Jaya Prakash Narayana Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana
Other Name	Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan
Profession(s)	• Politician • Activist • Former public administrator • Physician
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 9" (175 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Career
Awards and Honors	• 2002: Honored with Rotary Manav Seva Award for his fight against corruption • 2002: Awarded Yudhvir Memorial Award for his contribution to the cause of good governance • 2002: Honored with the Rotary Manav Seva Award for his crusade against corruption. • 2003: Awarded with the Dr. Rustam D.Ranji Rotary Award by Rotary Club of India • 2004: Awarded with the D. Ch. Tirupathi Raju Memorial Award • 2004: Honored with Dr. Pinnamaneni Sita Devi Foundation Award • Honored with the Bharat Asmita Jana Jagran Shreshta by MIT School of Management, Pune • Felicitated by the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association for his contribution to the growth of IT industry
Politics
Political Party	Lok Satta Party (2006 - Present)
Political Journey	• 2006: Started the Lok Satta party on 2 October • 2009: Contested and won the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections from the Kukatpalle constituency • 2014: Contested in the Indian General Election from the Malkajgiri constituency in Telangana
Civil Service
Service	Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Cadre	Andhra Pradesh
Year	1980
Major Designations(s)	• Sub Collector at the Land Revenue Management & District Administration (1 September 1982 - 1 February 1984) • Project Officer Under Secretary at the Rural Development (1 February 1984 - 1 November 1984) • Jt Collector Under Secretary at the Land Revenue Management & District Administration (1 November 1984 - 1 May 1986) • District Collector Under Secretary at the Land Revenue Management & District Administration / District Administration in Prakasam (1 June 1986 - 1 March 1989) • District Collector Under Secretary at the Land Revenue Management & District Administration / District Administration in East Godavari (1 March 1989 - 1 April 1989) • District Collector Under Secretary at the Land Revenue Management & District Administration / District Administration (1 April 1989 - 1 January 1990) • Managing Director Deputy Secretary at the Industries / Agro Industries (1 January 1990 - 1 May 1990) • Jt Secretary Deputy Secretary at the Personnel and General Administration / Personnel Management (1 May 1990 - 1 March 1993) • Managing Director Deputy Secretary at the Finance / Institutional Finance (1 March 1993 - 1 August 1993) • Additional Secy Director at the Personnel and General Administration / Personnel Management (1 August 1993 - 1 December 1994) • Additional Secy Director at the Personnel and General Administration / Personnel Management (1 December 1994 - 1 June 1995) • Deputy Secretary at the Personnel and General Administration / Personnel Management (1 June 1995 - 1 September 1995) • Managing Director Deputy Secretary at the Industries (1 September 1995 - 10 September 1996)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	14 January 1956 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	68 Years
Birthplace	Nagbhir, Maharashtra
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Nagbhir, Maharashtra
School	ZP high School Godavarru, Andhra Pradesh
College/University	• Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh • Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Educational Qualification	• MBBS from Guntur Medical College
Religion/Religious Views	Agnostic
Address	Plot no : 24 Primecentric Building , Miyapur, Hyderabad
Hobbies	Playing Chess
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Radha Narayan
Children	Son- Siddarth Narayan Daughter- Snigdha Narayan
Parents	Father- N Venkateswara Rao Mother- Balamba
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Wagon R
Money Factor
Assets/Properties (as of 2014)	Movable Assets Cash: Rs. 8,000 Deposits in Banks: Rs. 8,23,806 Bonds: Rs. 5,00,000 Motor Vehicles: Rs. 1,10,000
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 14.4 Lakhs (as of 2014)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jaya Prakash Narayana

• Jaya Prakash Narayana belongs to a Telugu-speaking family in Naghbir, Maharashtra. At the age of 3, he moved to Godavarru Village near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, where he lived with his maternal aunt.

• At the age of 7, he moved along with his parents to Vemanda village in Andhra Pradesh.

• While serving as the Joint Collector, he generated employment for 8,000 youth from displaced families of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
  

  Jaya Prakash Narayana (extreme right) with his colleagues

• He has led various projects while working as an Indian Administrative officer including the reconstruction of drainage and irrigation systems in Krishna, Prakasam, and Godavari deltas, motivating farmers to take up irrigation schemes to bring a record two lakh acres under irrigation, and strengthening the credit cooperatives by making them independent of government control.

• He has also served as the Secretary for Governor Krishna Kant and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N.T. Rama Rao.

• According to him, while working for the Indian government as an IAS officer, he realised that the faulty governance process was the major reason for the country’s improvement and decided to resign from the Indian Administrative Services.

• In 1996, he resigned from the Indian Administration Service to work on the grassroots movement for good governance. In the same year, he started the non-partisan movement titled the Lok Satta Movement for democratic reforms in India.

• The Lok Satta Movement started in Andhra Pradesh and later spread to different parts of the country including Mumbai. During the Lok Satta Movements, there were many reforms including election reforms, police reforms, the Right to Information Act, and voter registration procedures.
  

  Jay Prakash Narayan (extreme right) with party’s Mumbai youth wing head Ruben and other members in Mumbai

• In 1996, he founded the non-profit, nonpartisan, and independent research institution The Foundation for Democratic Reforms and began serving as its General Secretary.

• In 2004, he became a Member of the National Advisory Council and remained till August 2006. In November 2004, he also became a Member of the Vigilance Advisory Council and remained until February 2008.

• In September 2005, he became a Member of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission and remained till August 2007.

• Jayaprakash has led the initiation of various policies including Economic reforms and the restructuring of Andhra Pradesh, the development of the Infocity HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City) in Hyderabad to facilitate the growth of the software industry, and the Empowerment of local governments and stakeholders.

• He has also served as the founder member of the Foundation for Democratic Reforms and an Adviser to the Youth Parliament Program.

• In November 2022, he addressed various people at the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) 15th Quarterly Lecture in Kochi on the topic ‘Governance and Politics – Need for a New Paradigm.’
  

  Dr Jayaprakash Narayan delivering CPPR 15th Quarterly Lecture in Kochi

• According to Jaya Prakash Narayana, although he is agnostic, he follows many principles and philosophies of Buddhism.

• He has also written columns for various Indian newspapers including The Times of India, The Economic Times, Financial Express, and The Hindu.