Who is Navneet Alag? Meet husband of newly elected Indian-American congresswoman Pia Dandiya

Pia Dandiya’s husband Navneet Alag is a biotech investor.

39-year-old Pia Dandiya is one of the Indian-Americans to have left a mark in the ballot box in the midterms. The Democratic leader won an election to the US House of Representatives from Florida. A first-time candidate belonging to a family of doctors, Pia may appear to be a chance politician as she has been a teacher and a principal, but she has wanted to be in politics since she was 13. Becoming a Congresswoman at her first election is not a dream come true yet — when she was a child, she dreamed to be the US president one day.Pia lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with her husband Navneet Alag and their son, Sahib.Alag, a bioech investor, has maintained a relatively low public profile throughout the campaign. His Linkedin profile indicates that he studied in both India and the US. He has publicly expressed support for Dandiya’s political career. In a LinkedIn post in June 2025, when she announced her candidacy for the US House of Representatives, Alag described his reaction as a “proud husband moment”.“Pia’s commitment to service is something that I have admired about her from the start. Can’t wait to see what the future holds!” he wrote. The post was published alongside Dandiya’s announcement that she was entering the race for Florida’s 21st Congressional District. She subsequently shifted her campaign to the 22nd District following changes to Florida’s congressional map.Dandiya was born and raised in Palm Beach County, Florida, to parents who moved to the United States from Jaipur, Rajasthan, in the 1980s.She studied government at Harvard University and earned a master’s degree in education from Boston University. She began her career as a teacher with Teach For America and later became the founding principal of Democracy Prep Endurance High School in Harlem, New York.She also served as a White House Fellow in 2020, working with the Domestic Policy Council and the US Department of Education. Later, she worked on public-sector initiatives at Apple.Dandiya has said that her son and her former students were among the reasons she decided to run for Congress.Her victory in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District made her the second Indian-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives, after Pramila Jayapal.