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Dharmendra Pradhan (pronounced [dharmendra pradhan]; born 26 June 1969) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Union Minister of Education since 2021. [2] From 2021 to 2024, he also served as the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India .
(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 ...
Jaishankar is reported to have helped introduce future Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe to his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. [25] In 2000, he was appointed India's ambassador to the Czech Republic. From 2004 to 2007, Jaishankar was Joint Secretary (Americas) at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.
The Government of India exercises its executive authority through a number of government ministries or departments of state. A ministry is composed of employed officials, known as civil servants, and is politically accountable through a minister . Most major ministries are headed by a Cabinet Minister, who sits in the Union Council of Ministers ...
Sitharaman as Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in New Delhi, 31 May 2019. On 31 May 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman was appointed as the finance and corporate affairs minister. [23] She is India's first full-time female finance minister. [24] She presented her maiden budget in the Indian parliament on 5 July 2019. [25]
Maulana Azad was the First Minister of Education in the Indian government Minister of Human Resource Development (until 25 September 1958, Ministry of Education). His contribution to establishing the education foundation in India is recognised by celebrating his birthday as National Education Day across India. [274] [275]
Bratya Basu won the West Bengal Assembly polls in 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket against a CPI(M) Minister, Gautam Deb, from the Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet. He decided to launch a survey of the state's higher education situation for clarification purposes. [81]
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), frequently known by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician currently representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency and serving as the leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. [4] He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a state party in India.