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{{Short description|Head of the Indian Ministry of Education}}
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{{Infobox official post
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{big|Minister of Education}}<br />''Shiksha Mantrī''
| post = Minister of Education
| body =  
| body =  
| native_name =  
| native_name = {{transliteration|hi|Śikṣā Mantrī}}
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flag = Flag of India.svg
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| flagsize = 110px
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| flagcaption =  
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| insignia = Ministry of Education India.svg
| insignia = Ministry of Education India.svg
| insigniasize = 180px
| insigniasize = 280px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| image = Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Petroleum Minister.jpg
| image = The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan holding a press conference on Cabinet Decisions, in New Delhi on December 30, 2020 (cropped).jpg
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| incumbent = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
| incumbent = [[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
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| department = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]
| department = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]
| style =  
| style =  
| member_of = [[Union Cabinet]]
| member_of = [[Union Cabinet of India]]
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India]]
| reports_to = [[President of India]]<br>[[Prime Minister of India]]<br>[[Parliament of India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| seat =  
| seat =  
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| appointer = [[President of India]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| appointer_qualified = on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| appointer_qualified = on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| termlength = 5 year
| termlength = 5 years
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| constituting_instrument =  
| constituting_instrument =  
| precursor =  
| precursor =  
| formation = 15 August 1947
| formation = 15 August 1947
| First = [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]
| first = [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]
| last =  
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The '''Minister of Education''', formerly the '''Minister of Human Resources Development''' (1985-2020),<ref name=News18>{{cite web|title=HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi
The '''Minister of Education''', formerly the '''Minister of Human Resources Development''' (1985–2020),<ref name=News18>{{cite web|title=HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi
|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hrd-ministry-to-be-renamed-to-ministry-of-education-as-modi-cabinet-gives-nod-2741719.html|website=News18|date=29 July 2020|access-date =29 July 2020}}</ref> is the head of the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|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.
|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/hrd-ministry-to-be-renamed-to-ministry-of-education-as-modi-cabinet-gives-nod-2741719.html|website=News18|date=29 July 2020|access-date =29 July 2020}}</ref>is the head of the Ministry of Education and a member of the Union Cabinet and one of the portfolios of the [[union cabinet]] in the [[Government of India]].


==List of Ministers==
==Cabinet ministers==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;" style="text-align:center"
*'''Note:''' MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|-
|-
!No.  
!
! Name
! style="width:7em" | From
! Portrait
!style="width:7em"| To
!style="width:7em"| Period
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education
|-
!rowspan="2"| 1
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Maulana Azad|Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(1888{{ndash}}1958)<br>MP for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]] (1947{{ndash}}1952)<br>MP for [[Rampur Lok Sabha constituency|Rampur]] (1952{{ndash}}1957)}}
|15 August<br>1947
|13 May<br>1952
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1947|8|15|1957|4|17}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|13 May<br>1952
|17 April<br>1957
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education and Scientific Research
|-
!(1)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Maulana Azad|Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(1888{{ndash}}1958)<br>MP for [[Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Gurgaon]]}}
|17 April<br>1957
|22 February<br>1958 [†]
!{{ayd|17 Apr 1957|22 Jan 1958}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Kl shrimali.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[K. L. Shrimali]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}2000)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}<br>(MoS)
|22 February<br>1958
|10 April<br>1962
!{{ayd|1958|2|22|1962|4|10}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education
|-
!(2)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Kl shrimali.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[K. L. Shrimali]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}2000)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}
|10 April<br>1962
|31 August<br>1963
!{{ayd|10 Apr 1962|31 Aug 1963}}
|rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Humayun Kabir portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Humayun Kabir (Bengal politician)|Humayun Kabir]]'''<br>{{small|(1906{{ndash}}1969)<br>MP for [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency|Basirhat]]}}
|31 August<br>1963
|21 November<br>1963
!{{ayd|1963|8|31|1963|11|21}}
|-
!rowspan="5"| 4
|rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="5"| [[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="5"| '''[[M. C. Chagla]]'''<br>{{small|(1900{{ndash}}1981)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|21 November<br>1963
|27 May<br>1964
!rowspan="5"| {{ayd|1963|11|21|1966|11|13}}
|-
|27 May<br>1964
|9 June<br>1964
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>''{{small|(Acting)}}''
|-
|9 June<br>1964
|11 January<br>1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|11 January<br>1966
|24 January<br>1966
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]'''
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>''{{small|(Acting)}}''
|-
|24 January<br>1966
|13 November<br>1966
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]'''<br>{{small|(1905{{ndash}}1977)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}}
|14 November<br>1966
|13 March<br>1967
!{{ayd|1966|11|14|1967|3|13}}
|-
!6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Triguna Sen 2010 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Triguna Sen]]'''<br>{{small|(1905{{ndash}}1998)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Tripura]]}}
|16 March<br>1967
|14 February<br>1969
!{{ayd|1967|3|16|1969|2|14}}
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education and Youth Services
|-
!7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|
