Jitin Prasada

Jitin Prasada
Minister of State, HRD
In office
28 October 2012 – May 2014
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Constituency Dhaurara , UP
Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways
In office
19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas
In office
May 2009 – 18 January 2011
Minister of State, Steel
In office
April 2008 – May 2009
Personal details
Born (1973-11-29) 29 November 1973
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Smt. Neha Seth
Residence Shahjahanpur
As of 30 July 2009
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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[1] where he won by 184,509 votes.[2]

Early life

Born in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Jitendra Prasad. His mother, Kanta Prasada, hails from Himachal Pradesh. He studied at The Doon School, Dehradun[3][4][5][6][7] 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.

Political career

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).

In 2009, he fought and won the election from Dhaurara, as his home bastion Shahjahanpur came under the delimitation process.

His promise of getting the Meter gauge railway track of the district Lakhimpur Kheri converted to Broad gauge gathered major support for his candidature during 2009 Parliamentary elections. He has laid down foundation stone of a Steel factory in his constituency Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) during his tenure as Union minister of state for Steel in 2008.

For 14th LokSabha Jitin held the positions for Committee on Petitions (Member); Committee on Information Technology and Communications (Member); Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Steel.

Personal life

Jitin Prasada married in February 2010 to Neha Seth, a former TOI and CNN IBN journalist. His interests include bird watching and jungle safari. He likes films, music and reading, and has a taste for trying out different cuisines of the world and seeks recreation in interacting with friends and working on computer. He is a member of the India Habitat Center, Delhi, and Boat House Club, Nainital, and likes partaking in horse riding and water sports like rafting, rowing, yachting, besides soccer.

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