pramod vyankatesh mahajan (30 october 1949 – 3 may 2006) was an indian politician. at the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the bharatiya janata party (bjp). he was a member of the rajya sabha and a general secretary of his party. as prime minister atal bihari vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in india's cellular revolution.