|'''[[V. K. R. V. Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Bellary Lok Sabha constituency|Bellary]]}}
|14 February<br>1969
|18 March<br>1971
!{{ayd|1969|2|14|1971|3|18}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education and Culture
|-
!8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png|70px]]
|'''[[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2010)<br>MP for [[Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency|Raiganj]]}}
|18 March<br>1971
|20 March<br>1972
!{{ayd|1971|3|18|1972|3|20}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|24 March<br>1972
|24 March<br>1977
!{{ayd|1972|3|24|1977|3|24}}
|-
!10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Pratap Chandra Chunder - The noted educationalist and former Union Minister inaugurates the exhibition, of award winning and selected photographs from 18th National Photo Contest, jointly organized by Photo Division (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency|Calcutta North East]]}}
|24 March<br>1977
|28 July<br>1979
!{{ayd|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}}
|[[Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|[[Morarji Desai]]
|-
!11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"|
|[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Karan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]}}
|28 July<br>1979
|14 January<br>1980
!{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}
|[[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
!12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:B. Shankaranand portrait.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[B. Shankaranand]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency|Chikkodi]]}}
|14 January<br>1980
|17 October<br>1980
!{{ayd|1980|1|14|1980|10|17}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!13
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shankarrao Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Nanded Lok Sabha constituency|Nanded]]}}
|17 October<br>1980
|8 August<br>1981
!{{ayd|1980|10|17|1981|8|8}}
|-
!rowspan="2"| 14
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Sheila Kaul Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Sheila Kaul]]'''<br>{{small|(1915{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Raebareli]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|8 August<br>1981
|31 October<br>1984
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1981|8|8|1984|12|31}}
|-
|31 October<br>1984
|31 December<br>1984
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education
|-
!15
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[K. C. Pant]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2012)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
|31 December<br>1984
|25 September<br>1985
!{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Human Resource Development
|-
!16
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency|Ramtek]]}}
|25 September<br>1985
|25 June<br>1988
!{{ayd|1985|9|25|1988|6|25}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!16
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. Shiv Shankar]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2017)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|25 June<br>1988
|2 December<br>1989
!{{ayd|1988|6|25|1989|12|2}}
|-
!17
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[V. P. Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|2 December<br>1989
|10 November<br>1990
!{{ayd|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh]]'''
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!18
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|
|'''[[Raj Mangal Pande]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Deoria Lok Sabha constituency|Deoria]]}}
|21 November<br>1990
|21 June<br>1991
!{{ayd|1990|11|21|1991|6|21}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
!19
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Arjun Singh briefing the Media after two day meeting of the National Monitoring Committee on Minorities Education, in New Delhi on July 12, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Arjun Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2011)<br>MP for [[Satna Lok Sabha constituency|Satna]]}}
|23 June<br>1991
|24 December<br>1994
!{{ayd|1991|6|23|1994|12|24}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="4"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!20
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|24 December<br>1994
|9 February<br>1995
!{{ayd|1994|12|24|1995|2|9}}
|-
!21
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Madhavrao Scindia]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]]}}
|9 February<br>1995
|17 January<br>1996
!{{ayd|1995|2|9|1996|1|17}}
|-
!{{ndash}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|17 January<br>1996
|16 May<br>1996
!{{ayd|1996|1|17|1996|5|16}}
|-
!22
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|16 May<br>1996
|1 June<br>1996
!{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]'''
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| 23
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[S. R. Bommai]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Odisha]]}}
|5 June<br>1996
|21 April<br>1997
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1996|6|5|1998|3|18}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|21 April<br>1997
|18 March<br>1998
|style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
|[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| 24
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1934)<br>MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
|19 March<br>1998
|13 October<br>1999
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|1998|3|19|2004|05|22}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|13 October<br>1999
|22 May<br>2004
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
!(19)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Arjun Singh briefing the Media after two day meeting of the National Monitoring Committee on Minorities Education, in New Delhi on July 12, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Arjun Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1930{{ndash}}2011)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
|23 May<br>2004
|22 May<br>2009
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|rowspan="3"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
!25
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Kapil Sibal.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kapil Sibal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1948)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
|28 May<br>2009
|28 October<br>2012
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
!26
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Pallam Raju (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[M. M. Pallam Raju]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency|Kakinada]]}}
|28 October<br>2012
|26 May<br>2014
!{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}
|-
!27
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Smt. Smriti Irani in April 2023.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Smriti Irani]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1976)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
|26 May<br>2014
|5 July<br>2016
!{{ayd|2014|5|27|2016|7|5}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!28
