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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prabhat Kumar
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British India]] (in present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| nationality = [[India]]n
| death_date =
| death_place =
| order = 1st
| office = Governor of Jharkhand
| term_start = 14 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
| alma_mater =
| party =
| spouse =
| children =
}}
'''Prabhat Kumar''' is an Indian politician and retired civil servant. An [[Indian Administrative Service]] of the 1963 batch, he served as the [[Cabinet Secretary of India|Cabinet Secretary]] between 1998 and 2000.<ref name=Ghosh>{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Abantika|title=Citizens push to bring Prime Minister in Lokpal ambit|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-15/india/29661081_1_lokpal-ambit-lokpal-bill-ombudsman-bill|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=dead|archive-date=23 October 2013|accessdate=22 December 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 June 2011}}</ref> Upon creation of the State of [[Jharkhand]] in November 2000, he was made the first [[List of governors of Jharkhand|governor]].<ref name=Smith>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kumar was born and brought up in [[Prayagraj]], Uttar Pradesh. An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1963 batch and Uttar Pradesh cadre, Kumar served as secretary to the [[Ministry of Textiles]] before his appointment as the cabinet secretary.<ref name="Governance India">{{cite web|title=Prabhat Kumar|url=http://www.iccfg.net/apps/profile/80411231/|work=Governance India|publisher=IC Centre for Governance|accessdate=22 December 2012|quote=occupied the position of Cabinet Secretary from April 1998 to October 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prabhat Kumar is new cabinet secretary |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/mar/23cab.htm |accessdate=7 November 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=21 March 1998}}</ref>

==हिन्दी==
* [[Indian Administrative Services]]

==References==
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{{Governors of Jharkhand}}
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