Ministry of Education (Vishwamitra)

Ministry of Education

शिक्षा मंत्रालय
Coat of arms of Vishwamitra
Central overview
Formed	15 April 2007 (MoEd) 6 August 2017 (MoHRD)
Jurisdiction	Vishwamitra
Minister responsible	Arsal Abbas Mirza, Minister of Education

The Ministry of Education, formerly known as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Hindi: शिक्षा मंत्रालय) is a ministry in the government of Vishwamitra which deals with the direction, formulation and implementation of policies related to education, literacy, skill development and promotion of literature in the nation.

The Ministry of Education is headed by the Minister of Education which is a cabinet rank minister and is occassionally assisted by a junior minister or the Minister of State for Education. The first minister was Tanishkaa Patranabish who served between 2007 and 2009, while the current minister is Arsal Abbas Mirza who has been into office since 11 June 2022. He served as a minister of state with independent charge until 11 November 2022 and was thereupon promoted as a minister with cabinet rank. The current minister of state for education is Christian Laudani since 12 November 2022.

History

The Ministry of Education is one of the original ministries created and traces its origin to 2007. The ministry was created alongside the Ministries of finance, parliamentary affairs, and sports by the first prime minister Arnisha Phatowali on 15 April 2007.

However, on 2 October 2015, in a resolution initiated by the cabinet of then prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish, the ministry was abolished due to lack of its basic functionality and was replaced by the Ministry of Culture. On 6 August 2017, under prime minister Patranabish's leadership, the ministry was re-established as the Ministry of Human Resource Development as a bulk portfolio, created as a result of the merger of the ministries of Culture, Information and Broadcasting, Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Development. The major motive of the creation of the bulk portfolio was to accomodate former vice president and acting president Bishnu Chetry who was earlier appointed as a cabinet minister in the union council of ministers and with all major portfolios being assigned on other senior ministries, the need to make special arrangements arose. However, within a month of the creation of the ministry, three of its departments which were formerly independent ministries were bifurcated and once again became independent. Those included viz., Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.

During the period between June 2020 and January 2021, the ministry became a department under the Ministry of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs. In January 2021, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to its original name as Ministry of Education. Between March and May 2022, the ministry was briefly merged with two other ministries to form the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth.

On 10 June 2022, the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation was merged with the Ministry of Education and became two independent departments in the ministry as, the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Innovation.

Departments

The Ministry of Education has the following departments which were created by the Gazette Notification issued on 10 June 2022.

• Department of Educational Services
• Department of Literacy
• Department of Skill Development and Training
• Department of Human Resource Development
• Department of Science and Technology
• Department of Innovation

Ministers

Minister of Education शिक्षा मंत्री
Coat of arms
Incumbent Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza since 31 July 2022
Ministry of Education
Style	The Most Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Lok Sabha
Reports to	Rashtradhyaksh Prime Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
First holder	Tanishkaa Patranabish (MoEd) Bishnu Chetry (MoHRD)
Deputy	Minister of State for Education

The Minister of Education is the head of the Ministry of Education who is responsible for the administration of the affairs of the ministry. The Minister often holds cabinet rank however in some occasions a minister of state with independent charge has also served as the minister of education. The first minister of education was Tanishkaa Patranabish and the first minister of human resource development was Bishnu Chetry while the current minister is Arsal Abbas Mirza who was appointed on 31 July 2022 as a minister of state with independent charge. On 12 November 2022, he was promoted as a minister with cabinet rank.

Cabinet ministers of education are often assisted by a junior minister, or a Minister of State for Education.

Two of the ministers had served as both cabinet ministers and ministers of state with independent charge in the ministry. Tyler Mullins and Arsal Abbas Mirza, both were initially appointed to the ministry as ministers of state with independent charge and were later appointed as cabinet-rank ministers.

