Complete List of Education Ministers of India – Details of All

Ever wanted to check the list of education ministers in India? Check out all the details below. The Ministry of Education (MoE) is responsible for enforcing and formulating the National Education Policy approved by the Government of the Union of India and for ensuring that it is followed in letter and spirit. Expected growth, includes increasing access and enhancing the standard of educational institutions around the world, including in regions where citizens do not have easy access to education. The Ministry is further split into two departments: the Department of Education and Literacy, which deals with primary, intermediate, and higher secondary education, adult education, and literacy, and the Department of Higher Education, which deals with university education, and technical education, scholarship, etc. India has had 30 education ministers to date. Let us check the list of education ministers of India and learn more about them.

List of Education Ministers of India

We have provided the entire list of education ministers of India. The new Minister of Education is Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank,’ a member of the Council of Ministers. After independence, India has had the Ministry of Education. But in 1985, the Government of Rajiv Gandhi agreed to change its name to the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and with the public declaration of the newly drafted National Education Policy 2020 by the Government of Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Human Resources Development was changed to the Ministry of Education. Check out the list of education ministers of India below.  Along with this, you will also get the details of all the members in the list of education ministers of India.

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If you are studying for a government exam, then general knowledge and general awareness is very important. Education ministers are an important part of the country and knowing about them is very important. All government and competitive exams ask questions about them. Therefore, you must know the details of the education ministers of India. To help you, we have provided the complete list of education ministers of India. Check them below.

Complete List of Education Ministers of India

Details of list of education ministers of India:

1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad was an Indian scholar and activist of the Indian Freedom Movement, born 11 November 1888 in Mecca (now in Saudi Arabia). He was the first Minister of Education of the Indian National Congress to receive Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civil decoration. Thanks to his contribution to education in India, his birthday is celebrated as the National Day of Education throughout India. He started publishing Al-Hilal, a weekly Urdu-language newspaper in Calcutta, India. He was one of the leaders who negotiated Indian independence with the British.

2. K L Shrimali

Dr. Kalu Lal Shrimali was a distinguished parliamentarian and educator who was born in Udaipur, India, in December 1909. Padma Vibhushan was honored for his contribution to the education sector. He was editor of Jan Shikshan’s monthly educational journal and several educational and social welfare organizations. He also represented the state of Rajasthan several times in Rajya Sabha. K L Shrimali served as Minister of Education of the Union for the Government of India under the Indian National Congress.

3. Humayun Kabir

Humayun Kabir was a Bengali politician and writer who was born in Faridpur District on 22 February 1906 (currently in Bangladesh). He was a Joint Education Adviser, Secretary of Education, Member of the University Grants Commission (New Delhi), Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and Minister of Education under the Indian National Congress Party. He was also one of the co-drivers of the UNESCO 150 Declaration called The Race Issue.

4. M C Chagla

Mahommedali Currim Chagla was an Indian jurist, diplomat, and cabinet minister who was born in Bombay on 30 September 1900. For 10 years, he served as Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay. He also served as secretary for Mohammed Ali Jinnah, but later he removed himself from him as he started to work for a different Muslim state. M C Chagla was part of the First Indian Delegation to the United Nations, acting Governor of the then Bombay Province, Indian Ambassador to the United States, Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Minister for Foreign Affairs of India. He served as Minister of Education for the Indian National Congress.

5. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the 5th President of India who was born in Old Delhi on 13 May 1905. He joined the Indian National Congress Party to take an active role in the Indian Independence Struggle. After independence, he was elected to Rajya Sabha, given an honorary doctorate by the University of Pristina, Kosovo, and President of the Assam Football and Cricket Association. In his honor, a medical college was named after him at Barpeta Assam. He was the second Indian President to take his last breath in the office and to be considered one of the best sons of Assam and India.

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6. Triguna Sen

Triguna Sen was the 1st Vice-Chancellor of the Hindu University of Jadavpur & Banaras, born on 24 December 1905. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan Prize in 1965. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, too.

7. V K R V Rao

Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao was a famous Indian economist, politician, professor, and educator born 8 July 1908 in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. He obtained his PhD from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He served as Union Minister for Education in 1971 and also received Padma Vibhushan. It has also founded three social science research institutions in India-the Delhi School of Economics, the Institute of Urban Development, and the Institute for Social and Economic Reform.