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Prakash Javadekar MIB (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Prakash Javadekar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]],<br>till 2018<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]], from 2018}}
|5 July<br>2016
|30 May<br>2019
!{{ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30}}
|-
!29
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Ramesh Pokhriyal 2024.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency|Haridwar]]}}
|31 May<br>2019
|29 July<br>2020
!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2020|7|29}}
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of Education
|-
!(29)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', 2020.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency|Haridwar]]}}
|29 July<br>2020
|7 July<br>2021
!{{ayd|2020|7|29|2021|7|7}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!rowspan="2"|30
|rowspan="2"bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2"|[[File:The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan being greeted by the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"|'''[[Dharmendra Pradhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1969)<br> MP for [[Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Sambalpur]]}}
|rowspan="2"|7 July<br>2021
|rowspan="2"|''Incumbent''
!rowspan="2"|{{ayd|2021|7|7}}
|-
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|}
 
== Ministers of state ==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2| Party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! Prime Minister
! rowspan="2"| Ministry
|- style="height: 40px;"
! rowspan="2" style="width:9em" |Prime Minister
|1
|-
| [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]]
!style="width:7em"| From
| [[File:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg|75px]]
!style="width:7em"| To
| 15 August 1947
!style="width:7em"| Period
| 22 January 1958
|-
|{{Ayd|15 august 1947|22 january 1958}}
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Education and Scientific Research
| rowspan="9" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="9" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
!1
| rowspan="3" | [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|- align="center"
|[[File:Kl shrimali.jpg|70px]]
|2
|'''[[K. L. Shrimali]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}2000)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}<br>(MoS)
| [[K. L. Shrimali]]{{efn|Minister of State till 10 August 1962}}
|17 April<br>1957
|22 February<br>1958
!{{ayd|17 Apr 1957|22 Jan 1958}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Education
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis]]'''<br>{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1976)<br>MP for [[Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhandara]]}}<br>(Minister of Cultural Affairs)
|13 June<br>1964
|29 October<br>1965
!{{ayd|13 Jun 1964|29 Oct 1965}}
|rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]'''
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
!3
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Sher Singh Kadyan Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''Sher Singh Kadyan'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency|Rohtak]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 13 March<br>1967
|rowspan="2"| 14 February<br>1969
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|13 Mar 1967|14 Feb 1969}}
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!4
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2011)<br>MP for [[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]]}}
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Education and Youth Services
|-
!5
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Bhakt Darshan portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Bhakt Darshan]]'''<br>{{small|(1912–1991)<br>MP for [[Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency|Garhwal]]}}
|18 February<br>1969
|18 March<br>1971
!{{ayd|18 Feb 1969|18 Mar 1971}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Education and Culture
|-
!6
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|[[File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
|4 October<br>1971
|24 March<br>1972
!{{ayd|4 Oct 1971|24 Mar 1972}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"| '''[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!7
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
|'''[[Dhanna Singh Gulshan]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency|Bathinda]]}}
|14 August<br>1977
|rowspan="2"| 28 July<br>1979
!{{ayd|14 Aug 1977|28 Jul 1979}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"| '''[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
!8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Renuka Devi Barkataki official portrait.gif|70px]]
|'''[[Renuka Devi Barkataki]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency|Gauhati]]}}
|16 August<br>1977
!{{ayd|16 Aug 1977|28 Jul 1979}}
|-
!9
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
|[[File:Rashida Haque Choudhury Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rashida Haque Choudhury]]'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Silchar Lok Sabha constituency|Silchar]]}}
|30 July<br>1979
|14 January<br>1980
!{{ayd|30 Jul 1979|14 Jan 1980}}
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|bgcolor="#6495ED"| '''[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]'''
|[[Charan Singh]]
|-
!10
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Sheila Kaul Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sheila Kaul]]'''<br>{{small|(1915{{ndash}}2015)<br>MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Raebareli]]}}
|24 November<br>1980
|8 August<br>1981
!{{ayd|24 Nov 1980|8 Aug 1981}}
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]'''
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Human Resource Development
|-
!11
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Margaret Alva]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}<br>(Women and Child Development,<br>Youth Affairs and Sports)
|rowspan="2"| 25 September<br>1985
|2 December<br>1989
!{{ayd|25 Sep 1985|2 Dec 1989}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| '''[[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]'''
|rowspan="4"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Sushila Rohatgi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sushila Rohatgi]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2011)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}<br>(Education and Culture)
|12 May<br>1986
!{{ayd|25 Sep 1985|12 May 1986}}
|-
!13
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Krishna Sahi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Krishna Sahi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1931)<br>MP for [[Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency|Begusarai]]}}<br>(Education and Culture, until 1988;<br>Culture, from 1988)
|12 May<br>1986
|rowspan="2"| 2 December<br>1989
!{{ayd|12 May 1986|2 Dec 1989}}
|-
!14
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarpur]]}}<br>(Education and Culture, until 1989;<br>Education, from 1989)
|14 February<br>1988
!{{ayd|14 Feb 1988|2 Dec 1989}}
|-
!15
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:MGK Menon.webp|70px]]
