Minister of Education (India)

Minister of Education
Shiksha Mantrī
Incumbent
Dharmendra Pradhan
since 7 July 2021
Ministry of Education
Member ofUnion Cabinet
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
NominatorPrime Minister of India
AppointerPresident of India
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length5 year
Formation15 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
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, 266 days

Ministers of State

# Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
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, 266 days
47 Subhas Sarkar
(born 1953)
MP for Bankura

(Higher Education)
48 Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
(born 1952)
MP for Inner Manipur

(Higher Education)

Notes

References

  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.

External links

  • List of HRD Ministers
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