8. Siddhartha Shankar Ray

Siddhartha Shankar Ray was a Bengali politician of the Indian National Congress who was born in Calcutta on 20 October 1920. He was a well-known barrister of justice in West Bengal, Minister of Education of India, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Governor of Punjab, and Ambassador of India to the United States. During his college life, he has been involved in numerous departments such as the Student Assistance Fund, Debates, Athletics, etc. He also won the inter-collegiate cricket championship under his captainship in 1944. Upon his retirement, he again began to practice law by becoming an eminent Barrister of the High Court of Calcutta.

9. S Nurul Hasan

Saiyid Nurul Hasan was an Indian historian who was born in Lucknow on 26 December 1921. He was the curator and 1st chair of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta. He started his career as a lecturer in history at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and later entered the Aligarh Muslim University. As Minister of Education for India, he established the Indian Historical Research Council in New Delhi. He was also Deputy Chairman of the Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR), Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and Governor of West Bengal and Odisha.

10. Pratap Chandra Chunder

Pratap Chandra Chunder was a union minister, educator, and author born on 1 September 1919. He was ranked first in LLB and received a Ph.D. in Arts Philosophy from the University of Calcutta. He was also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 1st MBA College, Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM) in India.

11. Karan Singh

Dr. Karan Singh, son of the last ruler of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh was born in Cannes, France, on 9 March 1931. He is also a poet whose poems have been included in The Peacock Dance: An Anthology of English Indian Verse, Anthology of Poetry. At the age of 18, he served as regent of the Jammu and Kashmir states. He is also the youngest-ever member of the Union Cabinet, holding the Tourism and Civil Aviation portfolios. He was a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Karan Singh has served as Chancellor of many universities, including Banaras Hindu University, Jammu and Kashmir University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and NIIT University.

12. B Shankaranand

B. Shankaranand was a congressman who was born in 1925. He represented Chikkodi, Lok Sabha, for about 8 years, and chaired the first-ever Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the Bofors affair. In his political career, he held numerous offices such as the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Law and Justice, Water Supply, Education, Health and Family Welfare, etc.

13. SB Chavan

Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician born on 14 July 1920. During the Leave Court Campaign, he gave up his practice of law and started the student movement. He served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra, prohibited chewing and smoking tobacco in government offices, as Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, etc. He has had the ability to watch closely all three prime ministers of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. In his memory, Dr. Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College & Hospital in Nanded was named after him.

14. Sheila Kaul

Sheila Kaul was born on 7 February 1915 as the Social Democratic leader of the Indian National Congress. She was a stateswoman, cabinet minister, and governor. She is the lady who was elected as a Member of Parliament five times and was the longest living former Member of Parliament in India until her death. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India, also condoned her death for her distinguished service to the country. She was the sister-in-law of the First Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

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15. KC Pant

Son of Freedom Fighter Govind Ballabh Pant, Krishna Chandra Pant was born on 10 August 1931 in Bhowali, Kumaon, Himalayas. Over a period of 37 years in his political career, he held numerous constitutional offices and was also Minister of Cabinet and Member of Parliament for the Government of India.

16. P V Narasimha Rao

Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao was the 10th Prime Minister of India, born on 28 June 1921 in the village of Lakkampalli, then Hyderabad State. He spoke at least 17 languages and became the first and prominent prime minister to emerge from the non-Hindi-speaking state of India. He was famous as the father of Indian economic change and was thus responsible for the landmark economic transformation by naming Dr. Manmohan Singh as finance minister. He was also applauded for the use of new technologies and tools in earthquake relief operations in Latur.

17. P Shiv Shankar

Punjala Shiv Shankar is a senior Indian politician who was born on 10 August 1929 in Mamidipalli, Telangana. He graduated LLB at the University of Osmania, Hyderabad, to act as a judge at the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Law and Petroleum, Governor of Sikkim and Kerala, etc.

18. V P Singh

41st nominal Raja Bahadur (ruler) of the northern kingdom of Manda, Vishwanath Pratap Singh is an Indian politician born on 25 June 1931. As Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister, he cracked down on Dacoit, especially in rural districts of the southwestern state. He also formed the Janata Dal party by combining Jan Morcha, Janata Party, Lok Dal, and Congress (S) to oppose the government of Rajiv Gandhi. Juliet Reynolds, a close friend, and art critic made a brief 45-minute documentary about his political and creative career called The Art of the Impossible.

