| Office: | Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes |
| Term Start: | 31 May 2017 [1] |
| Term End: | 30 May 2020 |
| Successor: | Vijay Sampla |
| Predecessor: | P. L. Punia |
| Office1: | Minister of State for Human Resource Development |
| Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
| Term Start1: | 26 May 2014 |
| Term End1: | 5 July 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Shashi Tharoor |
| Successor1: | Mahendra Nath Pandey |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency2: | Etawah |
| Predecessor2: | Ashok Kumar Doharey |
| Successor2: | Jitendra Dohre |
| Term2: | 23 May 2019–June 2024 |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| Constituency3: | Agra |
| Predecessor3: | Raj Babbar |
| Term Start3: | 16 May 2009 |
| Birth Date: | 1964 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Citizenship: | India |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Children: | 3 |
| Residence: | Agra and New Delhi |
| Alma Mater: | Kanpur University |
| Profession: | Professor, Politician |
| Committees: | Member of four committees |
| Term End3: | 23 May 2019 |
| Successor3: | S.P. Singh Baghel |
Ram Shankar Katheria (born 21 September 1964), is an Indian politician and former Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. He is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India representing Etawah constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the Agra constituency of Uttar Pradesh previously. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry till 6 July 2016.
Katheria was born in Nagriya Sarawa village, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh on 21 September 1964 to Sone Lal and Shanti Devi.[2] He spent his early years at the local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) unit, which also facilitated his education. He holds PhD from Kanpur University.[3] He worked as a pracharak of the RSS in Agra for 13 years.[4]
Before joining politics, he was a Professor of Hindi at the Agra University where he has taught Dalit Chetna (Dalit upliftment) and wrote several books on the subject.[2] [4]
On 17 February 2001, he married Mridula Katheri, with whom he has two sons and one daughter.[2] [5]
Katheria was appointed as a National General-Secretary of the BJP in August 2014 and, in October, he was made in charge of the Chhattisgarh and Punjab states.[4] However, in his November cabinet expansion, Narendra Modi inducted Katheria as a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry,[6] where he served till 6 July 2016.[7]
| - | From | To | Position | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2009 | 2014 | - | 02 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Urban Development | |
| 03 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table | |||||
| 04 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Petitions | |||||
| 05 | 2009 | 2014 | Member, Consultative Committee on Rural Development | |||||
| 06 | 2017 | 2020 | Chair, National Commission for Scheduled Castes[8] | |||||
Katheria has been charged with forging two of his degree mark-sheets (for BA and MA) allegedly to secure a job at the Agra University. The case is being heard in an Agra court. Katheria has also listed 20 other pending cases against him in his election affidavit.[9]
Katheria has written four books.[3]