Minister of Education (India)

Minister of Education
*Shiksha Mantrī*
Minister of Education; Shiksha Mantrī
	Emblem of India
	Incumbent; Dharmendra Pradhan; since 7 July 2021
	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.

Cabinet Ministers

Note: MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Minister of Education
	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) MP for United Provinces (1947–1952) MP for Rampur (1952–1957) MP for Gurgaon (1957–1958)	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	10 years, 191 days	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	Jawaharlal Nehru
		15 April 1952	4 April 1957			Nehru II
		4 April 1957	22 January 1958			Nehru III
	K. L. Shrimali (1909–2000) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (MoS until 10 April 1962)	22 February 1958	10 April 1962	5 years, 190 days		Nehru III
		10 April 1962	31 August 1963	5 years, 190 days		Nehru IV
	Humayun Kabir (1906–1969) MP for Basirhat	31 August 1963	21 November 1963	82 days
	M. C. Chagla (1900–1981) MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha)	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
	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)	14 November 1966	13 March 1967	119 days
	Triguna Sen (1905–1998) MP for Tripura (Rajya Sabha)	16 March 1967	14 February 1969	1 year, 335 days
	V. K. R. V. Rao (1908–1991) MP for Bellary	14 February 1969	18 March 1971	2 years, 32 days
	Siddhartha Shankar Ray (1920–2010) MP for Raiganj	18 March 1971	20 March 1972	1 year, 2 days		Indira II
	Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	24 March 1972	24 March 1977	5 years, 0 days		Indira II
	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
	Karan Singh (born 1931) MP for Udhampur	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	170 days	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan Singh	Charan Singh
	B. Shankaranand (1925–2009) MP for Chikkodi	14 January 1980	17 October 1980	277 days	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
	Shankarrao Chavan (1920–2004) MP for Nanded	17 October 1980	8 August 1981	295 days
	Sheila Kaul (1915–2015) MP for Raebareli (MoS, I/C)	8 August 1981	31 October 1984	3 years, 145 days
	Sheila Kaul (1915–2015) MP for Raebareli (MoS, I/C)	31 October 1984	31 December 1984	3 years, 145 days		Rajiv	Rajiv Gandhi
	K. C. Pant (1931–2012) MP for New Delhi	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	268 days		Rajiv	Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of Human Resource Development
	P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Ramtek	25 September 1985	25 June 1988	2 years, 274 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv	Rajiv Gandhi
	P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	1 year, 160 days	Indian National Congress	Rajiv	Rajiv Gandhi
	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
	Raj Mangal Pande (1920–1993) MP for Deoria	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	212 days	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	Chandra Shekhar
	Arjun Singh (1930–2011) MP for Satna	23 June 1991	24 December 1994	3 years, 184 days	Indian National Congress	Rao	P. V. Narasimha Rao
	P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MP for Nandyal (Prime Minister)	24 December 1994	9 February 1995	47 days
	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
	S. R. Bommai (1927–2007) MP for Odisha (Rajya Sabha)	5 June 1996	21 April 1997	1 year, 286 days	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda	H. D. Deve Gowda
	S. R. Bommai (1927–2007) MP for Odisha (Rajya Sabha)	21 April 1997	18 March 1998	1 year, 286 days	Janata Dal	Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
	Murli Manohar Joshi (born 1934) MP for Allahabad	19 March 1998	13 October 1999	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Murli Manohar Joshi (born 1934) MP for Allahabad	13 October 1999	22 May 2004	1 year, 208 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
	Arjun Singh (1930–2011) MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
	Kapil Sibal (born 1948) MP for Chandni Chowk	28 May 2009	28 October 2012	3 years, 153 days		Manmohan II
	M. M. Pallam Raju (born 1962) MP for Kakinada	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days		Manmohan II
	Smriti Irani (born 1976) MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)	27 May 2014	5 July 2016	2 years, 39 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
	Prakash Javadekar (born 1951) MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha), till 2018 MP for Maharashtra (Rajya Sabha), from 2018	5 July 2016	30 May 2019	2 years, 329 days		Modi I
	Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar	31 May 2019	29 July 2020	1 year, 59 days		Modi II
Minister of Education
	Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 1959) MP for Haridwar	29 July 2020	7 July 2021	343 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II	Narendra Modi
	Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 110 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II	Narendra Modi

Ministers of State

Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
Portrait	Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency (Department)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
	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
	Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943) MP for Indore	13 October 1999	1 July 2002	2 years, 261 days		Vajpayee III
	Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil (born 1949) MP for Beed	13 October 1999	27 May 2000	227 days
	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (born 1968) MP for Kishanganj	30 September 2000	8 February 2001	131 days
	Rita Verma (born 1953) MP for Dhanbad	1 September 2001	29 January 2003	1 year, 150 days
	Jaskaur Meena (born 1947) MP for Dausa	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	1 year, 114 days
	Ashok Kumar Pradhan (born 1953) MP for Khurja	29 January 2003	24 May 2003	115 days
	Vallabhbhai Kathiria (born 1954) MP for Rajkot	30 January 2003	9 January 2004	344 days
	Sanjay Paswan (born 1962) MP for Nawada	24 May 2003	22 May 2004	364 days
	Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi (born 1956) MP for Darbhanga (School Education & Literacy)	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	4 years, 364 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
	Kanti Singh (born 1957) MP for Arrah (Higher Education)	23 May 2004	29 January 2006	1 year, 251 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal
	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	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II
	E. Ahamed (1938–2017) MP for Malappuram (School Education & Literacy)	12 July 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 108 days	Indian Union Muslim League
	Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Dhaurahra	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress
	Shashi Tharoor (born 1956) MP for Thiruvananthapuram	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 210 days	Indian National Congress
	Upendra Kushwaha (born 1960) MP for Karakat (School Education & Literacy)	9 November 2014	11 December 2018	4 years, 32 days	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
	Ram Shankar Katheria (born 1964) MP for Agra (Higher Education)	5 July 2016	5 July 2016	1 year, 239 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 1957) MP for Chandauli (Higher Education)	5 July 2017	3 September 2017	60 days
	Satya Pal Singh (born 1955) MP for Baghpat (Higher Education)	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
	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
	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (born 1959) MP for Akola	29 July 2020	7 July 2021	343 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II	Narendra Modi
	Annpurna Devi (born 1970) MP for Kodarma (School Education & Literacy)	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 110 days
	Subhas Sarkar (born 1953) MP for Bankura (Higher Education)
	Rajkumar Ranjan Singh (born 1952) MP for Inner Manipur (Higher Education)

Notes

References

"HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links

List of HRD Ministers

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[News18-1] "HRD Ministry Renamed as Ministry of Education as Modi Cabinet Reverses Change Made by Rajiv Gandhi". News18. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.