Full List Of Education Ministers In India After Independence

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Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad was the first Indian education minister. He served under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and was part of the Indian National Congress.

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Education Ministers In India Post Independence

Find below the names and terms of education ministers in India. The list also includes the names of prime ministers under whom the educations in India served.

Ministers TermPrime MinisterParty
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad 15 Aug 1947 – 22 Jan 1958Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress
Dr. K. L. Shrimali 22 Jan 1958 – 31 Aug 1963
Jawaharlal Nehru		Indian National Congress
Humayun Kabir1 September 1963- 21 Nov 1963Jawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress
M. C. Chagla21 Nov 1963- 13 Nov 1966Jawaharlal Nehru,
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting), and Lal Bahadur Shastri		Indian National Congress
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 14 Nov 1966- 13 March 1967Indira Gandhi
Indian National Congress
Dr. Triguna Sen 16 March 1967- 14 Feb 1969Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao 14 Feb 1969 – 18 March 1971Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
Siddhartha Shankar Ray18 March 1971 – 20 March 1972Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
Prof. S. Nurul Hasan 24 March 1972- 24 March 1977Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
Prof. Pratap Chandra Chunder 26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979Morarji DesaiIndian National Congress
Dr. Karan Singh29 July 1979 -January 1980Charan SinghIndian National Congress
B. Shankar Anand 14 January 1980- 18 October 1980Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
S.B. Chavan17 October 1980- 8 August 1981Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
Sheila Kaul10 August 1981- 31 December 1984Indira GandhiIndian National Congress
K. C. Pant31 December 1984- 25 September 1985Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
P.V. Narasimha Rao25 September 1985- 25 June 1988Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
P. Shiv Shankar 25 June 1988- 2 December 1989Rajiv GandhiIndian National Congress
V.P. Singh 2 December 1989- 10 November 1990V.P. SinghIndian National Congress
Raj Mangal Pandey 21 November 1990- 21 June 1991Chandra Shekhar
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
(Coalition Govt.)
Arjun Singh23 June 1991- 24 December 1994P.V. Narasimha Rao
Indian National Congress
P.V Narasimha Rao 25 December 1994- 9 February 1995P.V. Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
Madhav Rao Scindia10 February 1995- 17 January 1996PV Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
P.V Narasimha Rao 17 January 1996- 16 May 1996PV Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress
Atal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 1996- 1 June 1996Atal Bihari VajpayeeBhartiya Janata Party
S.R. Bommai5 June 1996- 19 March 1998H.D. Deve Gowda
I K Gujral		Janata Dal
United Front 
Coalition
Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi19 March 1998- 22 May 2009Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Bhartiya Janata Party
Arjun Singh 22 May 2004 – 22 May 2009Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
Kapil Sibal29 May 2009- 29 October 2012Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
M. M. Pallam Raju30 October 2012- 26 May 2014Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress
Smriti Irani26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016Narendra ModiBhartiya Janata Party
Prakash Javdekar5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019Narendra ModiBhartiya Janata Party
Ramesh Pokhriyal30 May 2019- 7 July 2021Narendra ModiBhartiya Janata Party
Dharmendra Pradhan7 July 2021 – PresentNarendra ModiBhartiya Janata Party

Source: https://dsel.education.gov.in/

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