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| image           = Mahendra Nath Pandey addressing at the inauguration of the ‘National Consultation on Revised Accreditation Framework’, organised by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), in New Delhi.jpg
| image               = MN Pandey.jpg
| caption         = Pandey in 2017
| caption             = Pandey in 2024
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| office             = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Minister of Heavy Industries]]
| office = [[Ministry of Heavy Industries|Minister of Heavy Industries]]
| term_start         = 7 July 2021
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| termend= 11 June 2024
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| primeminister       = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| predecessor         = [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| office1           = [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]]
| successor = [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| term_start1       = 31 May 2019
| office1             = [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]]
| term_end1         = 7 July 2021
| term_start1         = 31 May 2019
| primeminister1   = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_end1           = 7 July 2021
| predecessor1     = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| primeminister1     = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor1       = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| predecessor1       = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| office3        
| successor1         = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
  = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Minister of state Human Resource Development]]
| office3             = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Minister of State, Human Resource Development]]
| successor3 = [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satya Pal Singh]]
| successor3         = [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satya Pal Singh]]
| term_start3       = 5 July 2016
| term_start3         = 5 July 2016
|term_end3         = 31 August 2017
| term_end3           = 31 August 2017
| office4         =[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| office4             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start4     = 16 May 2014
| term_start4         = 16 May 2014
| constituency4   = [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]]
| termend4 = 4 June 2024
| predecessor4     = [[Ramkishun]]
| constituency4       = [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]]
| majority4        = 156,756 votes
| predecessor4       = [[Ramkishun]]
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| successor4 = [[Virendra Singh (Varanasi)|Virendra Singh]]
| office2         = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit
| office2             = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit
| term_start2     = 31 August 2017
| term_start2         = 31 August 2017
| term_end2       = 16 July 2019
| term_end2           = 16 July 2019
| predecessor2     = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| predecessor2       = [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]]
| successor2       = [[Swatantra Dev Singh]]
| successor2         = [[Swatantra Dev Singh]]
| birth_name       =  
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Ghazipur district|Pakhapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| birth_place         = [[Ghazipur district|Pakhapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| nationality     = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| nationality         = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party           = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse           = Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
| spouse             = Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
| mother           = Chandrawati Pandey
| mother             = Chandrawati Pandey
| father           = Sudhakar Pandey
| father             = Sudhakar Pandey
| residence       = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| residence           = [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| alma_mater       = [[Banaras Hindu University]] ([[Postgraduate education|M.A.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]])
| alma_mater         = [[Banaras Hindu University]] ([[Postgraduate education|M.A.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]])
| cabinet         = [[Second Modi ministry]]
| cabinet             = [[Second Modi ministry]]
| profession       = Agriculturist
| profession         = Agriculturist
| footnotes       =  
| footnotes           =  
}}
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'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician currently serving as
'''Mahendra Nath Pandey''' (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]] from [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] to [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He was also Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2016 and 2017. He was a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.
Minister of Heavy Industries he previously served as Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] for [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli]] since [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.


==Early life==
==Early life==
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Pandey was born at [[Ghazipur district|Pakhanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4917 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/8fvHMKhlkn0ENYQbxWfL9I/Union-minister-Mahendra-Nath-Pandey-appointed-UP-BJP-chief.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref> He received a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] degree in [[Journalism]] and completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in [[Hindi]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="LS"/> In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of [[C.M. Anglo Bengali College]]. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.<ref name="DB">{{cite web |title=मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष | trans-title = Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-mahendra-nath-pandey-start-new-inning-as-uttar-pradesh-bjp-president-5683341-NOR.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
Pandey was born at [[Ghazipur district|Pakhanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a [[Brahmin]] family.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4917 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/8fvHMKhlkn0ENYQbxWfL9I/Union-minister-Mahendra-Nath-Pandey-appointed-UP-BJP-chief.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref> He received a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] degree in [[Journalism]] and completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]] in [[Hindi]] from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="LS"/> In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of [[C.M. Anglo Bengali College]]. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.<ref name="DB">{{cite web |title=मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष | trans-title = Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-mahendra-nath-pandey-start-new-inning-as-uttar-pradesh-bjp-president-5683341-NOR.html |publisher=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>