Cabinet ministers

Key

• MoS, I/c means Minister of State (Independent charge)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Ministers of Education (15 April 2007 – 2 October 2015)
		Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004)	15 April 2007	31 December 2009	7002991000000000000♠2 years, 260 days	Independent	Arnisha	Arnisha Phatowali
		Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007)	1 January 2010	22 May 2012	7003160100000000000♠4 years, 140 days		Dhrubajyoti I	Dhrubajyoti Roy
			22 May 2012	21 May 2014			Dhrubajyoti II
		Dhrubajyoti Roy ध्रुबज्योति रॉय (born 2002)	21 May 2014	22 February 2015	7002499000000000000♠1 year, 134 days		Sarala I	Sarala Baishya
								Self
			22 February 2015	2 October 2015			Tanishkaa I	Tanishkaa Patranabish
The Ministry of Education was abolished on 2 October 2015 and re-established as the Ministry of Human Resource Development on 6 August 2017.
Ministers of Human Resource Development (6 August 2017 – 17 June 2020)
		Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001)	6 August 2017	25 December 2017	7002280000000000000♠280 days	Secular Party	Tanishkaa II	Tanishkaa Patranabish
			25 December 2017	21 March 2018		Congress	Dhrubajyoti V	Dhrubajyoti Roy
			21 March 2018	13 May 2018			Dhrubajyoti VI
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001)	13 May 2018	11 September 2018	7002152000000000000♠152 days		Tanishkaa III	Tanishkaa Patranabish
			11 September 2018	12 October 2018				Dhrubajyoti Roy
		Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनाबिस (born 2007)	2 October 2018	6 January 2019	7002156000000000000♠156 days	Secular Party	Dhrubajyoti VII	Dhrubajyoti Roy
			7 January 2019	17 March 2019			Tanishkaa IV	Tanishkaa Patranabish
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001)	17 March 2019	16 July 2019	7002121000000000000♠121 days	Congress	Tanishkaa V
		Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) (Prime Minister)	16 July 2019	6 August 2019	7001210000000000000♠21 days
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001)	6 August 2019	17 August 2019	7001110000000000000♠11 days
		Ankurjyoti Thakuria अंकुरज्योति ठाकुरिया (born 2002)	17 August 2019	2 September 2019	7001160000000000000♠16 days
		Arnab Deka अर्नब डेका (born 2002)	2 September 2019	15 October 2019	7001430000000000000♠43 days
		Mohammad Mridul Amin मोहम्मद मृदुल अमीन (born 2003)	15 October 2019	9 December 2019	7001550000000000000♠55 days
		Rajdeep Deka राजदीप डेका (born 2002)	9 December 2019	12 December 2019	7000300000000000000♠3 days
		Nishwan Baidantic निश्वान बैदांतिक (born 2001)	12 December 2019	3 March 2020	7001820000000000000♠82 days
		Sampriti Paul संप्रीति पॉल (born 2004)	3 March 2020	22 March 2020	7001160000000000000♠16 days	Congress	Anoushkaa I	Anoushkaa Patranabish
		Nishwan Baidantic निश्वान बैदांतिक (born 2001)	22 March 2020	30 April 2020	7000800000000000000♠8 days		Tanishkaa VI	Tanishkaa Patranabish
Position vacant between 1 May and 13 May 2020.
		Sampriti Paul संप्रीति पॉल (born 2004)	13 May 2020	8 June 2020	7001260000000000000♠26 days	Congress	Tanishkaa VII	Tanishkaa Patranabish
		Reshmi Hazarika रेशमी हजारिका (born 2003)	9 June 2020	17 June 2020	7000800000000000000♠8 days		Anoushkaa II	Princess Anoushkaa
Coordinating Ministers of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs (17 June 2020 – 28 January 2021)
		Rajdeep Deka राजदीप डेका (born 2002)	17 June 2020	28 January 2021	7002225000000000000♠225 days	Congress	Anoushkaa II	Princess Anoushkaa
Ministers of Education (28 January 2021 – 17 March 2022)
		Thomas Bainbridge थॉमस बैनब्रिज (born 1994)	28 January 2021	1 March 2021	7001320000000000000♠32 days	Royalist Party	Ștefan I	Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
Position vacant (1 March – 6 March 2021)
		Daniel Lee डेनियल ली (born 2006)	6 March 2021	6 August 2021	7002153000000000000♠153 days	Congress	Ștefan II
		Duke Farhaz Hazarika फरहाज़ हज़ारिका (born 2003)	6 August 2021	11 September 2021	7001360000000000000♠36 days
	File:Asian dude.png	Matthew Xia मैथ्यू ज़िया (born 2006) (MoS, I/c)	11 September 2021	21 October 2021	7001400000000000000♠40 days		Farhaz I	Duke Farhaz Hazarika
		Count Matthew Griffin मैथ्यू ग्रिफिन (born 2003)	21 October 2021	22 November 2021	7001320000000000000♠32 days	Independent	Phillip	Count Phillip Joseph Pillin
		Count Tyler Mullins टायलर मुलिंस (born 1997) (MoS, I/c until 9 February 2022)	22 November 2021	17 February 2022	7001870000000000000♠87 days	Congress	Farhaz II	Duke Farhaz Hazarika
		Count Rory McPhail रोरी मैकफेल (born 2007)	17 February 2022	17 March 2022	7001280000000000000♠28 days
Ministers of Human Resource, Culture, and Youth (17 March – 12 May 2022)
		Baron Matthew Tonna मैथ्यू टोना (born 2005)	17 March 2022	12 May 2022	7001660000000000000♠66 days	Congress	Farhaz II	Duke Farhaz Hazarika
Ministers of Education (12 May 2022 – present)
		Count Charles Burgardt चार्ल्स बरगार्ड (born 2002)	12 May 2022	30 July 2022	7001790000000000000♠79 days	Independent	Farhaz III	Duke Farhaz Hazarika
		Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza अरसल अब्बास मिर्ज़ा (born 2006) (MoS, I/c until 11 November 2022)	31 July 2022	11 November 2022	7002237000000000000♠237 days
			12 November 2022	Incumbent			Farhaz IV

See also

• Union government ministries of Vishwamitra