19. Raj Mangal Pandey

Late Shri Raj Mangal Pandey was a famous Uttar Pradesh minister who became Minister of the Union HRD in 1990. His son Shri Rajesh Pandey was elected to the Legislative Council-Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

20. Arjun Singh

Shri Arjun Singh was an Indian politician under the Indian National Congress Party, born on 5 November 1930 in Madhya Pradesh. He was awarded the Best Legislative Prize in 2000. He served three times as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister, and Governor of Punjab.

21. Madhavrao Scindia

Madhavrao Scindia, an Indian politician and Congresswoman of the Maratha clan, was born on 10 March 1945 in Mumbai. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1971. He bought much-needed improvements to Indian railroads as Minister of Railways for India. Madhavrao Scindia has acted as Chairman of the Indian Cricket Control Board (BCCI) and Minister of Civil Aviation. The horrific plane crash claimed his life on September 30, 2001.

22. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the first Prime Minister to serve a full five-year term from outside the Indian National Congress Party under the Bharatiya Janata Party and was born on 25 December 1924 in Gwalior District, British India. He is one of the prominent leaders who have won many prestigious awards, such as Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna, Lokmanya Tilak, etc. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan also began offering universal elementary compulsory education, promoting scientific study and growth through the government expenditure on the field and introduced the Chandrayaan-I initiative in 2008.

23. SR Bommai

Somappa Rayappa Bommai was an Indian politician and 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka, born on 6 June 1924 in the then undivided Dharwad District. He was a practicing lawyer who took part in the Leave India movement in 1942. He was also the national president of the Janata Dal (1990-1996) and was twice elected to the Rajya Sabha.

24. Murali Manohar Joshi

Murli Manohar Joshi, a founding member of the Bhartiya Janata Party, was born on 5 January 1934 in Nainital, Uttarakhand. Since finishing his Ph.D., he also taught physics at Allahabad University. He has held a variety of positions in his political career, including the Union Cabinet Minister for Home Affairs, Human Resources Development, Science & Technology, and Development.

25. Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician under the Indian National Congress Party, born on 8 August 1948 in Jalandhar, Punjab. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1977. He was the first prosecutor to testify in Parliament and successfully represented a justice of the Supreme Court in the 1994 prosecution. During his political career, he held a variety of key posts, including Deputy Solicitor General of India, Member of the Board of Directors at Indira Gandhi National Open University, Board of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, etc. It was Kapil Sibal who revealed the 2011 student touchscreen tablet computer.

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26. M M Pallam Raju

Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju is an Indian politician who was born in Pithapuram, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, on 24 January 1962. It is a member of the 9th, 14th, and 15th Lok Sabha of India. As a graduate of Electronics & Communications Engineering (BE), he began his career as a research assistant at Temple University, USA.

27. Smriti Irani

Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician, former model, television actress, and producer who was born on 23 March 1976. She was one of the finalists of the Beauty Pageant Miss India 1998 and won several awards for a leading role in the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi series on Star Plus TV channels. She is presently working as Minister of Textiles for the Government of India and represents the State of Gujarat as a Member of Parliament for the Rajya Sabha. Smriti Irani was also voted President of the All India Women’s Wing for BJP Mahila Morcha.

28. Prakash Javdekar

The official spokesman for the Bharatiya Janta Party, Prakash Javdekar, was born on 30 January 1951 in Pune, Maharashtra. He was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad throughout his college life (ABVP). Since his college time, he has been very involved in politics, having previously held numerous roles in his political career as Minister of State for Wildlife, Forestry & Climate Change, Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, Member of Parliament, Executive Chairman of the State Planning Board Maharashtra, Chairman of the IT Task Force, Government of Maharashtra, Member of Parliament.

29. Ramesh Pokhriyal

Ramesh Pokhriyal (born 15 July 1959), known as Nishank, is an Indian author, poet, and politician, serving as Minister of Human Resources for Development in the Second Modi Ministry. He represents the Haridwar parliamentary electoral district of Uttarakhand in the 17th Lok Sabha. Ramesh Pokriyal was the 5th Uttarakhand Chief Minister from 2009 to 2011. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha and chair of the Government Guarantees Committee.

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