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| name = H. Y. Sharada Prasad<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|04|15}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2008|09|02|1924|04|15}}<br />
| death_place = New Delhi, India<br />
| restingplace = Dayanand Muktidham Crematorium, Delhi<br />
| occupation = Civil servant<br>Writer<br>Journalist<br />
| known for = Association with [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
| parents = Holenarasipura Yoganarasimham<br>Saraswathy<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
| website = [https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/hysharadaprasad H Y Sharada Prasad]<br />
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'''Holenarasipur Yoganarasimham Sharada Prasad''' (15 April 1924 – 2 September 2008) was an Indian civil servant, journalist and writer, best known as the media adviser to [[Indira Gandhi]], former Prime Minister of India.<ref name="H.Y. Sharada Prasad: A man synonymous with Indira Gandhi">{{cite web | url=http://twocircles.net/2008sep02/h_y_sharada_prasad_man_synonymous_indira_gandhi.html#.V0h5ppF97IU | title=H.Y. Sharada Prasad: A man synonymous with Indira Gandhi | publisher=Two Circles | date=2 September 2008 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> He also served as the media adviser to Rajiv Gandhi, during Rajiv's tenure as the Indian Prime Minister.<ref name="Sharada Prasad dead" /><br />
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==Background and personal life==<br />
Born in [[Bangalore]] on 15 April 1924, he was given the personal name "Sharada Prasad" by his parents.<ref name="167 Deceased Ancestors">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribalpages.com/family-tree/shobha | title=167 Deceased Ancestors | publisher=Tribal Pages | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016 | archive-date=16 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916194126/http://www.tribalpages.com/family-tree/shobha | url-status=dead }}</ref> His family hailed from the town of [[Holenarasipura]] in [[Hassan district]] of present-day Karnataka state, and his father's name was Yoganarasimham. Therefore, according to the naming convention prevalent in Karnataka, his full name became "Holenarasipura Yoganarasimham Sharada Prasad" or "H.Y. Sharada Prasad."<br />
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Sharada Prasad was born into an educated south Indian [[Mulukanadu|Mulukanadu Brahmin]] family whose mother-tongue is [[Telugu language|Telugu]] but Kannadigas in true sense and have been settled in [[Holenarasipura]] in the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] for at least a couple of centuries. His father, Holenarasipura Yoganarasimham, was a school master, while his mother Saraswathy, was a home-maker. Sharada Prasad was the eldest of their nine children.<ref name="The curious votary of free press">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/narayan-dutt-memorial-lectures/article6887094.ece | title=The curious votary of free press | publisher=The Hindu | date=12 February 2015 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> Among his brothers was the noted botanist, the late Professor [[H.Y. Mohan Ram]], who was the father of [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]]'s [[Rahul Ram]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Doyen of Indian botanists no more|work=The Tribune India|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/doyen-of-indian-botanists-no-more/608653.html|author=Chandrabhaal Tripathi|date=22 June 2018|access-date=2018-06-22|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621233520/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/doyen-of-indian-botanists-no-more/608653.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sharada Prasad was educated mainly in Bangalore. He then started his career as a journalist at the [[Indian Express Group]] and later joined the Publications Division of the Government of India as an assistant editor. Later, he served as the editor of ''Yojana'', the official journal of the [[Planning Commission of India]]. His stint as the editor of the journal was reported to have brought him to Indira Gandhi's notice, and she invited him to join her staff as the media adviser.<ref name="Sharada Prasad dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sharada-prasad-dead/article1331229.ece | title=Sharada Prasad dead | publisher=The Hindu | date=3 September 2008 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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During his tenure with Indira Gandhi, Sharada Prasad was known to have assisted in the establishment of two notable institutions, the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]] and the [[National Institute of Design]].<ref name="Lessons He Won't Be Giving Anymore">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/lessons-he-wont-be-giving-anymore/238445 | title=Lessons He Won't Be Giving Anymore | publisher=Outlook India | date=22 September 2008 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1999, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Sharada Prasad died, aged 84, on 2 September 2008, due to age-related illnesses, survived by his wife and two sons.<ref name="Sharada Prasad dead" /> His life has been documented in his memoirs, ''A Window on the Wall''<ref name="A Window on the Wall">{{cite book | title=A Window on the Wall | publisher=Navakarnataka Publications | author=Sharada Prasad H Y | year=2010 | pages=130 | isbn=9788184671360}}</ref> and a series of newspaper articles under the title, ''The Book I Won't Be Writing''.<ref name="Lessons He Won't Be Giving Anymore" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]]<br />
* [[National Institute of Design]]<br />
* [[Inna Rammohan Rao]]<br />
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* {{cite web | url=http://www.heraldofindia.com/article.php?id=377 | title=Indira Gandhi I knew | publisher=The Herald of India | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016 | author=Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad}}<br />
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