Prabhat Kumar

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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 (age 83)
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]

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  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.