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Suresh Prabhu

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Suresh Prabhu
Indian emissary to the G20 & G7
In office
24 June 2019 – 7 September 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byShaktikanta Das
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India
In office
12 March 2018 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAshok Gajapathi Raju
Succeeded byHardeep Singh Puri
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
In office
3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Railways, Government of India
In office
9 November 2014 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byD. V. Sadananda Gowda
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Minister of Power, Government of India
In office
30 September 2000 – 25 August 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byRangarajan Kumaramangalam
Succeeded byAnant Geete
Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 29 September 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byOffice raised to Cabinet rank
Succeeded bySunder Lal Patwa
Minister of Environment and Forests, Government of India
In office
19 March 1998 – 13 October 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySaifuddin Soz
Succeeded byT.R. Baalu
Minister of Industry, Government of India
In office
16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byK. Karunakaran
Succeeded byMurasoli Maran
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 May 1996 – 18 May 2009
Preceded bySudhir Sawant
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyRajapur
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
22 June 2016 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byNirmala Sitharaman
Succeeded byR. Krishnaiah
Constituency Andhra Pradesh
In office
29 November 2014 – 21 June 2016
Preceded byRanbir Singh Parjapati
Succeeded byDr. Subhash Chandra
ConstituencyHaryana
Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers
In office
2002–2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu

(1953-07-11) 11 July 1953 (age 71)
Bombay, Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
(since 2014)
Other political
affiliations		Shiv Sena (before 2014)
Spouse
Uma Prabhu
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(m. 1984)​
Children1
Residence(s)Mumbai, Maharashtra
Alma mater
Profession
Websitewww.sureshprabhu.in

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the Chancellor of Rishihood University.

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

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Suresh 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

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He 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

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On 18 August 2016, Suresh Prabhu was honored with the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award, recognizing his contributions and achievements within the community.[8][9]

Between 2014 and 2017, he was consistently ranked among the top five ministers in India based on performance metrics and accessibility, as evaluated in nationwide surveys conducted by multiple media organizations. These assessments focused on key performance indicators and public engagement strategies.[10][11]

In 2024, Suresh Prabhu was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Economic Policy Group (EPG), a private firm specializing in economic analysis and strategic consulting. This recognition underscores his substantial contributions to economic policy and strategy, reflecting his influence and leadership in the field.[12]

Social Work and interests

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  • Founder and Trustee, Manav Sadhan Vikas Sansthan, an NGO [13]

Controversies

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Suresh 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

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  1. ^ "Suresh Prabhu joins Rishihood University as the Founding Chancellor". 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Suresh Prabhu appointed as Visiting Professor in Practice". LSE. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Suresh Prabhu files nomination for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh". The Economic Times.
  4. ^ "Suresh Prabhu, Birender Singh to be in Rajya Sabha from Haryana".
  5. ^ "Suresh Prabhu to draft new national co-op policy". The Times of India. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Suresh Prabhu set to be re-elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Suresh Prabhu takes oath in Rajya Sabha". ZEE News. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Rly. Minister Suresh Prabhu gets Maharatha Award", The Hindu, 19 August 2016
  9. ^ "GSB Maharatna Award for Suresh Prabhu", The Times of India, 19 August 2016
  10. ^ 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)
  11. ^ "Who are the Best performing ministers in the Narendra Modi government ? - Indian Youth". Indian Youth. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. ^ EPG (8 March 2024). "Sadiq Khan, Oliver Dowden, Angela Rayner top the poll at Awards". EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha".
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu. "Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Member of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). MyGov India. New Delhi.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Hakim, Sharmeen. "Discharge plea of ex-sherif rejected". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  21. ^ Outlook Web Desk (6 February 2022). "Beneficiaries All". Outlook India. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  22. ^ 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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