|'''[[M. G. K. Menon]]'''<br>{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2016)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}<br>(Education)
|20 January<br>1990
|23 April<br>1990
!{{ayd|20 Jan 1990|23 Apr 1990}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[V. P. Singh ministry|V. P. Singh]]'''
|rowspan="2"| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
!16
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|
|
| 22 January 1958
|'''[[Chimanbhai Mehta]]'''<br>{{small|(1925{{ndash}}2010)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Gujarat]]}}
| 31 August 1963
|23 April<br>1990
|{{Ayd|22 january 1958|31 august 1963}}
|10 November<br>1990
|- align="center"
!{{ayd|23 Apr 1990|10 Nov 1990}}
|3
|-
| [[Humayun Kabir]]
!17
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|
|'''[[Bhagey Gobardhan]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency|Mayurbhanj]]}}
|21 November<br>1990
|20 February<br>1991
!{{ayd|21 Nov 1990|20 Feb 1991}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|style="background:#74C365"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
!18
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG|70px]]
|'''[[Mamata Banerjee]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1955)<br>MP for [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Calcutta South]]}}<br>(Youth Affairs and Sports;<br>Women and Child Development)
|21 June<br>1991
|17 January<br>1993
!{{ayd|21 Jun 1991|17 Jan 1993}}
|rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| [[Rao ministry|'''Rao''']]
|rowspan="6"| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
!19
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Mukul Wasnik (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mukul Wasnik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency|Buldhana]]}}<br>(Youth Affairs and Sports)
|18 January<br>1993
|16 May<br>1996
!{{ayd|18 Jan 1993|16 May 1996}}
|-
!20
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Basavarajeshwari Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Basavarajeshwari]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Bellary Lok Sabha constituency|Bellary]]}}
|19 January<br>1993
|15 September<br>1995
!{{ayd|19 Jan 1993|15 Sep 1995}}
|-
!21
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Kumari Selja.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Selja Kumari]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency|Sirsa]]}}<br>(Education and Culture)
|rowspan="3"| 15 September<br>1995
|rowspan="3"| 16 May<br>1996
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|15 Sep 1995|16 May 1996}}
|-
!22
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
|'''[[Krupasindhu Bhoi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>MP for [[Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Sambalpur]]}}<br>(Education)
|-
!23
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|[[File:Vimla Verma Lok Sabha member.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Vimla Verma]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2019)<br>MP for [[Seoni Lok Sabha constituency|Seoni]]}}<br>(Women and Child Development)
|-
!24
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Kanti Singh in 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kanti Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency|Bikramganj]]}}
|1 June<br>1996
|29 June<br>1996
!{{ayd|1 Jun 1996|29 Jun 1996}}
|[[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="3" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]'''
|rowspan="3"| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
!25
|bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}"|
|
|
| 1 September 1963
|'''[[Muhi Ram Saikia]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}2007)<br>MP for [[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]}}<br>(Education)
| 21 November 1963
|rowspan="2"| 29 June<br>1996
|{{Ayd|1 september 1963|21 november 1963}}
|rowspan="2"| 21 April<br>1997
|- align="center"
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|29 Jun 1996|21 Apr 1997}}
|4
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
| [[M. C. Chagla]]
|-
| [[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg|75px]]
!26
| 21 November 1963
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"|
| 13 November 1966
|{{Ayd|21 november 1963|13 november 1966}}
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br>[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
|5
| [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]
| [[File:Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1977 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 14 November 1966
| 13 March 1967
|{{Ayd|14 november 1966|13 march 1967}}
| rowspan="5" | [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
|6
| [[Triguna Sen]]
| [[File:Triguna Sen 2010 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 16 March 1967
| 14 February 1969
|{{Ayd|16 march 1967|14 february 1969}}
|- align="center"
|7
| [[V. K. R. V. Rao]]
|
|
| 14 February 1969
|'''[[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]}}<br>(Youth Affairs and Sports)
| 18 March 1971
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
|{{Ayd|14 february 1969|18 march 1971}}
|-
|- align="center"
!(25)
|8
|bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}"|
| [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]]
|
|
| 18 March 1971
|'''[[Muhi Ram Saikia]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}2007)<br>MP for [[Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency|Nowgong]]}}<br>(Education)
| 20 March 1972
|21 April<br>1997
|{{Ayd|18 march 1971|20 march 1972}}
|rowspan="2"| 19 March<br>1998
|- align="center"
!{{ayd|21 Apr 1997|19 Mar 1998}}
|9
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
| [[S. Nurul Hasan]]{{efn|Minister of State}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"| '''[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]'''
| [[File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
| 24 March 1972
|-
| 24 March 1977
!(26)
|{{Ayd|24 march 1972|24 march 1977}}
|bgcolor="{{party color|Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)}}"|
|- align="center"
|10
| [[Pratap Chandra Chunder]]
|
|
| 26 March 1977
|'''[[R. Dhanuskodi Athithan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]}}<br>(Youth Affairs and Sports)
| 28 July 1979
|1 May<br>1997
|{{Ayd|26 march 1977|28 july 1979}}
!{{ayd|1 May 1997|19 Mar 1998}}
| [[Janata Party]]
|[[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|-
| [[Morarji Desai]]
!27
|- align="center"
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|11
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|70px]]
| [[Karan Singh]]
|'''[[Uma Bharti]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency|Khajuraho]]}}
| [[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|19 March<br>1998
| 30 July 1979
|13 October<br>1999
| 14 January 1980
!{{ayd|1998|3|19|1999|10|13}}
|{{Ayd|30 july 1979|14 january 1980}}
|rowspan="9"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]'''
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" |
|rowspan="9"| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
|-
|- align="center"
!28
|12
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[B. Shankaranand]]
|[[File:Sumitra Mahajan.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sumitra Mahajan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1943)<br>MP for [[Indore Lok Sabha constituency|Indore]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 13 October<br>1999
