19 Facts About Prakash Javadekar

Prakash Keshav Javadekar was born on 30 January 1951 and is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian.

Prakash Javadekar served as the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change two times, from May 2014 to July 2016 and from May 2019 to July 2021.

Prakash Javadekar is a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, and briefly held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting.

Active in politics since his college days, Prakash Javadekar was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student organization.

From 1984 to 1990, Prakash Javadekar was a National Secretary and then General Secretary in the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Prakash Javadekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council between 1990 and 2002.

Prakash Javadekar occupied the positions of the Executive President of the State Planning Board and Chairman of the Task Force on IT in the Government of Maharashtra.

In 2008, Prakash Javadekar was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra.

Prakash Javadekar was appointed as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.

Prakash Javadekar led the Indian delegation to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Prakash Javadekar was appointed as the Human Resource and Development Minister of India on 5 July 2016 and held the post until 30 May 2019 when he was succeeded by Ramesh Pokhriyal.

Prakash Javadekar is a spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prakash Javadekar has previously in-charge of the BJP's Economic Forum and Cells related to the economy.

In May 2019, Prakash Javadekar became the Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information and Broadcasting.

In July 2021, Prakash Javadekar was removed from all posts of cabinet ministers in Government of India.

Prakash Javadekar was appointed as BJP's election in-charge for Telangana on 7 July 2023.

Prakash Javadekar is married to Prachee Javadekar and has two sons.

Prakash Javadekar's wife Prachee Prakash Javadekar, an education researcher and consultant, is a former director of Indira Institute of Management, Pune.

Prakash Javadekar has two sons, one who is a dentist and an artist, and the other is Assistant Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business.