Jitin Prasada
| Jitin Prasada | |
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| Minister of State, HRD | |
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In office 28 October 2012 – May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Constituency | Dhaurara , UP |
| Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways | |
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In office 19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas | |
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In office May 2009 – 18 January 2011 |
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| Minister of State, Steel | |
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In office April 2008 – May 2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 November 1973 Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Smt. Neha Seth |
| Residence | Shahjahanpur |
| As of 30 July 2009 Source: [1] |
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Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973) is an Indian politician from India & Former Minister of State for Human Resource . He was representing Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of district Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha where he won by 184,509 votes.
Born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Jitendra Prasad. His mother, Kanta Prasada, hails from Himachal Pradesh. He studied at The Doon School, Dehradun and did his B.Com.(Hons) from the Sri Ram College of Commerece, Delhi University and completed his MBA from IMI, New Delhi.
His grandfather Jyoti Prasada was a Congress party member and served legislative and local body positions. His grandmother Pamela Prasad belonged to the Royal Sikh family of Kapurthala. His great grandfather Jwala Prasada was a Colonial Civil Service officer and great grandmother Purnima Devi,youngest daughter of Hemendranath Tagore brother of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
In 2001, Jitin Prasada started his career with Indian Youth Congress as a general secretary IYC. In 2004, he won his first election and was elected Member of the Parliament in the 14th Lok Sahbha from his hometown constituency of Shahjahanpur, UP.
In his first tenure as Member of the Parliament Jitin Prasada was inducted as Minister of State for Steel and was one of the youngest minister in the Cabinet(April 2008).
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