|1 July<br>2002
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2002|7|1}}
|rowspan="8" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]'''
|-
!29
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|
| 14 January 1980
|'''[[Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Beed Lok Sabha constituency|Beed]]}}
| 17 October 1980
|27 May<br>2000
|{{Ayd|14 january 1980|17 october 1980}}
!{{ayd|1999|10|13|2000|5|27}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="4" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
!30
| rowspan="2" | [[Indira Gandhi]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|- align="center"
|[[File:Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|13
|'''[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1968)<br>MP for [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]}}
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|30 September<br>2000
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|8 February<br>2001
| 17 October 1980
!{{ayd|2000|9|30|2001|2|8}}
| 8 August 1981
|-
|{{Ayd|17 october 1980|8 august 1981}}
!31
|- align="center"
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|14
|[[File:Rita Verma Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| [[Sheila Kaul]]{{efn|Minister of State}}
|'''[[Rita Verma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency|Dhanbad]]}}
|1 September<br>2001
|29 January<br>2003
!{{ayd|2001|9|1|2003|1|29}}
|-
!32
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:The Minister of Women's Right, Child Development and Family Welfare of Mauritius Mrs. Arianne Navarre Marie calls on the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. Jaskaur Meena in New Delhi on March 18, 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jaskaur Meena]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)<br>MP for [[Dausa Lok Sabha constituency|Dausa]]}}
|29 January<br>2003
|22 May<br>2004
!{{ayd|2003|1|29|2004|5|22}}
|-
!33
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
|
| 10 August 1981
|'''[[Ashok Kumar Pradhan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Khurja Lok Sabha constituency|Khurja]]}}
| 31 December 1984
|29 January<br>2003
|{{Ayd|10 august 1981|31 december 1984}}
|24 May<br>2003
| [[Indira Gandhi]]<br>[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
!{{ayd|2003|1|29|2003|5|24}}
|- align="center"
|-
|15
!34
| [[K. C. Pant]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|91x91px]]
|[[File:Vallabhbhai Kathiria (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 31 December 1984
|'''[[Vallabhbhai Kathiria]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency|Rajkot]]}}
| 25 September 1985
|30 January<br>2003
|{{Ayd|31 december 1984|25 september 1985}}
|9 January<br>2004
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
!{{ayd|2003|1|30|2004|1|9}}
|- style="height: 40px;"
|-
|16
!35
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
<small>(Minister of Human Resource Development)</small>
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|75px]]
| 25 September 1985
| 25 June 1988
|{{Ayd|25 september 1985|25 june 1988}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
|17
| [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
|
|
| 25 June 1988
|'''[[Sanjay Paswan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Nawada Lok Sabha constituency|Nawada]]}}
| 2 December 1989
|24 May<br>2003
|{{Ayd|25 june 1988|2 december 1989}}
|22 May<br>2004
|- align="center"
!{{ayd|2003|5|24|2004|5|22}}
|18
|-
| [[V. P. Singh]]
!36
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
| 2 December 1989
|[[File:Mohd. Ali Ashraf Fatmi addressing the media in the Fifth Editors' Conference on Social Sector Issues (ECSSI) in New Delhi, 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 10 November 1990
|'''[[Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency|Darbhanga]]}}<br>(School Education and Literacy)
|{{Ayd|2 december 1989|10 november 1990}}
|23 May<br>2004
|[[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
|22 May<br>2009
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|- align="center"
|rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan I''']]
|19
|rowspan="7"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[Rajmangal Pandey]]
|-
!(24)
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Kanti Singh in 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Kanti Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|23 May<br>2004
|29 January<br>2006
!{{ayd|2004|5|23|2006|1|29}}
|-
!rowspan="2"| 37
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="2"| [[File:D. Purandeswari, in New Delhi on February 07, 2013.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan="2"| '''[[Daggubati Purandeswari]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency|Bapatla]] (till 2009)<br>MP for [[Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency|Visakhapatnam]] (from 2009)}}<br>(Higher Education)
|29 January<br>2006
|22 May<br>2009
!{{ayd|2006|1|29|2009|5|22}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|28 May<br>2009
|rowspan="2"| 28 October<br>2012
!{{ayd|2009|5|28|2012|10|28}}
|rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|'''Manmohan II''']]
|-
!38
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}"|
|[[File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[E. Ahamed]]'''<br>{{small|(1938{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency|Malappuram]]}}<br>(School Education and Literacy)
|12 July<br>2011
!{{ayd|2011|7|12|2012|10|28}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|-
!39
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Jitin Prasada assuming office as Minister of State, Road Transport and Highways (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jitin Prasada]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1973)<br>MP for [[Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency|Dhaurahra]]}}
|rowspan="2"| 28 October<br>2012
|rowspan="2"| 26 May<br>2014
!rowspan="2"| {{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
!40
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[File:Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Shashi Tharoor]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Thiruvananthapuram]]}}
|-
!41
|bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Samta Party}}"|
|[[File:Upendra Kushwaha in 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Upendra Kushwaha]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>MP for [[Karakat Lok Sabha constituency|Karakat]]}}<br>(School Education and Literacy)
|rowspan="2"| 9 November<br>2014
|11 December<br>2018
!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2018|12|11}}
|[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party]]
|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!42
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Ram Shankar Katheria (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Ram Shankar Katheria]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Agra Lok Sabha constituency|Agra]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|5 July<br>2016
!{{ayd|2014|11|9|2016|7|5}}
|rowspan="4"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
!43
