Shri Suresh Prabhu
| State from which I am elected: | Andhra Pradesh |
| My Political Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| My Delhi Address: | 12, Akbar Road, New Delhi. |
| My Telephone No.: | 23010476, 23010478 |
| My Permanent Address: | B-21, Sadhana, 16th Road, Khar (West), Mumbai 400052 |
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| Member’s Name : Shri Suresh Prabhu |
| Father’s Name : Shri Prabhakar |
| Mother’s Name : Shrimati Sumati |
| Date of Birth : 11 July 1953 |
| Place of Birth : Mumbai (Maharashtra) |
| Marital Status : Married on 5 July 1984 |
| Spouse’s Name : Shrimati Uma Prabhu |
| Children : One son |
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Educational Qualification :
B.Com.(Hons.), LL.B., F.C.A. Educated at Bombay University, Mumbai, and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi
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Profession :
Chartered Accountant, Farmer, Social Worker, Educationist
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Permanent Address:
B-21, Sadhana, 16th Road, Khar (West), Mumbai400052 Tel. – (022)26496040
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Present Address :
12, Akbar Road, New Delhi. Tel. – 23010476, 23010478
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Positions Held:
1995-96 Chairman, First Maharashtra State Finance Commission (Constitutional Post) 1996 – 98 Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha Member, Joint Committee to Draft Women`s Reservation Bill Member, Committee on Finance May – June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Industry 1998-99 Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha (second term) Union Cabinet Minister, Environment and Forests 1999 – 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha (third term) 13 Oct. 1999 – 30 Sep. 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Chemicals and Fertilizers 30 Sep. 2000 – 8 May 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power 9 May 2002 – 30 June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power with additional charge of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises 1 July 2002 – 24 Aug. 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Power Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Member, Public Accounts Committee 2002 – 2004 Member, Committee on External Affairs 13 Dec. 2002-31 March 2004 Chairman, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers (Cabinet Minister rank) 2004 – 2009 Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha (fourth term) Member, Committee on External Affairs Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry 5 Aug. 2007 – May 2009 Member, Committee on Finance Member, Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management Nov. 2014 Elected to Rajya Sabha (resigned w.e.f. 8 June 2016) 9 Nov. 2014 – 3 Sept. 2017 Union Minister of Railways June 2016 Elected to Rajya Sabha 3 Sept. 2017 onwards Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
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| Freedom Fighter : No |
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Books Published:
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Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and
Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests : Connected with a large number of organisations active in the field of education, art and literature, sports, adult education, rehabilitation of mentally retarded children, hospitals, theatre, drama, trade associations; Treasurer, Confederation of UNESCO; Clubs and various Parliamentary Forums; published various papers on a variety of subjects such as economics, sociology and taxation; Chairman, Konkan Kala Academy; Vice-Chairman, All India Central apex body of Marathi stage; contributes regularly to leading national and international publications; takes interest in sectors such as co-operatives, social work, international affairs, education, economic affairs and public finance, industry, rural development, literature and fine arts and trade unions and associations
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Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :
Table tennis, chess, cricket, tennis and football; Member, (i) Boat Club, (ii) Khar Gymkhana, (iii) New Bombay Sports Association, (iv) MIG Sports Club, (v) India International Centre, (vi) India Habitat Centre and (vii) Gyamkhana Club, New Delhi; Vice-Chairman, Table Tennis Federation of India; reading, travelling, sports, music and drama
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Countries Visited :
Widely travelled (more than 80 countries in Asia, Pacific, North America, Africa, Europe and Latin America); led seventeen delgations to different countries as Union Minister for Environment & Forests /Chemicals & Fertilizers/ Power; two as Chairman, Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers and six delegations as Member of Parliament
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Other Information :
Had his own Chartered Accountancy Firm before joining politics in 1996; Chairman of the largest Urban Co-operative Bank in India and connected with over 150 NGOs which operate in various fields; also connected with many companies in corporate world; Chairman, (i) Indo-German Parliamentary Forum, (ii) Parliamentary Forum on Environment, (iii) Parliamentary Maritime Group and Forum Against Spurious drugs and (iv) Co-operative Forum of Parliamentarians; Co-Chairman, Indo-Japanese Parliamentary Forum; Executive Member, Indo-U.K. and Indo-E.U. Parliamentary Forum; Member, Board of Directors of several companies; has been in the forefront of UNESCO movement; was in the executive committee for International Voluntary Service in Paris; associated with (i) Wild Life First and (ii) Forum for Water; active in sports, arts, literary and music world; delivered talks and lectures on various subjects at different fora across the world and interacted with deans, faculties and students of several universities in India and abroad; considered a leading Chartered Accountant; featured among the top three Indian leaders of the future in its cover story by the Hong Kong based Asia Week, September 2000; ranked 2nd best performing Minister in its report by India Today, 27 August 2001; and declared as the best MP in the Lok Sabha by Aaj Tak TV Channel in April 2004; as Minister of Environment and Forests, took more than 500 new initiatives such as preparation of National Environment Action Plan, draft Biological Diversity Act, finalisation of the Hazardous Waste Management Rules, Solid Waste Management Rules, Biomedical Waste Management Rules, formulation of National Zoo Policy, development of bamboo resources; as Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers initiated steps to formulate long term policies in the pharma, chemicals, petrochemicals and fertilizers sectors; as Minister of Power initiated reform in power distribution by encouraging its privatisation/restructuring; initiated and piloted Electricity Regulatory (Amendment) Bill, 2001, Energy Conservation Bill, 2001 and Electricity Bill 2001 in Lok Sabha; Seven year Action Plan for Rural Electrification and Special Action Plan for maintaining of Grid Discipline; as Chairman of Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers steered the Task Force towards making an action plan for completion of the feasibility studies; has provided an innovative model of development Parivartan Kendras(PKs) or Transformation Centres in the villages of his constituency; registered for Ph.D. with Freie University, Berlin (Germany)-(Topic:Climate change issues in relation to Energy & Environment) and with Mumbai University in Economics (State Public Finance)
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