Minister of Education (India)
(Redirected from Minister of Human Resource Development)
| Minister of Education of India | |
|---|---|
| Śikṣā Mantrī | |
 Logo of the Union Ministry of Education | |
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| Ministry of Education | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Type | Cabinet minister |
| Member of | Union Council of Ministers |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of India |
| Seat | Kartavya Bhavan-2, New Delhi |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of India |
| Appointer | President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of India, Articles 74–75 |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
| First holder | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Deputy |
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| Website | www |
The Minister of Education is the head of the Ministry of Education and a member of the Union Council of Ministers. The minister is appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister of India and holds office during the pleasure of the President, under Articles 74 and 75 of the Constitution of India.[1]
The portfolio was established at independence on 15 August 1947, with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad serving as the first education minister until his death in February 1958.[2] The portfolio's formal title changed several times, including Minister of Education and Scientific Research, Minister of Education and Youth Services, and Minister of Education and Culture. In September 1985, the ministry was redesignated as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, and the cabinet portfolio became Minister of Human Resource Development.[3] The ministry was renamed the Ministry of Education on 29 July 2020 as part of the approval of the National Education Policy 2020.[4]
Pralhad Joshi has held the portfolio as an additional charge since 25 July 2026. The President assigned him responsibility for the Ministry of Education after accepting Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation with immediate effect.[5] Joshi formally assumed charge at Kartavya Bhavan on 26 July while continuing to hold his other cabinet portfolios.[6] The ministers of state are Jayant Chaudhary and Sukanta Majumdar, both appointed to the education portfolio on 10 June 2024.[7][8]
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Education[3] | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) MP for United Provinces (1947–1952) MP for Rampur (1952–1957) |
15 August 1947 |
17 April 1957 |
9 years, 245 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| Nehru II | |||||||||
| Minister of Education and Scientific Research[3] | |||||||||
| (1) | |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) MP for Gurgaon |
17 April 1957 |
22 February 1958 [†] |
311 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[3] | |||||||||
| (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 |
1 September 1963 |
21 November 1963 |
81 days | ||||
| 4 |  |
M. C. Chagla (1900–1981) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra |
21 November 1963 |
13 November 1966 |
2 years, 357 days | ||||
| Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | ||||||||
| Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||||||||
| Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) | ||||||||
| 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[3] | |||||||||
| 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[3] | |||||||||
| 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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 December 1984 |
3 years, 145 days | ||||
| Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||
| Minister of Education[3] | |||||||||
| 15 | .jpg) |
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[3] | |||||||||
| 16 | (2).jpg) |
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 | |
| 17 | .jpg) |
P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
25 June 1988 |
2 December 1989 |
1 year, 160 days | ||||
| 18 | .jpg) |
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 | |
| 19 | Raj Mangal Pande (1920–1993) MP for Deoria |
21 November 1990 |
21 June 1991 |
212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar | ||
| 20 | .jpg) |
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 | |
| 21 | |
P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister) |
24 December 1994 |
9 February 1995 |
47 days | ||||
| 22 |  |
Madhavrao Scindia (1945–2001) MP for Gwalior |
9 February 1995 |
17 January 1996 |
342 days | ||||
| (21) | |
P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister) |
17 January 1996 |
16 May 1996 |
120 days | ||||
| 23 | .jpg) |
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 | |
| 24 |  |
S. R. Bommai (1927–2007) Rajya Sabha MP for Odisha |
5 June 1996 |
19 March 1998 |
1 year, 287 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | |
| Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | ||||||||
| 25 |  |
Murli Manohar Joshi (born 1934) MP for Allahabad |
19 March 1998 |
22 May 2004 |
6 years, 64 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 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 | |
| 26 |  |
Kapil Sibal (born 1948) MP for Chandni Chowk |
28 May 2009 |
28 October 2012 |
3 years, 153 days | Manmohan II | |||
| 27 | .jpg) |
M. M. Pallam Raju (born 1962) MP for Kakinada |
28 October 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
1 year, 210 days | ||||
| 28 |  |
Smriti Irani (born 1976) Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat |
26 May 2014 |
5 July 2016 |
2 years, 40 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |
| 29 | .jpg) |
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 | ||||
| Minister of Human Resource Development[3] | |||||||||
| 30 |  |
Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar[9] |
30 May 2019 |
29 July 2020 |
