Ravi Shankar Prasad

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ravi Shankar Prasad
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 30, 1954(1954-08-30)
Age	70
Birthplace	Patna
Country	India
Birth City	Bihar
Horoscope	Leo

Ravi Shankar Prasad Biography

Ravi Shankar Prasad is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 30, 1954 in Patna, Bihar, India. A lawyer and politician, he was sworn into office as the Union Minister of Law and Justice & Information Technology. In 1980, he began his practice at Patna High Court. He has also held the position of Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He has 550,000 Instagram followers.

Prime Minister NarendraModi swore him in as the Union Minister for Law & Justice & Information Technology.

Prasad began his political career as a student leader in the 1970s organising protests against Indira Gandhi’s government and was also jailed when the emergency was imposed by Gandhi’s government in 1975. He worked in the student movement in Bihar under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan and was an active volunteer of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and ABVP for many years and held various posts in the organisations. During his college days he was Assistant General Secretary of the Patna University Students Union and member of the Senate, Finance Committee, Arts and Law Faculties of the University. Prasad has held several national-level assignments in the youth wing and the main party organisation of the BJP. Since 1995 Prasad has been a member of BJP National Executive, the party’s top policymaking body. Recently, he oversaw the party’s efforts in the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections.

Prasad has been practising at the Patna High Court since 1980. He was designated senior advocate at the Patna High Court in 1999 and Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India in 2000.

In 1982, he married Maya Shankar, a professor. Aditya and Aditi are their two children.

Ravi Shankar Prasad Net Worth

Ravi Shankar Prasad is one of the richest Politician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ravi Shankar Prasad 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He has a Bachelor in Arts, a Masters in Arts and a Bachelors of Law from Patna University.

As a student leader during the 1970 protests against Indira Gandhi’s administration, he became interested in politics and was sentenced to prison in 1975.

Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30 August 1954) is an Indian lawyer, politician and the current Union Minister holding the Law and Justice, Electronics and Information Technology and Communications portfolios in the Government of India. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prasad represents the Patna Sahib. During the NDA Government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s prime ministership, Prasad was appointed Minister of Coal and Mines, Minister of Law and Justice, and Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

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Who is Ravi Shankar Prasad Dating?

According to our records, Ravi Shankar Prasad married to Maya Shankar. As of December 1, 2023, Ravi Shankar Prasad’s is not dating anyone.

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Common Service Centers: Ravi Shankar Prasad took efforts to make Digital India an inclusive program to empower ordinary citizens of India. Common Service Centres or CSCs became a vehicle to achieve this objective. These Centers were developed as a digital service delivery kiosk in villages and one stop shop for all the digital services for people. Services like railway ticket booking, PAN application, Aadhaar enrollment, digital skilling, Ayushman Bharat Card, payment of utility bills, banking and insurance services etc. were offered through these kiosks. There were only 83,000 Common Service Centers in May,

2014. By March, 2019, 310,000 Centers were made functional across 200,000 Gram Panchayats or village clusters out of 250,000 Gram Panchayats of India. These centers created village level digital entrepreneurs, nearly 63,000 of those were women entrepreneurs. It is estimated that this also led to creation of nearly 1 million or 10 Lakh direct and indirect jobs.

Facts & Trivia

Ravi Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Ravi Shankar Prasad celebrates birthday on August 30 of every year.

Ravi Shankar Prasad was appointed as Minister for Communications and IT at the time of formation of the Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In July 2016, this Ministry of bifurcated into the Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The new Ministry of Electronics and IT remained with Ravi Shankar Prasad after this bifurcation. Key achievements of Ravi Shankar Prasad as Minister for Electronics and IT is given as under:

Top Facts about Ravi Shankar Prasad

1. Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian politician and lawyer.
2. He was born on August 30, 1954 in Bihar, India.
3. Prasad has served as the Minister of Law and Justice in India.
4. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
5. Prasad has been elected to the Lok Sabha (lower house) four times.
6. He has also served as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
7. Prasad played a key role in implementing Digital India initiative.
8. He holds degrees from Patna University and University of Delhi.
9. Prasad practiced law at Patna High Court before entering politics.
10. He is known for his strong stance on national security issues.

What is Ravi Shankar Prasad doing now?

Ravi Shankar Prasad taking charge as the Union Minister for Law and Justice, in New Delhi on June 03, 2019.

Who is the sister of Ravi Shankar Prasad?

Anurradha Prasad

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Who is the current communication minister of India?

Ministry overview
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