Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Javadekar
Prakash Javdekar

Minister of Human Resource Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Smriti Irani
Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by	Anil Madhav Dave
MP of Rajya Sabha for Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2014
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh
Minister of Information & Broadcasting
In office 26 May 2014 – 9 November 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Manish Tewari
Succeeded by	Arun Jaitley
Minister of State for Parliamentry Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Succeeded by	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-30) 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.^[1]^[2]

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,^[3] and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.^[4]

Javadekar is an official spokesperson of the BJP.^[5]

He is married to Dr. Prachee Javadekar and has two sons.

Education

He has a B.Com.(Hons) from the University of Pune.^[6]^[7]

Political career

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.

In 2008, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra. He was 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 was also appointed as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.^[3] He led the Indian delegation to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Between May to November 2014, he was also Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.^[4] After taking charge of his ministry, Javadekar notably said that “the media itself suffices for self-regulation. Institutions are important for the functioning of democracy and priorities would be worked out after due consultation with the stakeholders”.

Javadekar is now the Human Resource and Development Minister of India and also a veteran spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Before becoming a National Spokesperson, he was also a Spokesperson for the Maharashtra BJP. He has also previously in-charge of the BJP's Economic Forum and Cells related to the economy.

On 31 May 2012, based on Javadekar's complaints about various irregularities in coal mining, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) directed a CBI enquiry. He said,"We have made a formal complaint to CVC because there were so many glaring lacunae which needed to be probed. If the inquiry has been ordered, it's good."^[8]^[9]

Javdekar's ministry conducts a common admission process for national institutes via the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. In 2016 more than 3000 seats were still vacant in the 92 institutes involved in the system, leading to calls for a further round of placements to fill the vacancies. To date the ministry has refused to conduct a "spot round" of further placements.^[10]

Personal life

Prakash Javadekar has one sister who is working as a school teacher. His wife Dr Prachee Javadekar is a leading education researcher and consultant and is a former Director of Indira Institute of Management, Pune. He has two sons: Dr. Ashutosh Javadekar who is a dentist and an artist, and Apoorva Javadekar, who is pursuing a PhD in Economics from Boston University.^[5]

Positions held

Union Minister of Human Resource Development.
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change portfolio.
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (UP) as a candidate from BJP
October 2011 onwards - Member, Committee on the Implementation of the Right to Education Act
Union Minister of State (independent Charge) for Information and Broadcasting (May 2014 - November 2014)
Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (May 2014 - November 2014)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra) (2008–14)
Member, Standing Committee on Defence (2008–10 and 2012–14)
Member, Press Council of India (2010–14)
Member, Standing Committee on Human Resources and Development (2010–12)
Member, Public Accounts Committee
Member, Consultative Committee for Ministry of Power
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
Member, Committee on Waqf
Chairman, Working Group on "IT for Masses", Government of India. (2000)
President, NOINO (National Organization of Insurance Officers)
President, KCKU (Khadi Commission Karmachari Union)
Executive President, State Planning Board Maharashtra (1995-1999)
Member of Legislative Council – Maharashtra from the Pune Division Graduate Constituency (1990-2002)
Chairman, TASK FORCE ON IT, Government of Maharashtra (1997-1999)
President, GLOBE India (Global Legislators Organisation for Balanced Environment)

Achievements

Sir Purshottam Das Thakur Memorial" National Award, for research Papers on "Rural Development & Banks role in Co-ordinated approach.
Led delegation to Boston to Negotiate Media Lab Asia Project (2000)^[5]
Visited U.S.A, as a Member of the Young Political Leaders under the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) Programme, 1985
Visited USA as a member of the Government of Maharashtra delegation to participate in Government Road-shows on IT, 1998
Visited Europe, to participate in the Marathi Sammelan, 1998
Visited Boston in USA, as leader of the delegation to negotiate MITS Media Lab Asia Project, 2000
Participated in the FICC-Yale Leadership Development Programme, 2009, held in Yale university
Visited Israel, to participate in the Indo-Israel Friendship Programme, 2010
Visited Taiwan, 2008, Chicago, (U.S.A.), to attend a conference on the Telangana issue, 2010, China, to participate in the conference organised by the O.R.F., 2011, Belgium, to attend the conference organised by the Climate Parliament, 2011
Visit to Finland and Iceland, as Indian parliamentary delegate
Attended, GLOBE Conference in (i) Japan, June 2008, (ii) Rome (Italy), 2009, (iii) Copenhagen (Denmark), 2009 and (iv) Cape Town and Durban (South Africa), 2011

Books published

In Marathi:^[6]

(i) Bekaricha Jwalamukhi (Problem of Unemployment), 1986,
(ii) Nanenidhiche Karz (IMF Loan), 1987
(iii) Shetkanyanchi Karzmukti (Farm Loan Waiver), 1988
(iv) Mahagaicha Bhasmasoor (Problem of Inflation), 1999 and 2010
Presented over 300 articles in various newspapers on contemporary subjects; has also written many booklets on unemployment, infiltration, IMF loan and other political issues ^[7]

References

↑ "Javadekar nominated BJP's Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra". Thaindian News.
↑ "Prakash Javadekar files Rajya Sabha nomination from MP". Firstpost.
1 2 "Sarkaritel.com, : Ministries, Government of India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting".
1 2 Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 3 "prakash javadekar - Bio". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
1 2 "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, 10 July 2016
1 2 http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2050
↑ "CVC asks CBI to probe alleged coal scam despite UPA govt's attempt to brush it under the carpet". 31 May 2012.
↑ "CVC Refers Coal Block Allocation Case to CBI". Outlook India. 31 May 2012.
↑ ""3000 seats vacant In NIT /IIIT/GFTI; joint careers 360 initiative"". Careers360. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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Detailed Profile: Shri Prakash Javadekar

