Ravi Shankar Prasad

Name	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Father's Name	Late Shri Thakur Prasad
Mother's Name	Shrimati Bimla Prasad
Date of Birth	1954-08-30
Birth Place	Patna (Bihar)
Maritial Status	Married On 3 February 1982
Spouse Name	Dr. (Shrimati) Maya Shankar
No. of Children	one daughtersOne Sons
State Name	Bihar
Party Name	Bharatiya Janata Party
Permanent Address	42, Nageshwar Colony, Ward No.4, P.S.- Budha Colony, P.O. GPO, Patna 800001 Telephone : {0612} 2531635
Present Address	21,Willingdon Crescent, New Dellhi 110011 Telephone : 23793228, 23793691, Mobile 9868181730
Email id	ravis@sansad.nic.in
Educational Qualifications	B.A.Hons., M.A. (Pol.Science), LL.B. Educated at Patna University
Profession	Senior Advocate, Patna High Court
Positions Held	1991-95 National Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (B.J.Y.M.), the Youth Wing of B.J.P. for two terms 1995 onwards Member, National Executive, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.) April 2000 Elected to Rajya Sabha May 2000-2001 Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance 1 Sept. 2001-29 Jan. 2003 Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Mines 1 July 2002-29 Jan. 2003 Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice (Additional charge) 29 Jan. 2003-May 2004 Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting May 2000 - Aug. 2001 and Member, Committee on Rules July 2004 - Aug. 2006 Aug. 2004 - 2006 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Sept. 2004 - April 2006 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (Rajya Sabha) Oct. 2004 -2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance Nov. 2004 onwards Member, Sub-Committee on University and Higher Education of the Committee on Human Resource Development March 2006 onwards National Spokesperson, B.J.P. April 2006 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2006 onwards Member, Committee on Information Technology Sept. 2006 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs
Freedom Fighter	No
Books Published	Has written many articles on contemporary legal and constitutional issues, which have been published in leading newspapers like The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Statesman, The Pioneer, Hindustan and Dainik Jagran, etc.
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests	Has been a civil liberty and human rights activist; a keen debator both in Hindi and English in College and University days and achieved regular distinction in debating competitions at the state and the national level
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation	Played table tennis in university level tournaments; Member, (i) Bankipur Club, (ii) Patna Golf Club and (iii) Delhi Golf Club; keen interest in classical Indian music, travelling and reading historical, biographical and legal literature
Countries Visited	U.S.A. and Europe in the Group Study Exchange Programme of the Rotary International; South Africa, Morocco and France for cooperation in the mining and coal sectors; represented India in the Commonwealth Law Ministers Conference in St. Vincent, West Indies in 2002; Durban (South Africa), as leader of the Indian Delegation in the Non-aligned Meet in April, 2002 and Ramallah (Israel) to meet the Palestinian leader, late Shri Yasser Arafat, as Indian representative of the NAM Ministerial delegation to express solidarity with him; Cannes (France); Venice (Italy) to deliver Key Note Address in the Film Festivals; Bangkok (Thailand) to deliver Key Note Address on Broadcasting Media; Yugoslavia as an Observer to oversee the elections there; Canada to attend Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in 2004 and Pakistan to attend South Asia Free Media Association Parliamentary Conference in 2005; New York, U.S.A. as member of Indian delegation to attend the 61st U.N.General Assembly in October 2006