Minister of Human Resource Development (India)

Minister of Human Resource Development (मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री)
Emblem of India
Incumbent Smriti Irani since 26 May 2014
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Appointer	President on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Formation	15 August 1947

The Minister of Human Resource Development is the head of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.^[1] Formerly, the office was known as Minister of Education. Currently Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party holds the office since 26 May 2014.

Ministers of Education

Name	Term of office^[1]		Party	Prime Minister
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	15 August 1947	22 January 1958	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
K. L. Shrimali^[2]	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^[3]	24 March 1972	24 March 1977
Pratap Chandra Chunder	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
Karan Singh	30 July 1979	14 January 1980	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
B. Shankaranand	14 January 1980	17 October 1980	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Indira Gandhi
Shankarrao Chavan	17 October 1980	8 August 1981		Indira Gandhi
Sheila Kaul^[4]	10 August 1981	31 December 1984		Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi
K. C. Pant	31 December 1984	25 September 1985		Rajiv Gandhi

Name^[1]	Term of office		Political party (Alliance)	Prime Minister
P. V. Narasimha Rao	26 September 1985	25 June 1988	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi
P. Shiv Shankar	25 June 1988	2 December 1989	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi
V. P. Singh	2 December 1989	10 November 1990	Janata Dal (National Front)	V. P. Singh
Rajmangal Pandey	21 November 1990	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
Arjun Singh	23 June 1991	24 December 1994	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao	25 December 1994	9 February 1995
Madhavrao Scindia	10 February 1995	17 January 1996
P. V. Narasimha Rao	17 January 1996	16 May 1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
S. R. Bommai	5 June 1996	19 March 1998	Janata Dal (United Front)	H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
Murli Manohar Joshi	19 March 1998	21 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Arjun Singh	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance)	Manmohan Singh
Kapil Sibal	29 May 2009	29 October 2012
M. M. Pallam Raju	30 October 2012–—°′≈≤−§	26 May 2014
Smriti Irani	26 May 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)	Narendra Modi

Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India

Leadership	Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister

Ministries	Home Affairs Finance External Affairs Defence

Ministries	Railways Agriculture HRD Parliamentary Affairs Commerce and Industry Development of North Eastern Region Science and Technology Textiles Coal Law and Justice Minority Affairs Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Rural Development Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Chemicals and Fertilizers Communications and Information Technology Mines Labour and Employment Tribal Affairs Health and Family Welfare Civil Aviation Information and Broadcasting Panchayati Raj