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Mahendra Nath Pandey (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Mahendra Nath Pandey]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)<br>MP for [[Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency|Chandauli]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|5 July<br>2017
|3 September<br>2017
!{{ayd|2017|7|5|2017|9|3}}
|-
!44
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Satyapal Singh.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Satya Pal Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1955)<br>MP for [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|3 September<br>2017
|30 May<br>2019
!{{ayd|2017|9|3|2019|5|30}}
|-
!45
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Sanjay Dhotre.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Akola Lok Sabha constituency|Akola]]}}
|31 May<br>2019
|29 July<br>2020
!{{ayd|2019|5|31|2020|7|29}}
|style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|-
!colspan="10"| Minister of State for Education
|-
!45
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Sanjay Dhotre.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Akola Lok Sabha constituency|Akola]]}}
|29 July<br>2020
|7 July<br>2021
!{{ayd|2020|7|29|2021|7|7}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]'''
|rowspan="5"| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
!46
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Annpurna Devi Minister (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Annpurna Devi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1970)<br>MP for [[Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency|Kodarma]]}}<br>(School Education and Literacy)
|rowspan="3"| 7 July<br>2021
|rowspan="3"| 9 June<br>2024
!rowspan="3"| {{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|06|09}}
|-
!47
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Dr. Subhas Sarkar Minister (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Subhas Sarkar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1953)<br>MP for [[Bankura Lok Sabha constituency|Bankura]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|-
!48
|rowspan="2"bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in January 2022.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Rajkumar Ranjan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br> MP for [[Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency|Inner Manipur]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|-
!49
|[[File:Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Sukanta Majumdar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1979)<br>MP for [[Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency|Balurghat]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|10 June<br> 2024
|''Incumbent''
!{{ayd|2024|06|10}}
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"| '''[[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]'''
|-
!50
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Lok Dal}}"|
|[[File:Shri Jayant Singh Chaudhary.jpg|70px]]
|'''[[Jayant Chaudhary]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1978)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}<br>(Higher Education)
|10 June<br> 2024
|''Incumbent''
!{{ayd|2024|06|10}}
|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
|
|
| 21 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
|{{Ayd|21 november 1990|21 june 1991}}
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align="center"
|20
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:Arjun Singh 237.jpg|109x109px]]
| 23 June 1991
| 24 December 1994
|{{Ayd|23 june 1991|24 december 1994}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" | [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align="center"
|(16)
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|75px]]
| 25 December 1994
| 9 February 1995
|{{Ayd|24 december 1994|9 february 1995}}
|- align="center"
|21
| [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| [[File:Madhavrao Scindia 2005 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 10 February 1995
| 17 January 1996
|{{Ayd|10 february 1995|17 january 1996}}
|- align="center"
|(16)
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|75px]]
| 17 January 1996
| 16 May 1996
|{{Ayd|17 january 1996|16 may 1996}}
|- align="center"
|22
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[File:Ab vajpayee.jpg|75px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 may 1996|1 june 1996}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align="center"
|23
| [[S. R. Bommai]]
| [[File:Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg|75px]]
| 5 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|5 june 1996|19 march 1998}}
| [[Janata Dal]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="Green" |
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align="center"
|24
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| 19 March 1998
| 22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|19 march 1998|22 may 2004}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align="center"
|25
| [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
| [[File:Arjun Singh 237.jpg|109x109px]]
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2009
|{{Ayd|22 may 2004|22 may 2009}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align="center"
|26
| [[Kapil Sibal]]
| [[File:Kapil Sibal (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 29 May 2009
| 29 October 2012
|{{Ayd|29 may 2009|29 october 2012}}
|- align="center"
|27
| [[M. M. Pallam Raju]]
| [[File:Pallam Raju (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 30 October 2012
| 26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|30 october 2012|26 may 2014}}
|- align="center"
|28
| [[Smriti Irani]]
| [[File:Smriti Z Irani.jpg|75px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 5 July 2016
|{{Ayd|26 may 2014|5 july 2016}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|- align="center"
|29
| [[Prakash Javadekar]]
| [[File:Prakash Javadekar.jpg|75px]]
| 5 July 2016
| 30 May 2019
|{{Ayd|5 july 2016|30 may 2019}}
|- align="center"
|30
| [[Ramesh Pokhriyal]]
<small>(Minister of Education from 29 July 2020 onwards)<ref name="News18" /></small>
|[[File:Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', 2020.jpg|75px]]
| 30 May 2019
| 7 July 2021
|{{Ayd|30 may 2019|7 july 2021}}
|- align="center"
|31
|[[Dharmendra Pradhan]]
|[[File:The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan being greeted by the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|94x94px]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|7 july 2021|}}
|}
|}
==Notes==
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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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Minister of Education
Śikṣā Mantrī
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Dharmendra Pradhan
since 7 July 2021
Ministry of Education
Member ofUnion Cabinet of India
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
NominatorPrime Minister of India
AppointerPresident of India
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length5 years
Formation15 August 1947
First holderMaulana Abul Kalam Azad

The Minister of Education, formerly the Minister of Human Resources Development (1985–2020),[1]is the head of the Ministry of Education and a member of the Union Cabinet and one of the portfolios of the union cabinet in the Government of India.

