The teaching aspirants preparing for the Government Teaching Exams must prepare for General Awareness as it is an essential section in every teaching exam. The candidates who are preparing for the Government Teacher Exam must have an in-depth idea of the trending and static current affairs. One such important topic is the List of Education Ministers of India from 1947 to 2023. In the following article, you will find all the information related to the List of Education Ministers of India from 1947 to 2023 in detail.
Education Ministers of India
Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan is the current Education Minister of India. He was appointed the New Education Minister of India on 7th July 2021 under the Narendra Modi Cabinet. The Ministry of Education was earlier known as the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020. In 2020, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Education. The main purpose of the Ministry of Education is the implementation of the National Policy on Education.
List of Education Ministers of India from 1947 to 2023
Check out the List of Education Ministers of India from 1947 to 2023 given in a tabular format for ease of reading and understanding. The List of Education Ministers of India from 1947 to 2023 comprises all the Education Ministers of Inda since the Independence of India until the present time.
| No. | Name of Education Ministers | Term of office | |
| 1 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 15 August 1947 | 22 January 1958 |
| 2 | K. L. Shrimali[a] | 22 January 1958 | 31 August 1963 |
| 3 | Humayun Kabir | 1 September 1963 | 21 November 1963 |
| 4 | M. C. Chagla | 21 November 1963 | 13 November 1966 |
| 5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 14 November 1966 | 13 March 1967 |
| 6 | Triguna Sen | 16 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 |
| 7 | V. K. R. V. Rao | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 |
| 8 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 18 March 1971 | 20 March 1972 |
| 9 | S. Nurul Hasan[b] | 24 March 1972 | 24 March 1977 |
| 10 | Pratap Chandra Chunder | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 |
| 11 | Karan Singh | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 |
| 12 | B. Shankaranand | 14 January 1980 | 17 October 1980 |
| 13 | Shankarrao Chavan | 17 October 1980 | 8 August 1981 |
| 14 | Sheila Kaul[c] | 10 August 1981 | 31 December 1984 |
| 15 | K. C. Pant | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 |
| 16 | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(Minister of Human Resource Development) |
25 September 1985 | 25 June 1988 |
| 17 | P. Shiv Shankar | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 |
| 18 | V. P. Singh | 2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 |
| 19 | Rajmangal Pandey | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 |
| 20 | Arjun Singh | 23 June 1991 | 24 December 1994 |
| (16) | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 25 December 1994 | 9 February 1995 |
| 21 | Madhavrao Scindia | 10 February 1995 | 17 January 1996 |
| (16) | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 17 January 1996 | 16 May 1996 |
| 22 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 |
| 23 | S. R. Bommai | 5 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 |
| 24 | Murli Manohar Joshi | 19 March 1998 | 22 May 2004 |
| (20) | Arjun Singh | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 |
| 25 | Kapil Sibal | 29 May 2009 | 29 October 2012 |
| 26 | M. M. Pallam Raju | 30 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 |
| 27 | Smriti Irani | 26 May 2014 | 5 July 2016 |
| 28 | Prakash Javadekar | 5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 |
| 29 | Ramesh Pokhriyal
(Minister of Education from 29 July 2020 onwards)[1] |
30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 |
| 30 | Dharmendra Pradhan | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent |
