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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

Don't lecture India on freedom of speech, democracy: Ravi Shankar Prasad to social media firms

June 19, 2021 9:48 pm

The new IT rules are aimed at regulating content on social media firms and making likes of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter more accountable to legal requests for swift removal of posts and sharing of details on the originators of messages.

Ravi Shankar Prasad turns up heat on Twitter: it is defiant, chooses not to follow rules

June 17, 2021 1:47 am

The Minister warned that “if any foreign entity believes that they can portray itself as the flag bearer of free speech in India to excuse itself from complying with the laws of the land, such attempts are misplaced”.

Explained: What the loss of safe harbour means for Twitter

June 21, 2021 11:56 am

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the Minister for Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad flogged Twitter for having “deliberately chosen the path of non-compliance”.

Ravi Shankar Prasad: ‘Govt not in favour of breaking WhatsApp’s encryption, users have full right to it’

May 29, 2021 10:55 am

“On WhatsApp, I would like to clarify. The ordinary user of WhatsApp has nothing to fear. They will continue using WhatsApp as they have been using. What we are seeking is very limited,” Prasad told The Indian Express in an interview.

‘Our commitment to privacy is unimpeachable. Are they permitting free speech by not obeying Constitution?’: Ravi Shankar Prasad

May 29, 2021 7:42 am

In an exclusive interview with The Indian Express, Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad shares details of consultations that happened on rules, the need to access some “limited” data and castigates intermediaries for their “double standards”.

New rules designed to prevent misuse of social media; WhatsApp users have nothing to fear: Prasad

May 27, 2021 12:54 pm

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad the entire objective is to find out who started the message that led to commissioning of specific crimes mentioned in the Rules.

MVA govt running on ‘extortion’, lost moral authority to govern, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

March 24, 2021 5:28 am

Citing former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh’s allegations against state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it was the “first time in the country’s history” that a police commissioner had levelled a corruption charge against a sitting Home Minister.