Pandey spent five months in prison during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web |title=ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति | trans-title = Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=1 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-picks-up-brahmin-face-to-head-up-unit-ahead-of-ls-polls/articleshow/60311703.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017|last1=Sharma |first1=Aman }}</ref> In 1978, he joined [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="ET"/> He took part in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement and was booked under the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]] by the [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]-led state government.<ref name="ET"/>
Pandey spent five months in prison during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]].<ref name="NDTV">{{cite web |title=ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति |trans-title=Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy |url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |language=hi |date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713025026/https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/uttar-pradesh/why-mahendra-nath-pandey-given-responsibility-of-up-bjp-chief-1744955 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-picks-up-brahmin-face-to-head-up-unit-ahead-of-ls-polls/articleshow/60311703.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017|last1=Sharma |first1=Aman }}</ref> In 1978, he joined [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name="ET"/> He took part in the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement and was booked under the [[National Security Act (India)|National Security Act]] by the [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]-led state government.<ref name="ET"/>


In 1991, Pandey was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time.<ref name="DB"/> In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the [[Kalyan Singh]] ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey: BJP's Brahmin Face in UP |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mahendra-nath-pandey-bjps-brahmin-face-in-up/945636 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
In 1991, Pandey was elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time.<ref name="DB"/> In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the [[Kalyan Singh]] ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey: BJP's Brahmin Face in UP |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mahendra-nath-pandey-bjps-brahmin-face-in-up/945636 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
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Ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] announced that Pandey would contest from the [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli constituency]] of [[Purvanchal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP directs Modi wave at eastern UP |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BJP-directs-Modi-wave-at-eastern-UP/article20758949.ece |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=24 April 2014}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes.<ref name="DB"/><ref name="ET"/> Subsequently, he was made a member of [[Standing committee (India)|Standing Committee]] on [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]] and Consultative Committee for [[Ministry of Steel|Ministry of Steel and Mines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uprety |first1=Ajay |title=BJP keeps Brahmins in UP happy by making Mahendra Pandey state chief |url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/bjp-uttar-pradesh-brahmins-mahendra-nath-pandey.html |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
Ahead of the [[2014 Indian general election]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] announced that Pandey would contest from the [[Chandauli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandauli constituency]] of [[Purvanchal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP directs Modi wave at eastern UP |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/BJP-directs-Modi-wave-at-eastern-UP/article20758949.ece |publisher=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=24 April 2014}}</ref> He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes.<ref name="DB"/><ref name="ET"/> Subsequently, he was made a member of [[Standing committee (India)|Standing Committee]] on [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Rural Development]] and Consultative Committee for [[Ministry of Steel|Ministry of Steel and Mines]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Uprety |first1=Ajay |title=BJP keeps Brahmins in UP happy by making Mahendra Pandey state chief |url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/bjp-uttar-pradesh-brahmins-mahendra-nath-pandey.html |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=1 September 2017}}</ref>


On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Human Resource Development]] in the [[First Modi ministry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katiyar |first1=Prema |title=Meet these three new ministers who have found berths in various ministries|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-these-three-new-ministers-who-have-found-berths-in-various-ministries/articleshow/53133375.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/live-cabinet-reshuffle-pm-narendra-modi-cabinet-to-induct-19-new-faces-today/306989/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref> On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satyapal Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the nine new faces |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modis-cabinet-reshuffle-meet-the-nine-new-faces/satya-pal-singh/slideshow/60347914.cms |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=3 September 2017}}</ref> That same day, he was appointed president of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He replaced [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahendra-nath-pandey-appointed-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief-1744600 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>
On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Human Resource Development]] in the [[First Modi ministry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Katiyar |first1=Prema |title=Meet these three new ministers who have found berths in various ministries|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-these-three-new-ministers-who-have-found-berths-in-various-ministries/articleshow/53133375.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/live-cabinet-reshuffle-pm-narendra-modi-cabinet-to-induct-19-new-faces-today/306989/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=5 July 2016}}</ref> On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by [[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satyapal Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the nine new faces |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modis-cabinet-reshuffle-meet-the-nine-new-faces/satya-pal-singh/slideshow/60347914.cms |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=3 September 2017}}</ref> That same day, he was appointed president of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] unit of the BJP, replacing [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahendra-nath-pandey-appointed-uttar-pradesh-bjp-chief-1744600 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=9 March 2019 |date=31 August 2017}}</ref>


