| Mahendra Prasad | |
| Birth Date: | 1940 1, df=y |
| Death Place: | Delhi, India |
| Office: | MP of Rajya Sabha |
| Constituency: | Bihar |
| Term Start: | May 1985 |
| Term End: | December 2021 |
| Successor: | Anil Hegde |
| Party: | Janata Dal (United) |
| Birth Place: | Govindpur, Jehanabad district, Bihar, British India |
| Alma Mater: | Patna College |
Mahendra Prasad (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha.[1] [2] He was the richest Indian MP.[3] Prasad also owned two pharmaceutical companies, Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd. He died at Apollo Hospital in Delhi on 27 December 2021, at the age of 81.[4]
Prasad was born at Govindpur village in the modern Indian state of Bihar. He belonged to Bhumihar family. He was married to Satula Devi and had 3 sons Rajiv Sharma, Ranjit Sharma and late Devinder.[5]
Prasad moved out of his home at the age of 24. At young age he left for Bombay to start a business. He worked as a teacher in a school.He started working with pharma businessman Samprada Singh. He later went on to start his company Aristo Pharmaceuticals in 1971.[6] He started his political career in 1980 when he was elected to Lok Sabha on a congress ticket. He was a seven term MP from Bihar who was also once elected to Lok Sabha. He also owned two pharmaceutical companies named Aristo Pharmaceuticals and Mapra Laboratories Pvt Ltd.