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Minister of Education
*Shiksha Mantrī*
Minister of Education; Shiksha Mantrī
	Emblem of India
	Incumbent; Dharmendra Pradhan; since 7 July 2021
	Ministry of Education
Member of	Union Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister of India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Nominator	Prime Minister of India
Appointer	President of India; on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	5 year
Formation	15 August 1947

Latest revision as of 17:02, 31 May 2022

The Minister of Education, formerly the Minister of Human Resources Development (1985-2020),^[1] is the head of the Ministry of Education and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. The recent one was Ramesh Pokhriyal who resigned on 7 July 2021 citing health issues.

List of Ministers[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office			Party	Prime Minister
1	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	15 August 1947	22 January 1958	10 years, 160 days	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	K. L. Shrimali^{[lower-alpha 1]}	22 January 1958	31 August 1963	5 years, 221 days
3	Humayun Kabir	1 September 1963	21 November 1963	81 days
4	M. C. Chagla	21 November 1963	13 November 1966	2 years, 357 days		Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	14 November 1966	13 March 1967	119 days		Indira Gandhi
6	Triguna Sen	16 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 335 days
7	V. K. R. V. Rao	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days
8	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	18 March 1971	20 March 1972	1 year, 2 days
9	S. Nurul Hasan^{[lower-alpha 2]}	24 March 1972	24 March 1977	5 years, 0 days
10	Pratap Chandra Chunder	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	2 years, 124 days	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
11	Karan Singh	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	168 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan Singh
12	B. Shankaranand	14 January 1980	17 October 1980	277 days	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
13	Shankarrao Chavan	17 October 1980	8 August 1981	295 days		Indira Gandhi
14	Sheila Kaul^{[lower-alpha 3]}	10 August 1981	31 December 1984	3 years, 143 days		Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi
15	K. C. Pant	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv Gandhi
16	P. V. Narasimha Rao (Minister of Human Resource Development)	25 September 1985	25 June 1988	2 years, 274 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi
17	P. Shiv Shankar	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi
18	V. P. Singh	2 December 1989	10 November 1990	343 days	Janata Dal (National Front)	V. P. Singh
19	Rajmangal Pandey	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
20	Arjun Singh	23 June 1991	24 December 1994	3 years, 184 days	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
(16)	P. V. Narasimha Rao	25 December 1994	9 February 1995	47 days
21	Madhavrao Scindia	10 February 1995	17 January 1996	341 days
(16)	P. V. Narasimha Rao	17 January 1996	16 May 1996	120 days
22	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23	S. R. Bommai	5 June 1996	19 March 1998	1 year, 287 days	Janata Dal	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
24	Murli Manohar Joshi	19 March 1998	22 May 2004	6 years, 64 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25	Arjun Singh	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 years, 0 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan Singh
26	Kapil Sibal	29 May 2009	29 October 2012	3 years, 153 days
27	M. M. Pallam Raju	30 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 208 days
28	Smriti Irani	26 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 40 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
29	Prakash Javadekar	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days
30	Ramesh Pokhriyal (Minister of Education from 29 July 2020 onwards)^[1]	30 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 38 days
31	Dharmendra Pradhan	7 July 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 361 days

Notes[edit]

↑ Minister of State till 10 August 1962
↑ Minister of State
↑ Minister of State

Latest News : Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, Honorable Minister of Education of India will receive th 14th February 2022 Mr Schönenberger Claudius, Professor in France who revolutionize the learning process of Indian History by the launching of Evnseries.com on last Diwali.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links[edit]

List of HRD Ministers

[2] Minister of State till 10 August 1962

[3] Minister of State

[4] Minister of State

[News18-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

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+Latest News : Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, Honorable Minister of Education of India will receive th 14th February 2022 Mr Schönenberger Claudius, Professor in France who revolutionize the learning process of Indian History by the launching of Evnseries.com on last Diwali.
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