Political offices
Preceded by Manish Tewari	Minister of Information and Broadcasting 26 May 2014 - 9 November 2014	Succeeded by Arun Jaitley
Preceded by Veerappa Moily	Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 26 May 2014 - 5 July 2016 Minister of State with Independent charge	Succeeded by Anil Madhav Dave
Preceded by Smriti Irani	Minister of Human Resource Development 5 July 2016 - Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

Cabinet Ministers

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Radha Mohan Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Ananth Kumar

Civil Aviation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Ram Vilas Paswan

Corporate Affairs	Arun Jaitley

Defence	Manohar Parrikar

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Narendra Singh Tomar

Earth Sciences	Harsh Vardhan

Electronics and IT	Ravi Shankar Prasad

External Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Finance	Arun Jaitley

Food Processing Industry	Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Health and Family Welfare	Jagat Prakash Nadda

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	Anant Geete

Home Affairs	Rajnath Singh

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Venkaiah Naidu

Human Resource Development	Prakash Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting	Venkaiah Naidu

Law and Justice	Ravi Shankar Prasad

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Kalraj Mishra

Minority Affairs	Najma Heptulla

Overseas Indian Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Panchayati Raj	Narendra Singh Tomar

Parliamentary Affairs	Ananth Kumar

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Narendra Modi

Railways	Suresh Prabhu

Rural Development	Narendra Singh Tomar

Science and Technology	Harsh Vardhan

Social Justice and Empowerment	Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Space	Narendra Modi

Statistics and Programme Implementation	D. V. Sadananda Gowda

Steel	Ch. Birender Singh

Shipping and Road Transport and Highways	Nitin Gadkari

Textiles	Smriti Irani

Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram

Urban Development	Venkaiah Naidu

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Uma Bharti

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

AYUSH	Shripad Yasso Naik

Coal	Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry	Nirmala Sitharaman

Communications	Manoj Sinha

Culture	Mahesh Sharma

Development of North Eastern Region	Jitendra Singh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Anil Madhav Dave

Labour and Employment	Bandaru Dattatreya

Mines	Piyush Goyal

New and Renewable Energy	Piyush Goyal

Planning	Rao Inderjit Singh

Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dharmendra Pradhan

Power	Piyush Goyal

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Tourism	Mahesh Sharma

Youth Affairs and Sports	Vijay Goel

Ministers of State

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat

Atomic Energy	Jitendra Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Civil Aviation	Jayant Sinha

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution	Chhotu Ram Chaudhary

Corporate Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal

Defence	Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Ramesh Jigajinagi

Earth Sciences	Y. S. Chowdary

Electronics and IT	P P Choudhary

External Affairs	M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh

Finance	Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar

Food Processing Industry	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Health and Family Welfare	Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	G. M. Siddeshwara

Home Affairs	Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Human Resource Development	Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha

Information and Broadcasting	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Law and Justice	P P Choudhary

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh

Minority Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Overseas Indian Affairs	V. K. Singh

Panchayati Raj	Parsottambhai Rupala

Parliamentary Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Jitendra Singh

Prime Minister's Office	Jitendra Singh

Railways	Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain

Road Transport and Highways	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Rural Development	Ram Kripal Yadav

Science and Technology	Y. S. Chowdary

Social Justice and Empowerment	Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla

Steel	Vishnudeo Sai

Shipping	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Space	Jitendra Singh

Textiles	Ajay Tamta

Tribal Affairs	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Urban Development	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Bharatiya Janata Party

Presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) Lal Krishna Advani (1986–91) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Lal Krishna Advani (1993–98) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Lal Krishna Advani (2004–06) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–present)

Current Vice Presidents	Satya Pal Malik Parsottambhai Rupala Prabhat Jha Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Renu Devi Dinesh Sharma Om Prakash Mathur Shyam Jaju Avinash Rai Khanna

Other prominent leaders	Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Yashwant Sinha Subramanian Swamy Ravi Shankar Prasad Pramod Mahajan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sushil Kumar Modi Himanta Biswa Sarma

Prime Ministers	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Narendra Modi

Current Chief ministers	Vijay Rupani Vasundhara Raje Shivraj Singh Chouhan Raman Singh Laxmikant Parsekar Manohar Lal Khattar Devendra Fadnavis Raghubar Das Sarbananda Sonowal

Spokespersons	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain M. J. Akbar Meenakshi Lekhi Sudhanshu Trivedi Bizay Sonkar Shastri Siddharth Nath Singh Nalin Kohli Shaina NC Sambit Patra Anil Baluni GVL Narsimha Rao Gopal Krishna Agarwal

General Secretaries	P. Muralidhar Rao Kailash Vijayvargiya Muralidhar Rao Ram Madhav Saroj Pandey Bhupender Yadav Anil Jain Ram Lal Arun Singh

Morcha	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJP Mahila Morcha BJP SC Morcha BJP ST Morcha BJP OBC Morcha BJP Minority Morcha BJP Kisan Morcha

Related organisations	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh Janata Party Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

Others	Hindutva Integral humanism

Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra for term 2008-2014

RS Members for term: 2000-2006; 2004-2010; 2006-2012; -----; 2010-2016; 2012-2018; 2014-2020

Elected in 2008 for full term

Elected in by-election(s) until 2014

from 2011	Husain Dalwai (Chavan resigned)

Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra: 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009); 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014)

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