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Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the Chancellor of Rishihood University.
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| Indian emissary to the G20 & G7 | |
| In office 24 June 2019 – 7 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Shaktikanta Das |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India | |
| In office 12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Succeeded by | Hardeep Singh Puri |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Railways, Government of India | |
| In office 9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | D. V. Sadananda Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Minister of Power, Government of India | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Anant Geete |
| Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Government of India | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 September 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Office raised to Cabinet rank |
| Succeeded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of India | |
| In office 19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Saifuddin Soz |
| Succeeded by | T.R. Baalu |
| Minister of Industry, Government of India | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | K. Karunakaran |
| Succeeded by | Murasoli Maran |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 15 May 1996 – 18 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Sawant |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Rajapur |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 22 June 2016 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Succeeded by | R. Krishnaiah |
| Constituency | Andhra Pradesh |
| In office 29 November 2014 – 21 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ranbir Singh Parjapati |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Subhash Chandra |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu 11 July 1953 Bombay, Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2014) |
| Other political affiliations | Shiv Sena (before 2014) |
| Spouse |
Uma Prabhu (m. 1984) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | |
| Website | www |
Since June 2016, he has represented Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha.[3][4] He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics[2] and serves as the Chairman of the National Cooperative Policy.[5]
Education and career
editSuresh Prabhu completed his schooling from Sharadashram Vidya Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor's degree in Commerce with Honours from M. L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai and a Bachelor of Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus), Mumbai.[citation needed]
Political career
editHe was, at various times during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2004, Union Minister of Industry (1996), Minister of Environment and Forests (1998–99), Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Power(2000–02), chairperson of the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (2002–04), Minister of Railways (2014–17), Commerce and Industry (2017–19) and Civil Aviation (2018–19).
He has been a Member of the Lok Sabha between 1996 and 2009, spanning the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Lok Sabhas. His constituency comprised the district of Sindhudurg and parts of Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra on the western coast of India. He was also a Member of Rajya Sabha representing Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.[6][7]
Awards and recognition
editSuresh Prabhu received the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award on 18 August 2016.[8][9]
He was featured in the list of top five ministers in India from 2014 to 2017 in terms of performance and accessibility in nationwide surveys conducted by various media outlets.[10][11]
In 2024, Suresh Prabhu won the Lifetime Achievement Award from Economic Policy Group (EPG) which is a private, economic and strategy consulting firm.[12]
Social Work and interests
edit- Founder and Trustee, Manav Sadhan Vikas Sansthan, an NGO [13]
Controversies
editSuresh Prabhu has, from time to time, been implicated in illegal/allegedly illegal activities such as:
(a) Buying a flat in the illegally constructed Adarsh housing society in a prime Mumbai location in Colaba. The building was originally meant for war widows of the 1999 Kargil war, ended up being allotted to/ purchased by bureaucrats & politicians, including Suresh Prabhu, who had no connections with the Kargil war,[14][15][16][17]. Suresh Prabhu continues to declare the illegally allotted flat in Adarsh CHS as his asset as per his affidavit of declaration of assets and liabilities filed by him as a member of Rajya Sabha, [18]
(b) the bouncing of cheques, an offence under Indian law, issued by a finance firm — Western India Financial Services — of which Prabhu was Chairman and managing director, besides other firms which were also under investigation,[19]
(c) the sanctioning loans by Saraswat Bank, of which he was Chairman to fake cooperative societies set up by others to misappropriate funds meant as relief for poor cobblers, in the Rs 1000 crores "cobbler scam".[20][21]
(d) Prabhu was also the prime accused in a court case of a banking fraud of over Rs 12 million in Goa from which his name was later dropped on technical grounds.[22]
References
edit- ^ "Suresh Prabhu joins Rishihood University as the Founding Chancellor". 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Suresh Prabhu appointed as Visiting Professor in Practice". LSE. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Suresh Prabhu files nomination for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Suresh Prabhu, Birender Singh to be in Rajya Sabha from Haryana".
- ^ "Suresh Prabhu to draft new national co-op policy". The Times of India. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Suresh Prabhu set to be re-elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Suresh Prabhu takes oath in Rajya Sabha". ZEE News. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Rly. Minister Suresh Prabhu gets Maharatha Award", The Hindu, 19 August 2016
- ^ "GSB Maharatna Award for Suresh Prabhu", The Times of India, 19 August 2016
- ^ Bureau, ABP News. "Achche din? Report card of PM Modi's top 5 performing ministers". Retrieved 19 December 2017.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Who are the Best performing ministers in the Narendra Modi government ? - Indian Youth". Indian Youth. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ EPG (8 March 2024). "Sadiq Khan, Oliver Dowden, Angela Rayner top the poll at Awards". EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha".
- ^ "Adarsh scam: The story of a posh high-rise with not-so-posh occupants". The Hindu. 29 April 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Jog, Sanjay (21 January 2013). "What the Adarsh scam is about..." Business Standard. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Jog, Sanjay (4 January 2014). "What the Adarsh scam is about..." Business Standard. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ PTI (2 November 2010). "Former Union minister Suresh Prabhu denies involvement in Adarsh scam". DNA India. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu. "Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Member of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). MyGov India. New Delhi.
- ^ BT Investigation (9 September 2011). "Trapped in the Forest Fire". Business Today. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Hakim, Sharmeen. "Discharge plea of ex-sherif rejected". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Outlook Web Desk (6 February 2022). "Beneficiaries All". Outlook India. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Prabhudesai, Sandesh (3 July 1999). "Court clears Suresh Prabhu in Western India Finance fraud case". Rediff On The Net. Panaji. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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