In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey has been given the post of  [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/mahendra-nath-pandey-gets-skill-development-737257.html|title=Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development|date=2019-05-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>
In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey was given the post of  [[Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship]] in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/mahendra-nath-pandey-gets-skill-development-737257.html|title=Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development|date=2019-05-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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Mahendra Nath Pandey
Pandey in 2024
Minister of Heavy Industries
In office
7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPrakash Javadekar
Succeeded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
In office
31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byDharmendra Pradhan
Succeeded byDharmendra Pradhan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh unit
In office
31 August 2017 – 16 July 2019
Preceded byKeshav Prasad Maurya
Succeeded bySwatantra Dev Singh
Minister of State, Human Resource Development
In office
5 July 2016 – 31 August 2017
Succeeded bySatya Pal Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byRamkishun
Succeeded byVirendra Singh
ConstituencyChandauli
Personal details
Born (1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 68)
Pakhapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
Parents
  • Sudhakar Pandey (father)
  • Chandrawati Pandey (mother)
ResidenceVaranasi, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materBanaras Hindu University (M.A. and Ph.D)
ProfessionAgriculturist
CabinetSecond Modi ministry

Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli from 2014 to 2024. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He was also Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2016 and 2017. He was a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey interacting with the media after taking charge as the Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, along with Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.

Pandey was born at Pakhanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a Brahmin family.[1][2] He received a postgraduate degree in Journalism and completed his Ph.D in Hindi from Banaras Hindu University.[1] In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of C.M. Anglo Bengali College. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.[3]

Pandey spent five months in prison during the Emergency.[4][5] In 1978, he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.[5] He took part in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and was booked under the National Security Act by the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led state government.[5]

In 1991, Pandey was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time.[3] In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the Kalyan Singh ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.[6]

Ahead of the 2014 Indian general election, Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Pandey would contest from the Chandauli constituency of Purvanchal.[7] He was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes.[3][5] Subsequently, he was made a member of Standing Committee on Rural Development and Consultative Committee for Ministry of Steel and Mines.[8]

On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the First Modi ministry.[9][10] On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by Satyapal Singh.[11] That same day, he was appointed president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP, replacing Keshav Prasad Maurya.[12]

In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey was given the post of  Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[13][14]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Pandey's family originally hails from the village of Pakhanpur.[4] He married Pratima Pandey on 8 February 1985 and they have one daughter.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief". Live Mint. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष" [Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP] (in हिन्दी). Dainik Bhaskar. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति" [Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy] (in हिन्दी). NDTV. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sharma, Aman (1 September 2017). "BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mahendra Nath Pandey: BJP's Brahmin Face in UP". Outlook India. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "BJP directs Modi wave at eastern UP". The Hindu Business Line. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Uprety, Ajay (1 September 2017). "BJP keeps Brahmins in UP happy by making Mahendra Pandey state chief". The Week. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ↑ Katiyar, Prema (10 July 2016). "Meet these three new ministers who have found berths in various ministries". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge". The Financial Express. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Modi's Cabinet reshuffle: Meet the nine new faces". The Economic Times. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief". NDTV. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development". Deccan Herald. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Ramkishun 		Member of Parliament
for Chandauli
2014 – Present 		Incumbent
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Preceded by
Dharmendra Pradhan 		Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
30 May 2019 - 7 July 2021 		Succeeded by
Dharmendra Pradhan
Preceded by
Prakash Javadekar 		Minister of Heavy Industries
7 July 2021 - Present 		Incumbent
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