1 year, 60 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| Minister of Education (from 29 July 2020)[4] | |||||||||
| (30) | |
Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar[10] |
29 July 2020 |
7 July 2021 |
343 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 31 | .jpg) |
Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) MP for Sambalpur[11][12][13] |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 9 June 2024 |
25 July 2026 |
2 years, 45 days | Modi III | ||||||
| 32 |  |
Pralhad Joshi (born 1963) (Additional charge)[5][6] |
25 July 2026 |
Incumbent | 5 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | Narendra Modi | |
Ministers of state
[edit]| # | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of State for Education and Scientific Research[3] | |||||||||
| 1 | |
K. L. Shrimali (1909–2000) Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan (MoS) |
17 April 1957 |
22 February 1958 |
311 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru III | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| Minister of State for Education[3] | |||||||||
| 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[3] | |||||||||
| 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[3] | |||||||||
| 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[3] | |||||||||
| 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 | _(cropped).JPG) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 |
24 May 2003 |
115 days | |||||
| 34 | .jpg) |
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 | _in_New_Delhi,_2004_(cropped).jpg) |
Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi (born 1956) MP for Darbhanga |
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 |
29 January 2006 |
1 year, 251 days | |||||
| 37 |  |
Daggubati Purandeswari (born 1959) MP for Bapatla (till 2009) MP for Visakhapatnam (from 2009) |
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 |
12 July 2011 |
1 year, 108 days | Indian Union Muslim League | ||||
| 39 | .jpg){kind=spacer} |
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 | .jpg) |
Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960) MP for Karakat |
9 November 2014 |
11 December 2018 |
4 years, 32 days | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi | |
| 42 | .jpg) |
Ram Shankar Katheria (born 1964) MP for Agra |
5 July 2016 |
1 year, 239 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 43 | .jpg) |
Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 1957) MP for Chandauli |
5 July 2016 |
3 September 2017 |
1 year, 60 days | ||||
| 44 |  |
Satya Pal Singh (born 1955) MP for Baghpat |
3 September 2017 |
30 May 2019 |
1 year, 269 days | ||||
| Minister of State for Human Resource Development[3] | |||||||||
| 45 |  |
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 1959) MP for Akola |
30 May 2019 |
29 July 2020 |
1 year, 60 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| Minister of State for Education (from 29 July 2020)[4] | |||||||||
| (45) | |
Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 1959) MP for Akola[14] |
29 July 2020 |
7 July 2021 |
343 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 46 | .jpg) |
Annpurna Devi (born 1970) MP for Kodarma |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 47 | .jpg) |
Subhas Sarkar (born 1953) MP for Bankura |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 48 |  |
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (born 1952) MP for Inner Manipur |
7 July 2021 |
9 June 2024 |
2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | |
| 49 |  |
Sukanta Majumdar (born 1979) MP for Balurghat[7][12][8] |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 50 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi III | Narendra Modi | |
| 50 |  |
Jayant Chaudhary (born 1978) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh[7][12][8] |
10 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 50 days | Rashtriya Lok Dal | Modi III | Narendra Modi | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Constitution of India" (PDF). Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Educationist & Scholar Extraordinary". Press Information Bureau. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Council of Ministers archives". Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Highlights of New Education Policy-2020". Press Information Bureau. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Press Communique". President of India. 25 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Shri Pralhad Joshi assumes charge as Union Minister of Education". Press Information Bureau. 26 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Portfolios of the Union Council of Ministers". Press Information Bureau. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Department of School Education and Literacy". Ministry of Education, Government of India. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Year End Review 2019: Department of School Education and Literacy". Press Information Bureau. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Prime Minister delivers inaugural address at the Higher Education Conclave". Press Information Bureau. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "List of Council of Ministers" (PDF). Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Shri Dharmendra Pradhan assumes charge as Union Minister of Education". Press Information Bureau. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "List of Council of Ministers with portfolios" (PDF). Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. 23 June 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ministry of Education celebrates 54th International Literacy Day Celebration-2020". Press Information Bureau. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
External links
[edit]- Minister's page at the Ministry of Education
- Council of Ministers archives at the Cabinet Secretariat