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Minister of Education | |
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Shiksha Mantrī | |
Ministry of Education | |
Member of | Union Cabinet |
Reports to | President of India Prime Minister of India Parliament 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.
# | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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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 January 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 | |||||
– | 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 | ||
– | P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister) | 24 December 1994 | 9 February 1995 | 47 days | |||||
20 | 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 | |||||
– | 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 | ||
21 | 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 | ||||||
22 | 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 | ||
23 | Kapil Sibal (born 1948) MP for Chandni Chowk | 28 May 2009 | 28 October 2012 | 3 years, 153 days | Manmohan II | ||||
24 | M. M. Pallam Raju (born 1962) MP for Kakinada | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 210 days | |||||
25 | Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 27 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 | 2 years, 39 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | ||
26 | 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 | |||||
27 | Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar | 31 May 2019 | 29 July 2020 | 1 year, 59 days | Modi II | ||||
Minister of Education | |||||||||
(27) | Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar | 29 July 2020 | 7 July 2021 | 343 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
28 | Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 254 days | |||||
# | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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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 January 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 (1921–2021) 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 | Incumbent | 2 years, 254 days | |||||
47 | Subhas Sarkar (born 1953) MP for Bankura (Higher Education) | ||||||||
48 | Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (born 1952) MP for Inner Manipur (Higher Education) | ||||||||
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