Cabinet ministers

  • Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
# Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Education
1 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(1888–1958)
MP for United Provinces (1947–1952)
MP for Rampur (1952–1957) 		15 August
1947 		13 May
1952 		9 years, 245 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
13 May
1952 		17 April
1957 		Nehru II
Minister of Education and Scientific Research
(1) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(1888–1958)
MP for Gurgaon 		17 April
1957 		22 February
1958 [†] 		280 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
2 K. L. Shrimali
(1909–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS) 		22 February
1958 		10 April
1962 		4 years, 47 days
Minister of Education
(2) K. L. Shrimali
(1909–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan 		10 April
1962 		31 August
1963 		1 year, 143 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Humayun Kabir
(1906–1969)
MP for Basirhat 		31 August
1963 		21 November
1963 		82 days
4 M. C. Chagla
(1900–1981)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		21 November
1963 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 357 days
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
(Acting)
24 January
1966 		13 November
1966 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam 		14 November
1966 		13 March
1967 		119 days
6 Triguna Sen
(1905–1998)
Rajya Sabha MP for Tripura 		16 March
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 335 days Indira II
Minister of Education and Youth Services
7 V. K. R. V. Rao
(1908–1991)
MP for Bellary 		14 February
1969 		18 March
1971 		2 years, 32 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of Education and Culture
8 Siddhartha Shankar Ray
(1920–2010)
MP for Raiganj 		18 March
1971 		20 March
1972 		1 year, 2 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
9 Saiyid Nurul Hasan
(1921–1993)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(MoS, I/C) 		24 March
1972 		24 March
1977 		5 years, 0 days
10 Pratap Chandra Chunder
(1919–2008)
MP for Calcutta North East 		24 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 126 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
11 Karan Singh
(born 1931)
MP for Udhampur 		28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Singh Charan Singh
12 B. Shankaranand
(1925–2009)
MP for Chikkodi 		14 January
1980 		17 October
1980 		277 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
13 Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Nanded 		17 October
1980 		8 August
1981 		295 days
14 Sheila Kaul
(1915–2015)
MP for Raebareli
(MoS, I/C) 		8 August
1981 		31 October
1984 		3 years, 145 days
31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Education
15 K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for New Delhi 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Human Resource Development
16 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Ramtek 		25 September
1985 		25 June
1988 		2 years, 274 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
16 P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		25 June
1988 		2 December
1989 		1 year, 160 days
17 V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister) 		2 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		343 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
18 Raj Mangal Pande
(1920–1993)
MP for Deoria 		21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		212 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
19 Arjun Singh
(1930–2011)
MP for Satna 		23 June
1991 		24 December
1994 		3 years, 184 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
20 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		24 December
1994 		9 February
1995 		47 days
21 Madhavrao Scindia
(1945–2001)
MP for Gwalior 		9 February
1995 		17 January
1996 		342 days
– P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister) 		17 January
1996 		16 May
1996 		120 days
22 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow
(Prime Minister) 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
23 S. R. Bommai
(1927–2007)
Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha 		5 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		1 year, 286 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997 		18 March
1998 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
24 Murli Manohar Joshi
(born 1934)
MP for Allahabad 		19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		6 years, 64 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999 		22 May
2004 		Vajpayee III
(19) Arjun Singh
(1930–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
25 Kapil Sibal
(born 1948)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		28 May
2009 		28 October
2012 		3 years, 153 days Manmohan II
26 M. M. Pallam Raju
(born 1962)
MP for Kakinada 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
27 Smriti Irani
(born 1976)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		26 May
2014 		5 July
2016 		2 years, 39 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
28 Prakash Javadekar
(born 1951)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh,
till 2018
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra, from 2018 		5 July
2016 		30 May
2019 		2 years, 329 days
29 Ramesh Pokhriyal
(born 1959)
MP for Haridwar 		31 May
2019 		29 July
2020 		1 year, 59 days Modi II
Minister of Education
(29) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(born 1959)
MP for Haridwar 		29 July
2020 		7 July
2021 		343 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
30 Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Sambalpur 		7 July
2021 		Incumbent 5 years, 35 days
Modi III

Ministers of state

# Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Education and Scientific Research
1 K. L. Shrimali
(1909–2000)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS) 		17 April
1957 		22 February
1958 		280 days Indian National Congress Nehru III Jawaharlal Nehru
Minister of State for Education
2 Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
(1908–1976)
MP for Bhandara
(Minister of Cultural Affairs) 		13 June
1964 		29 October
1965 		1 year, 138 days Indian National Congress Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
3 Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak 		13 March
1967 		14 February
1969 		1 year, 338 days Indira II Indira Gandhi
4 Bhagwat Jha Azad
(1922–2011)
MP for Bhagalpur
Minister of State for Education and Youth Services
5 Bhakt Darshan
(1912–1991)
MP for Garhwal 		18 February
1969 		18 March
1971 		2 years, 28 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira II Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Education and Culture
6 Saiyid Nurul Hasan
(1921–1993)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		4 October
