Background
Shankar was born in Nagariyasarawha, Etawah (Uttar Pradesh).
Shankar was born in Nagariyasarawha, Etawah (Uttar Pradesh).
He holds Doctor of Philosophy from Kanpur University.
He is currently a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry. He spent his early years at the local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Royal Statistical Society, UK) unit, which also facilitated his education. He worked as a pracharak of the Royal Statistical Society, UK in Agra for 13 years.
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.
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. However, in his November cabinet expansion, Narendra Modi has inducted Katheria as a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry.
Katheria has been charged with forging two of his degree mark-sheets (for Bachelor and Master of Arts) allegedly to secure a job at the Agra University. The case is being heard in a court.
Katheria has also listed 20 other pending cases against him in his election affidavit.
He represents the Agra constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.