Minister of Education (India)
It has been suggested that this article be merged into Ministry of Human Resource Development. (Discuss) Proposed since November 2016. |
Minister of Human Resource Development | |
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Ministry of Human Resource Development | |
Member of | Union Cabinet |
Reports to | Prime Minister of India |
Appointer | President of India on the advice of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 15 August 1947 |
First holder | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
The Minister of Human Resource Development (or simply, the HRD Minister), known as the Minister of Education until 25 September 1985, is the head of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.
Ministers of Education
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 15 August 1947 | 22 January 1958 | Indian National Congress | width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" rowspan=9| | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
K. L. Shrimali[a] | 22 January 1958 | 31 August 1963 | ||||
Humayun Kabir | 1 September 1963 | 21 November 1963 | ||||
M. C. Chagla | 21 November 1963 | 13 November 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi | |||
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 14 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indira Gandhi | |||
Triguna Sen | 16 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | ||||
V. K. R. V. Rao | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | ||||
Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 18 March 1971 | 20 March 1972 | ||||
S. Nurul Hasan[b] | 24 March 1972 | 24 March 1977 | ||||
Pratap Chandra Chunder | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Janata Party/meta/color" | | Morarji Desai | |
Karan Singh | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color" | | Charan Singh | |
B. Shankaranand | 14 January 1980 | 17 October 1980 | Indian National Congress (Indira) | width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" rowspan=4| | Indira Gandhi | |
Shankarrao Chavan | 17 October 1980 | 8 August 1981 | ||||
Sheila Kaul[c] | 10 August 1981 | 31 December 1984 | Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi | |||
K. C. Pant | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi |
Ministers of Human Resource Development
Notes
References
- ^ "Cabinet ministers announcement". 27 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Cabinet reshuffle July 2016". 6 July 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.