Suresh Prabhu

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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
In office
24 June 2019 –7 September 2021
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Residence(s) Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Website www.sureshprabhu.in

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and the chancellor of Rishi hood University. He served as a Member of Parliament, representing Rajapur in the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009, and later Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2022. [3] [4]

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Education and career

Suresh Prabhu is a Chartered Accountant by profession and he completed his CA in 1977, securing ninth rank in the country. He completed his schooling from Sharad Ashram Vidya Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor's degree in Commerce with Honors from M. L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai and a Bachelor of Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus), Mumbai. [5]

Political career

Prabhu held various ministerial positions in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government (1998–2004), including Minister of Industry (1996), Minister of Environment and Forests (1998–99), Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Minister of Power (2000–02), and chairperson of the Task Force for Interlinking of Rivers (2002–04). He later served in the Narendra Modi government as Minister of Railways (2014–17), Minister of Commerce and Industry (2017–19) and Minister of Civil Aviation (2018–19).


Awards and recognition

On 18 August 2016, Prabhu was honored with the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award. [6] [7] Media surveys conducted between 2014 and 2017 consistently ranked him among the top five performing ministers in India. [8] [9] In 2024, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Economic Policy Group (EPG). [10]

Social Work and interests

References

  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. ↑ "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. ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). iimranchi.ac.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rly. Minister Suresh Prabhu gets Maharatha Award", The Hindu , 19 August 2016
  7. ↑ "GSB Maharatna Award for Suresh Prabhu", The Times of India , 19 August 2016
  8. ↑ ABP News Bureau, ABP News Bureau. "Achche din? Report card of PM Modi's top 5 performing ministers" . Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Who are the Best performing ministers in the Narendra Modi government ? - Indian Youth". Indian Youth. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. ↑ EPG (8 March 2024). "Sadiq Khan, Oliver Dowden, Angela Rayner top the poll at Awards". EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Manav Sadhan Vikas Sanstha".
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