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Suresh Prabhu (Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu) was born on 11 July, 1953 in Bombay, Bombay State, India, is an Indian politician. Discover Suresh Prabhu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 11 July, 1953
Birthday 11 July
Birthplace Bombay, Bombay State, India
Nationality India

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1953

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and Chancellor of Rishihood University who was the Minister of Civil Aviation, Railways, Commerce & Industry in the First Modi ministry.

He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

1996

From 1996, Prabhu retained the seat as a Member of Parliament for the Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra as a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party.

He has been a Member of Lok Sabha in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha between 1996 and 2009.

His constituency comprised the district of Sindhudurg and parts of Ratnagiri district in the state of Maharashtra on the western coast of India.

He was also a Member of Rajya Sabha representing Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.

As Industries Minister, brought about greater transparency in functioning and fuel clearance of pending works.

Left a lasting imprint in areas like:

Environment Clearances

Legislative Initiatives

Conservation of Natural Resources

As the Union Minister for Power, he won praise for his performance from The Indian Express.

As Minister of Power, he ushered in transformational policies in Power sector with thrust on rural-electrification, T&D reforms; encouraged big ticket investments and batted for Sustainable Power Development, etc. mentioned as under:

Power Generation Augmentation

Policy Measures

1998

He was, at various times during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2004, Industry Minister, Minister of Environment and Forests, Minister of Fertilizers & Chemicals, Power, Railways, Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation.

2011

He was All India 11th (eleventh) rank holder in CA exams.

Prabhu has held several government and semi government positions, which includes the Chairmanship of Maharashtra State Finance Commission, Saraswat Co-operative Bank, National Cooperation Policy Member of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Board, among others.

He is a part of 16 global organizations and 9 strategic dialogues which include:

Currently, he is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.).

He is a chairman of the National Cooperative Policy

2014

He resigned from Shiv Sena and joined the BJP on 9 November 2014.

On 9 November 2014, he was sworn in as Cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government.

He was the Union Railway Minister of India from November 2014 to September 2017.

Infrastructure Creation: Grave traction to speedy Creation of Infrastructure in Railways

2016

Since June 2016, he has represented Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the Rajya Sabha.

He is also the founding Chancellor of Rishihood University.

He is also a visiting professor at London School of Economics.

He is also a chairman of National Cooperative Policy.

Suresh Prabhu completed his schooling from Sharadashram Vidya Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor in Commerce with Honours from M. L. Dahanukar College, Vile Parle, Mumbai.

He received a Bachelor in Law degree from the New Law College (Ruparel College campus), Mumbai.

Prabhu is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He was elected as Rajya Sabha member from the state of Andhra Pradesh on 3 June 2016.

During his tenure, he took several steps to boost manufacturing in India.

Details of few major reforms are as under:

Boosting domestic manufacturing at the district level to achieve US$5 trillion economy

Trade promotion: Taking steps towards a more focused approach towards export promotion

Pivoting multilateralism on India

Investment Promotion

2017

He has been the minister of Commerce and Industry since September 2017.