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Minister of Education (India)
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| Minister of Education Shiksha Mantrī | |
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| 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 |
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 | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||
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| 1 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 
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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 | 
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21 November 1963 | 13 November 1966 | 2 years, 357 days | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi | ||
| 5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 
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14 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 | 119 days | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 6 | Triguna Sen | 
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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] | .jpg)
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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 | .jpg)
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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 | 
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17 October 1980 | 8 August 1981 | 295 days | |||
| 14 | Sheila Kaul[lower-alpha 3] | 10 August 1981 | 31 December 1984 | 3 years, 143 days | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| 15 | K. C. Pant | .jpg)
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31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | 268 days | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| 16 | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(Minister of Human Resource Development) |
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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 | ||||
| 18 | V. P. Singh | .jpg)
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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 | 
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23 June 1991 | 24 December 1994 | 3 years, 184 days | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
| (16) | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
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25 December 1994 | 9 February 1995 | 47 days | |||
| 21 | Madhavrao Scindia | 
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10 February 1995 | 17 January 1996 | 341 days | |||
| (16) | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
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17 January 1996 | 16 May 1996 | 120 days | |||
| 22 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 
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16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 23 | S. R. Bommai | 
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5 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 287 days | Janata Dal | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
| 24 | Murli Manohar Joshi | 
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19 March 1998 | 22 May 2004 | 6 years, 64 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 25 | Arjun Singh |
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22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan Singh | |
| 26 | Kapil Sibal | .jpg)
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29 May 2009 | 29 October 2012 | 3 years, 153 days | |||
| 27 | M. M. Pallam Raju | .jpg)
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30 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 208 days | |||
| 28 | Smriti Irani | 
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26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 40 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | |
| 29 | Prakash Javadekar | 
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5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 2 years, 329 days | |||
| 30 | Ramesh Pokhriyal
(Minister of Education from 29 July 2020 onwards)[1] |
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30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | 2 years, 38 days | |||
| 31 | Dharmendra Pradhan | .jpg)
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7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days | |||
Notes[edit]
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.
