मंत्रालय उच्च व तंत्र शिक्षण विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 1992[1] |
Jurisdiction | Maharashtra |
Headquarters | Mantralay, Mumbai |
Minister responsible | |
Deputy Minister responsible |
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Parent department | Government of Maharashtra |
Website | htedu |
The Ministry of Higher and Technical Education is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for designing and implementing higher and technical education related policies in the state Maharashtra
The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Chandrakant Patil is current Minister of Higher and Technical.
Minister of Higher and Technical Education मंत्री उच्च व तंत्र शिक्षण विभाग | |
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Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra) | |
Style | The Honourable |
Abbreviation | Cabinet Minister |
Member of | State Cabinet |
Reports to | Chief Minister , Maharashtra Legislature |
Seat | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
Appointer | Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister |
Term length | 5 years |
Precursor | (2019- 2022)
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Inaugural holder |
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Formation | 1 May 1960 |
Deputy |
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No. | Portrait | Deputy Minister (Constituency) | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Minister | Chief Minister | |||
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Deputy Minister of Higher and Technical Education | ||||||||||
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 23 November 2019 To 28 November 2019 | 23 November 2019 | 28 November 2019 | 5 days | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis | |||
01 | Prajakt Tanpure (MLA for Rahuri Constituency No. 223- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly) | 30 December 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray |
| Uddhav Thackeray | ||
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 30 June 2022 | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 123 days | NA | Eknath |
| Eknath Shinde | |||
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Education and employment ministries were separated in 1992 and as a result, a separate ministry was established for higher and technical education. [1]
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