Mahavir Prasad is an Indian politician, member of Indian 14th Lok Sabha, presently served as the cabinet minister in the Ministry of small Scale Industries and Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha on the Congress ticket from Bansgaon.

Mahavir Prasad was born on 11th November 1939. He started his public and political life with active participation in Panchyati Raj Institutions and infrastructural units of democracy; demonstrated his political and administrative skills in organization and administration of these institutes. Mahavir Prasad is endlessly striving to provide social justice to the oppressed sections of society through education, and also tries to promote women`s up liftment.

He is continuously in the process for communal harmony and national integration. He is currently engaged in furthering ancient Indian ideals and cultural heritage. He continuously endeavoring to let Hindi get its due place as national language as national language is the representative of country`s collective consciousness. He is working nonstop on eradicate illiteracy from the society, protecting environment through afforestation. He is also advocating for the control of population explosion by way of lectures, education organized in Haryana and the rest of the country.

He holds the post of President of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Memorial Institute. All India Scheduled Castes Council in Amritsar conferred Babu Jagjivan Ram Award to him of 1996-97 on 1 August 1996. He donated the cash amount of the award to Baba Bhimrao Amebedkar Memorial Institute. He is a firm believer in the ideals, principles and policies of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram. He is effortlessly engaged in the task of nation building by harmonizing the ideologies of past leaders. Mahavir Prasad has also worked as a lecturer at Gandhi Inter College, Mahnapur, Gorakhpur and taught there for 34 years. He has been served as Chairman, District Social Welfare Committee in 1963.

The positions he holds are: Member, Gram Panchayat, Ujjarpar( 1958) , Sarpanch, Sadhan Co-operative Society, Ujjarpar( 1960) , Member, Gagaha Area Society( 1962) , Member, Gorakhpur Zilla Parishad( 1963) , General Secretary Gorakhpur Zilla Congress Committee( ) , Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly( 1974-1977) , General Secretary, PCC, later PCC (I), Uttar Pradesh( 1974-79) , Elected to 7th Lok Sabha Member, Estimates Committee for 2 years Member, Public Accounts Committee for 1 year( 1980) , Vice-President, PCC (I), Uttar Pradesh( 1983-85) , Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)( 1984) , President, Congress Working Committee, Uttar Pradesh( 1985-86, 1987-88, 1992-94) , Union Deputy Minister, Railways( Feb. 1988-July 1989) , Minister of State, Mines and Steel, Department of Mines( July 1989 - Dec. 1989) , Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)( 1989) , Member, Committee on Government Assurances( 1990) , Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways( ) , General Secretary, All India Congress Party( 1990 and 2001) , Governor, Haryana( 14 June 1995-18 June2000) , Held additional charge of the Governor of Himachal Pradesh( 18 Sept.95-16 Nov.95 and 23 April 96-26 July 97) , Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2004) , Union Cabinet Minister, Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries( 22 May Onwards).