1971 		24 March
1972 		172 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
7 Dhanna Singh Gulshan
MP for Bathinda 		14 August
1977 		28 July
1979 		1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
8 Renuka Devi Barkataki
(1932–2017)
MP for Gauhati 		16 August
1977 		1 year, 346 days
9 Rashida Haque Choudhury
MP for Silchar 		30 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		168 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh Charan Singh
10 Sheila Kaul
(1915–2015)
MP for Raebareli 		24 November
1980 		8 August
1981 		257 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
Minister of State for Human Resource Development
11 Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(Women and Child Development,
Youth Affairs and Sports) 		25 September
1985 		2 December
1989 		4 years, 68 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
12 Sushila Rohatgi
(1921–2011)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Education and Culture) 		12 May
1986 		229 days
13 Krishna Sahi
(born 1931)
MP for Begusarai
(Education and Culture, until 1988;
Culture, from 1988) 		12 May
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 204 days
14 Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi
(1920–2018)
MP for Muzaffarpur
(Education and Culture, until 1989;
Education, from 1989) 		14 February
1988 		1 year, 291 days
15 M. G. K. Menon
(1928–2016)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(Education) 		20 January
1990 		23 April
1990 		93 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
16 Chimanbhai Mehta
(1925–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat 		23 April
1990 		10 November
1990 		201 days
17 Bhagey Gobardhan
(1934–1993)
MP for Mayurbhanj 		21 November
1990 		20 February
1991 		91 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
18 Mamata Banerjee
(born 1955)
MP for Calcutta South
(Youth Affairs and Sports;
Women and Child Development) 		21 June
1991 		17 January
1993 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
19 Mukul Wasnik
(born 1959)
MP for Buldhana
(Youth Affairs and Sports) 		18 January
1993 		16 May
1996 		3 years, 119 days
20 Basavarajeshwari
(1921–2008)
MP for Bellary 		19 January
1993 		15 September
1995 		2 years, 239 days
21 Selja Kumari
(born 1962)
MP for Sirsa
(Education and Culture) 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
22 Krupasindhu Bhoi
(born 1942)
MP for Sambalpur
(Education)
23 Vimla Verma
(1929–2019)
MP for Seoni
(Women and Child Development)
24 Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Bikramganj 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
25 Muhi Ram Saikia
(1923–2007)
MP for Nowgong
(Education) 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		296 days Asom Gana Parishad
26 R. Dhanuskodi Athithan
(born 1953)
MP for Tiruchendur
(Youth Affairs and Sports) 		Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
(25) Muhi Ram Saikia
(1923–2007)
MP for Nowgong
(Education) 		21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		332 days Asom Gana Parishad Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
(26) R. Dhanuskodi Athithan
(born 1953)
MP for Tiruchendur
(Youth Affairs and Sports) 		1 May
1997 		322 days Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
27 Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Khajuraho 		19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		1 year, 208 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
28 Sumitra Mahajan
(born 1943)
MP for Indore 		13 October
1999 		1 July
2002 		2 years, 261 days Vajpayee III
29 Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil
(born 1949)
MP for Beed 		27 May
2000 		227 days
30 Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj 		30 September
2000 		8 February
2001 		131 days
31 Rita Verma
(born 1953)
MP for Dhanbad 		1 September
2001 		29 January
2003 		1 year, 150 days
32 Jaskaur Meena
(born 1947)
MP for Dausa 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
33 Ashok Kumar Pradhan
(born 1953)
MP for Khurja 		29 January
2003 		24 May
2003 		115 days
34 Vallabhbhai Kathiria
(born 1954)
MP for Rajkot 		30 January
2003 		9 January
2004 		344 days
35 Sanjay Paswan
(born 1962)
MP for Nawada 		24 May
2003 		22 May
2004 		364 days
36 Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi
(born 1956)
MP for Darbhanga
(School Education and Literacy) 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days Rashtriya Janata Dal Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
(24) Kanti Singh
(born 1957)
MP for Arrah
(Higher Education) 		23 May
2004 		29 January
2006 		1 year, 251 days
37 Daggubati Purandeswari
(born 1959)
MP for Bapatla (till 2009)
MP for Visakhapatnam (from 2009)
(Higher Education) 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 113 days Indian National Congress
28 May
2009 		28 October
2012 		3 years, 153 days Manmohan II
38 E. Ahamed
(1938–2017)
MP for Malappuram
(School Education and Literacy) 		12 July
2011 		1 year, 108 days Indian Union Muslim League
39 Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Dhaurahra 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress
40 Shashi Tharoor
(born 1956)
MP for Thiruvananthapuram
41 Upendra Kushwaha
(born 1960)
MP for Karakat
(School Education and Literacy) 		9 November
2014 		11 December
2018 		4 years, 32 days Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Modi I Narendra Modi
42 Ram Shankar Katheria
(born 1964)
MP for Agra
(Higher Education) 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days Bharatiya Janata Party
43 Mahendra Nath Pandey
(born 1957)
MP for Chandauli
(Higher Education) 		5 July
2017 		3 September
2017 		60 days
44 Satya Pal Singh
(born 1955)
MP for Baghpat
(Higher Education) 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
45 Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
(born 1959)
MP for Akola 		31 May
2019 		29 July
2020 		1 year, 59 days Modi II
Minister of State for Education
45 Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
(born 1959)
MP for Akola 		29 July
2020 		7 July
2021 		343 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
46 Annpurna Devi
(born 1970)
MP for Kodarma
(School Education and Literacy) 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
47 Subhas Sarkar
(born 1953)
MP for Bankura
(Higher Education)
48 Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
(born 1952)
MP for Inner Manipur
(Higher Education)
49 Sukanta Majumdar
(born 1979)
MP for Balurghat
(Higher Education) 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 62 days Modi III
50 Jayant Chaudhary
(born 1978)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Higher Education) 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 62 days Rashtriya Lok Dal

References

  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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