Prabhat Kumar

{{Short description|Indian politician and civil servant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Prabhat Kumar

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|10|05}}

| birth_place = Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
{{small|(present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)}}

| nationality = Indian

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| order = 1st

| office = Governor of Jharkhand

| term_start = 15 November 2000

| term_end = 3 February 2002

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Babulal Marandi

| predecessor = Office Established

| successor = V. C. Pande

| order1 = 25th

| office1 = Cabinet Secretary of India

| term_start1 = 1 April 1998

| term_end1 = 31 October 2000

| primeminister1 = Atal Bihari Vajpayee

| predecessor1 = T. S. R. Subramanian

| successor1 = T. R. Prasad

| profession = Civil servant, politician

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Prabhat Kumar is an Indian politician and retired civil servant. An Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1963 batch, he served as the Cabinet Secretary between 1998 and 2000.{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Abantika|title=Citizens push to bring Prime Minister in Lokpal ambit|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Citizens-push-to-bring-Prime-Minister-in-Lokpal-ambit/articleshow/8856819.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061219/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-15/india/29661081_1_lokpal-ambit-lokpal-bill-ombudsman-bill|url-status=live|archive-date=23 October 2013|access-date=22 December 2012|newspaper=The Times of India|date=5 June 2011}} Upon creation of the State of Jharkhand in November 2000, he was made the first governor.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Michael, and John Bond|title=Businesses Urged to Close the World's Poverty Gaps|url=http://www.forachange.co.uk/browse/1969.html|work=For A Change|publisher=Initiatives of Change-International|accessdate=22 December 2012|date=1 October 2004|quote=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 news|title=New state of Jharkhand is born|language=en-IN|work=The Rediff|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/14jhar1.htm|access-date=2021-03-13}}