Jitin Prasada

Jitin Prasada
Jitin Prasada
	Prasada in 2024
Union Minister of State
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 June 2024
Minister	Ashwini Vaishnaw; Piyush Goyal;
Ministry & Departments	Electronics & Information Technology; Commerce and Industry;
Preceded by	Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Anupriya Patel;
Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 25 March 2022 – 11 June 2024
Ministry & Departments	Public Works;
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Keshav Prasad Maurya
	In office; 26 September 2021 – 25 March 2022
Ministry & Departments	Technical Education;
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Preceded by	Kamal Rani Varun
Succeeded by	Ashish Singh Patel
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
	In office; 1 October 2021 – 11 June 2024
Constituency	Nominated by Governor
Union Minister of State
	In office; 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	M. M. Pallam Raju
Ministry & Departments	Human Resource Development
	In office; 19 January 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	C. P. Joshi
Ministry & Departments	Road Transport and Highways
	In office; 28 May 2009 – 19 January 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Murli Deora
Ministry & Departments	Petroleum and Natural Gas
	In office; 6 April 2008 – 22 May 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Minister	Ram Vilas Paswan
Ministry & Departments	Steel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Varun Gandhi
Constituency	Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Rekha Verma
Constituency	Dhaurara, Uttar Pradesh
	In office; 2004–2009
Preceded by	Rammurti Singh Verma
Succeeded by	Mithlesh Kumar
Constituency	Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born	Kunwar Jitin Prasada; 29 November 1973; Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2021)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (2001–2021)
Spouse	Neha Seth (m. 2010)
Children	2
Parent	Jitendra Prasada (father);
Relatives	Kumari Janhavi Prasada; Tagore family; Kapurthala Royal family;
Education	The Doon School, Dehradun; Sherwood College, Nainital; Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University (B.Com); International Management Institute, New Delhi (M.BA);

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Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973; Hindi pronunciation: [d͡ʒɪt̪ɪn̪ pɾəsaːd̪(ə)]) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed cabinet minister by the government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former minister of state for Human Resource Department, Government of India. He was representing Dhaurahra (Lok Sabha constituency) of district Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in 15th Lok Sabha, where he won by 184,509 votes. On 9 June 2021 Jitin Prasad quit the Indian National Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP leader Piyush Goyal.

Prasada attended The Doon School, Dehradun at roughly the same time as politicians Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo and Dushyant Singh.