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Born 30 August 1954
Age 70
Birth Place Patna, Bihar, India
Profession Lawyer
Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
In Office Union Cabinet Minister, Government Of India 26 May 2014 - 7 July 2021, Union Minister Of State, Government Of India 1 September 2001 - 29 January 2003, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 3 April 2000 - 30 May 2019

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Ravi Shankar Prasad BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 30 Jan 2025

Senior BJP leader and a former Union Minister of Law and Justice, Communications, and Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has held key positions under the Modi government's two terms. Within the BJP, Prasad has held several positions including the president of the Bihar un...

Ravi Shankar Prasad PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse	Maya Shankar
Education	Patna University (BA, MA, LLB)

POSITIONS HELD BY Ravi Shankar Prasad

Position	Tenure
Member of Rajya Sabha	N/A
Minister of Law and Justice of India	26 May 2014 - 9 November 2014
Member of the 17th Lok Sabha	N/A

News

RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD NEWS

What the Pegasus surveillance scandal means for Indian democracy

2019 & now, Govt ducks key question: did it buy Pegasus?

July 20, 2021 6:55 am

Both Prasad then and Vaishnaw now ducked the key question raised by member after member from the Opposition: did the Government or its agencies get Pegasus and, if yes, what were the terms of its use?

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Project Pegasus: Bid to malign India, aap chronology samajhiye, says Amit Shah

July 20, 2021 7:00 am

Both Amit Shah and Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw hinted that the Project Pegasus reports were timed to coincide with the start of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

Stepping into Prasad’s IT shoes: ex-IAS, BJP via Vajpayee’s PMO

July 08, 2021 10:38 am

Born in Jodhpur in 1970, Vaishnaw served as District Collector in Balasore and Cuttack, and played a key role in rehabilitation efforts following the devastating super cyclone in 1999.

Cabinet expansion: 12 ministers, including Harsh Vardhan, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar resign

July 07, 2021 7:54 pm

Here is the full list of ministers who resigned ahead of the Union cabinet reshuffle.

Ravi Shankar Prasad: First compliance report by Google, FB as per IT rules big step towards transparency

July 04, 2021 1:06 am

Under the new IT rules, large digital platforms with more than five million users are required to publish periodic compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken thereon.

Government to rope in private players to speed up work on rural net plan

July 01, 2021 2:49 am

The implementation of BharatNet under PPP mode is estimated to cost Rs 29,432 crore, of which the government will spend Rs 19,041 crore as viability gap funding, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Shashi Tharoor, Twitter, new IT rules, social media rules

House panel asks Twitter to explain blocking of Prasad, Tharoor handles

June 30, 2021 2:07 am

It is learnt that the committee wrote to Twitter – it was summoned before the panel on June 18 -- and asked it to explain why the Twitter handles of Prasad and Tharoor were blocked, what is its policy on blocking accounts and the safeguards to ensure that random blocking does not take place.