Prabhat Kumar

Prabhat Kumar
1st Governor of Jharkhand
In office
14 November 2000 – 3 February 2002
Chief MinisterBabulal Marandi
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byV. C. Pande
25th Cabinet Secretary of India
In office
1 April 1998 – 31 October 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byT. S. R. Subramanian
Succeeded byT. R. Prasad
Personal details
Born (1940-10-05) 5 October 1940
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil servant, politician

Prabhat Kumar is an Indian politician and retired civil servant. He was the Cabinet Secretary of India from 1998 to 2000.[1] He is the first governor of the State of Jharkhand.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Ghosh, Abantika (5 June 2011). "Citizens push to bring Prime Minister in Lokpal ambit". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Smith, Michael, and John Bond (1 October 2004). "Businesses Urged to Close the World's Poverty Gaps". For A Change. Initiatives of Change-International. Retrieved 22 December 2012. There is a palpable crisis of governance in many developing countries,' said Prabhat Kumar, the Director of an independent Centre for Governance in India and former Governor of Jharkhand State{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "New state of Jharkhand is born". The Rediff. Retrieved 2021-03-13.