Minister of Education (India)
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Minister of Education | |
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Śikṣā Mantrī | |
since 7 July 2021 | |
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.
Cabinet Ministers
[edit]- Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
# | 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) MP for Sambalpur |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 3 years, 125 days | |||||
Modi III |
Ministers of State
[edit]# | 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 |
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 Majumder (born 1979) MP for Balurghat (Higher Education) |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 152 days | Modi III | ||||
50 | Jayant Chaudhary (born 1978) MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh (Higher Education) |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 152 days | Rashtriya Lok Dal |
References
[edit]- ^ "HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.