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's key aide, in an intimate wedding ceremony in Bengaluru, Karnataka
Multiple videos and images from Parakala Vangamayi’s wedding have been shared on social media
As per reports, the marriage took place as per the Brahmin tradition in the presence of seers from Udupi Adamaru Mutt. No VIP guests was invited to the wedding ceremony
Parakala Vangamayi is a journalism graduate from the Medill School of Journalism, Media & Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University. She is a features writer and writes on books, culture and relationship
Pratik Doshi from Gujarat joined the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in 2014. He was promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in June 2019 and works as an officer on special duty
Pratik Doshi is a graduate of Singapore Management School. He had previously worked as a research assistant in the Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) when PM Modi was the state’s chief minister
Currently, Pratik Doshi manages the research and strategy wing of the PMO. As per the official website, his role is “to provide secretarial assistance to the PM in terms of the government of India (allocation of business) rules, 1961 with matters including but not limited to research and strategy.”
Vangamayi had attended her mother, FM Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation of Budget 2023 in parliament in February. She, along with other relatives, was present in the visitor gallery in Lok Sabha. She had accompanied the Finance Minster to parliament for Union Budget 2020 as well
A video from the wedding of Parakala Vangamayi showed her father Parakala Prabhakar participating in her daughter’s wedding rituals. Prabhakar is a political economist. He had worked as a communications advisor and had held a cabinet-rank position in the Andhra Pradesh government between July 2014 and June 2018