Prakash Javadekar
| Prakash Javadekar | |
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Prakash Javdekar
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| Minister of Human Resource Development | |
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Assumed office 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Smriti Irani |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Veerappa Moily |
| Succeeded by | Anil Madhav Dave |
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Madhya Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 13 June 2014 |
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| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| Minister of Information & Broadcasting | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Manish Tewari |
| Succeeded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Minister of State for Parliamentry Affairs | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
| Personal details | |
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30 January 1951 Pune, Bombay State (present-day Maharashtra), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Prachee Prakash Javadekar |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Pune |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Prakash Javdekar Website |
Prakash Javadekar (born 30 January 1951) is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician and is the incumbent Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
He was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in 2008, and re-elected from Madhya Pradesh in 2014.
Following the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2014 Indian General Election, he was appointed Minister State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is also a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.
Javadekar is an official spokesperson of the BJP.
He is married to Dr. Prachee Javadekar and has two sons.
He has a B.Com.(Hons) from the University of Pune.
Active in politics since his college days, Javadekar was a member of ABVP, the student union. During the Emergency declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi between 1975–77, Javadekar participated in student movements against the government. During this period, he led a satyagraha non violent movement in Pune and was arrested for several months.
From 1984-1990, he was a National Secretary and then General Secretary in the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. In 1989, he was appointed State Secretary and Campaign Chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra, a position he held till 1995. Javadekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council between 1990 and 2002. He also occupied the positions of the Executive President of the State Planning Board and then Chairman of the Task Force on IT in the Government of Maharashtra.
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