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Shri
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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad assumed the charge of the Ministry of Communications and IT here today. On his arrival at Sanchar Bhawanhe was received by Telecom Secretary Shri MF Farooqui.After assuming charge, he interacted with the officials of the Ministry.
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (born 30
August 1954) is a lawyerby profession and represents Bihar in the Rajya Sabha.
He is a distinguished senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India. Shri
Prasad holds BA Hons, MA (Political Science) and LLB degrees from Patna
University. He held the position of Union Minister of State in the Ministry of
Coal and Mines, Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting during the National Democratic Alliance government under the
leadership of Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Shri Prasad has held
several national-level assignments in the youth wing and the main party organisation
of the BJP. A member of the BJP national executive since 1995, he became a
national spokesperson of the BJP in 2006.In 2012, he was re-elected to the
Rajya Sabha from Bihar for a consecutive third term.
Source : PIB (Release ID :105202)
