Prabhat Kumar

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. Upon creation of the State of Jharkhand in November 2000, he was made the first governor.

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)
ProfessionCivil servant, politician
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