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Prabhat Kumar
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Kumar was born and brought up in a <a href="/facts/Saryuparin_Brahmin/gcNsCQSv">saryuparin brahmin</a> family in <a href="/facts/Prayagraj/XA7MYXWb">Prayagraj</a>, Uttar Pradesh. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1963 batch and Uttar Pradesh cadre, Kumar served as secretary to the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Textiles/GoDsAv4u">Ministry of Textiles</a> before his appointment as the cabinet secretary.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>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. <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Citizens-push-to-bring-Prime-Minister-in-Lokpal-ambit/articleshow/8856819.cms" target="_blank">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Citizens-push-to-bring-Prime-Minister-in-Lokpal-ambit/articleshow/8856819.cms</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>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) <a href="http://www.forachange.co.uk/browse/1969.html" target="_blank">http://www.forachange.co.uk/browse/1969.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"New state of Jharkhand is born". The Rediff. Retrieved 13 March 2021. <a href="https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/14jhar1.htm" target="_blank">https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/14jhar1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Prabhat Kumar". Governance India. IC Centre for Governance. Retrieved 22 December 2012. occupied the position of Cabinet Secretary from April 1998 to October 2000 <a href="http://www.iccfg.net/apps/profile/80411231/" target="_blank">http://www.iccfg.net/apps/profile/80411231/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Prabhat Kumar is new cabinet secretary". Rediff.com. 21 March 1998. Retrieved 7 November 2018. <a href="http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/23cab.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/23cab.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>