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The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu holding a Press Conference on the 3rd meeting of Council for Trade Development and Promotion, in New Delhi on January 08, 2018.jpg
Indian emissary to the G20 & G7
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Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and chancellor of Rishihood University. He has served as the [3] Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce & Industry in the First Modi ministry. [4]

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He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). From 1996, Prabhu retained the seat as a Member of Parliament for the Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party. He resigned from Shiv Sena and joined the BJP on 9 November 2014. Since June 2016, he has represented Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha. [5] [6] He is also the founding Chancellor of Rishihood University. [7] He is also a visiting professor at London School of Economics. [2] He is also a chairman of National Cooperative Policy. [8]

Education and career

Suresh Prabhu completed his schooling from Sharadashram Vidya Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor in Commerce with Honours from M. L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai. [9] He received a Bachelor in Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus), Mumbai. [10] Prabhu is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was All India 11th (eleventh) rank holder in CA exams. [9] [11] [12]

Prabhu has held several government and semi government positions, which includes the Chairmanship of Maharashtra State Finance Commission, Saraswat Co-operative Bank, National Cooperation Policy [13] Member of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Board, among others. He is a part of 16 global organizations and 9 strategic dialogues which include:

Currently, he is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.). [14] He is a chairman of the National Cooperative Policy [15]

Early political career

He was, at various times during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2004, Industry Minister, Minister of Environment and Forests, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Power, Railways, Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation. He has been a Member of Lok Sabha in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha between 1996 and 2009. 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. [16] [17]

Union Cabinet Minister

Union Minister for Industry (1996)

As Industries Minister, brought about greater transparency in functioning and fuel clearance of pending works. [18]

Union Minister For Environment and Forests (1998-99)

Union Power Minister (2000-02)

As the Union Minister for Power, he won praise for his performance from The Indian Express. [19] As Minister of Power, he ushered in transformational policies in Power sector with thrust on rural-electrification, T&D reforms; encouraged big ticket investments and batted for Sustainable Power Development, etc.

Chairperson, Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (2002-04)

Union Railway Minister (2014-17)

Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on 10 November 2014 Shri Suresh Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on November 10, 2014.jpg
Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Railways, in New Delhi on 10 November 2014

On 9 November 2014, he was sworn in as Cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government. He was the Union Railway Minister of India from November 2014 to September 2017. [20] [21]

Union Commerce & Industry Minister (2017-19)

Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on 4 September 2017 Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.jpg
Prabhu taking charge as the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi on 4 September 2017

He has been the minister of Commerce and Industry since September 2017. He was elected as Rajya Sabha member from the state of Andhra Pradesh on 3 June 2016. [22] During his tenure, he took several steps to boost manufacturing in India. Details of few major reforms are as under:

Union Civil Aviation Minister (2018-19)

Policy Making

Initiator of Investments in Aviation

Awards and recognition

In 2024, Suresh Prabhu won and accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at EPG's 16th Annual Political & Public Life Awards at the House of Commons. [23]

Suresh Prabhu received the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award on 18 August 2016. [24] [25]

He has constantly featured in the list of top five ministers in India from 2014 to 2017 in terms of both performance and accessibility in nationwide surveys conducted by various institutions. [26] [27]

Published works

Social Work and interests

See also

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